Siobhan Reddy

Siobhan Reddy
Siobhan Reddy
Born	South Africa
Occupation	Studio Director of Media Molecule

Siobhan Reddy is a co-founder and studio director of Media Molecule, a video game development studio based in Guildford in the United Kingdom, most famous for their debut title LittleBigPlanet.

She was born in South Africa, but grew up in Australia. She moved to the United Kingdom at the age of 18 to start work as a production assistant at Perfect Entertainment. In 1999 she started to work at Criterion Games, and then left in 2006 to join the newly formed Media Molecule along with Mark Healey, Alex Evans, David Smith and Kareem Ettouney. At Media Molecule Reddy took up the role of Executive Producer, but in September 2009 she was named Studio Director.

She is persistent in her desires to see more women working in games, and for games to address the needs of their female audiences more.

In 2009 she won the Production Award at the first ever Microsoft Women in Gaming Awards, and at the same awards in 2014 she won the Innovator Award.

In 2013 she was named one of the 100 most powerful women in the UK by BBC's Woman's Hour, and Australian Woman of the Year by Qantas

in 2014 she was named in Fortune's 10 Powerful Women in Gaming and shortlisted in The Hospital Club's hclub100 awards, celebrating the 100 most influential and innovative people working across Britain’s creative industries.

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