Siobhan Reddy

Siobhan Reddy
Siobhan Reddy
Bornc. 1979 (age 44–45)
South Africa
OccupationStudio director
EmployerMedia Molecule

Siobhan Reddy is a South African-Australian video game executive. She is the studio director of Media Molecule, a video game development studio based in Guildford in the United Kingdom, most famous for their debut title LittleBigPlanet.

Biography

Reddy was born in South Africa, but grew up in Campbelltown, New South Wales in Australia. She attended Macarthur Anglican School in New South Wales, where she became interested in filmmaking and technology.[1][2] 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.[2][3] At Media Molecule, Reddy took up the role of executive producer, but in 2009 she was named studio director.[4]

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.[5][6]

Awards

  • In 2009, she won the Production Award at the first ever Microsoft Women in Gaming Awards,[7] and at the same awards in 2014 she won the Innovator Award.[8][9]
  • 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.[10][11]
  • In 2014, she was named in Fortune's 10 Powerful Women in Gaming[12] and shortlisted in The Hospital Club's hclub100 awards, celebrating the 100 most influential and innovative people working across Britain's creative industries.[13]
  • In 2019, she is listed as one of the 100 most influential women in video games in the UK games industry by Gamesindustry.biz.[14]
  • Reddy was given the BAFTA Fellowship award in 2021 for "her pioneering work on advocacy for diversity, inclusion and creative and collaborative working culture".[15]

References

  1. ^ "BBC Radio 4 – Woman's Hour, Woman's Hour Power List – Siobhan Reddy". BBC. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b Dougherty, Scott (19 February 2013). "From Donkey Kong to power list: Siobhan makes big impact in UK". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. ^ "The Power List 2013". BBC – Woman's Hour. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Top 100 Women in Games: Siobhan Reddy". MCV. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  5. ^ "The Invisible Woman". Kotaku. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Game changers: the women who make video games". The Guardian. 8 December 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Microsoft Recognizes Game Industry Women". Edge. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  8. ^ "Anita Sarkeesian, more up for nominations at Women in Gaming Awards". Gamasutra. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  9. ^ "Siobhan Reddy, Robin Hunicke and Tamara Miner win Women in Games accolades". MCV. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Video game developer Siobhan Reddy to be named Australian Woman of the Year". The Daily Telegraph (Australia). 14 March 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  11. ^ "Qantas Australian Woman of the Year in the UK Award 2014". Qantas. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  12. ^ "10 powerful women in video games". Fortune. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  13. ^ "Voting". The Hospital Club. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  14. ^ "Page 7 | Meet 100 of the most influential women working in the UK games industry". GamesIndustry.biz. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  15. ^ Phillips, Tom (22 March 2021). "This year's BAFTA Fellowship goes to..." Eurogamer. Retrieved 22 March 2021.