Petros Ioannou did the Cypriot community proud by winning a major film award at the St. Tropez International Film Festival 2013 by achievement of being the Best Unproduced Feature Script (WINNER) – Red Sun
Petros is an award-winning writer/producer and creator of the upcoming web series “My Life is a Video Game”. Owner of production company Leon Films.
Petros has a bachelor’s degree in Ancient History from the University of Reading and a Masters degree in Screenwriting from the New York Film Academy.
After graduating from NYFA he went on to set up Leon Films, a production company that starting out in Original Web Content has future plans in television, feature films and other transmedia. He is now living in Los Angeles
Petros is the son of Marine Engineer Leonidas Ioannou and Company Director Rebecca Ioannou. Petros was born in Enfield, London. He grew up in North London attending Chancellor’s School where he studied Theatre Studies and English Literature for A-Levels enhancing his interest in the writing craft, has developed his first interest in writing and directing movies when he and his close friend, now actor and collaborator, Harry Harding started making short films with their parents video cameras.
Eventually he went on to study Ancient History for his undergraduate degree. This was quickly followed by leaving his home in London to pursue his dream of writing for the screen and attending New York Film Academy eventually attaining his Master of Fine Arts in Screenwriting.
His personal Interests in addition to being a writer, Petros is an avid soccer fan, supporting Tottenham Hotspur F.C. in London, UK and a big gamer since he first got a Nintendo Entertainment System in his early childhood – his favourite game is Final Fantasy VII for the Sony PlayStation. He also likes to cook.