Sophie Constantionu, Director / Director of Photography

Sophie Constantinou has earned international acclaim for tackling difficult subjects with artistry and sensitivity. Her directing credits include Divided Loyalties (Golden Gate Award, 1998 SF International Film Festival), a personal exploration of the conflict in Cyprus and Between the Lines, a lyrical documentary about women who cut themselves. Her cinematography credits include PBS’s award-winning Maquilapolis, about the movement to change labor practices in US-Mexican border factories; HBO’s Unchained Memories, which tells the stories of former slaves, using their testimony from the WPA archives; PBS’ Presumed Guilty, a portrait of a Public Defender’s office; and KQED’s Emmy-winning Home Front, about evictions in San Francisco’s Mission District.

Currently, Sophie is working on:

Open Minds, Open Mouths, a one-hour documentary designed to spark discussion about the movement for sustainable, locally-produced organic lunches in America’s public schools. Sophie and project director Helen DiMichiel are shooting the one-hour documentary with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. Helen and Sophie are also creating a series of shorts to be distributed freely across the web. Those films are supported by viewers like you.

The New Jewish Filmmaking Project's "Half-Remembered Stories" - an online multi-media documentary experience reclaiming lost Jewish stories from 11 different points of view.

Joann Sfar Draws from Memory - a documentary portrait of graphic novelist Joann Sfar, a collaboration with KQED (PBS), Les Films du Poisson and Valerie Joseph.

Community Leadership Videos, a series of films about Bay Area community cultural leaders and social entrepreneurs, commissioned by the San Francisco Foundation.

Email: sophie@citizenfilm.org