Sophie E. Constantinou
Known For: Camera
Gender: Female
Sophie Constantinou is a film director, cinematographer and producer. Co-founder of Citizen Film, a documentary production nonprofit based in San Francisco, Constantinou creates documentaries at the intersection of storytelling and community engagement. At Citizen Film, Constantinou has worked on the Community Leadership Series (2003-2013), Joann Sfar Draws from Memory (2012), Lunch Love Community (2014), GLIDE’s Values series (2014-2024), and Narrative Shift (2021-2024), primarily as the Director of Photography. Independent of Citizen Film, she worked as Director and Cinematographer on Frameline selection Trans (1994), Between the Lines (1997), which was distributed on the Sundance Channel, and Divided Loyalties (1999). She filmed The Joy of Life (2005) and The Royal Road (2015), both official selections of the Sundance Film Festival in their respective years. She was also the director of photography for PBS documentary Presumed Guilty (2000), PBS/POV film Maquilapolis (2006), and HBO documentary Unchained Memories (2004). She filmed Emmy Award-winning Home Front (2001) and HBO documentary Regarding Susan Sontag (2014). Her work is acclaimed for tackling complex issues with artistry and sensitivity while catalyzing place-based change and creating healthy, sustainable communities. Since 2010, she has worked in San Francisco’s Western Addition on a series of films, engagement initiatives, and education programs bringing attention to the inequities of the neighborhood’s predominantly Black community. These projects include Buchanan Stories / Buchanan Change and Green Streets. She is also the founder of the Bernal Cut Project, a community-led biodiversity initiative to transform 16 acres of inner city open space into a habitat corridor and immersive learning.
2021
2019
2018
2016
2015
2014
2010
Co-Producer
If They Cook It, They Will Eat It - Lunch Love Community
Co-Producer
But Is It Replicable? - Lunch Love Community
Co-Producer
The Whole World in a Small Seed - Lunch Love Community
Co-Producer
The Labor of Lunch - Lunch Love Community
Co-Producer
The Parent Factor - Lunch Love Community
Co-Producer
Feeding the Body Politic - Lunch Love Community
Co-Producer
The Lunch Love Community Documentary Project
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Others
Actor Cinematography
CMC Young Musicians Program: Mission District youth find focus, follow dreams
Actor Director
To See One's Self
Director
Harlem of the West: Then and Now
Director of Photography
A Foot in the Door
Producer
Ian James Made
Cinematography
Ian James Made
Sound
Ian James Made
Director
The Two Eighty Project
Director
Live this Loudly: Afatasi
Producer
Youcubed
Director
Youcubed
Cinematography
Youcubed
Director of Photography
The Rifleman’s Violin
Cinematography
In the Maze of Our Own Lives
Director
Prolific: Joe Brainard
Director of Photography
Prolific: Joe Brainard
Producer
Prolific: Joe Brainard
Co-Producer
The Labor of Lunch
Co-Director
The Labor of Lunch
Director of Photography
The Labor of Lunch
Producer
A Local Legacy: Black-Owned Businesses
Cinematography
A Living Room Conversation: Mark Meckler and Joan Blades
Director
African American Historical Society – Migration Stories
Director
African Americans and the Vote
Director
San Francisco Pretrial Diversion Project
Director
Resilient Richmond
Director
Chop Shop: A Community & Law Enforcement Conversation
Cinematography
CMC Teen Jazz Orchestra: Cultivating respect and self expression through music
Director
Radically Inclusive - Founders - GLIDE Living Legacy
Producer
Immigrants Rising
Producer
Joann Sfar Draws from Memory
Director of Photography
Joann Sfar Draws from Memory
Cinematography
Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good
Cinematography
Life Outside the U.S. — Transcending the American Dream
Director
Parks Conservancy
Cinematography
Students Respond to American Creed
Director
The Arc SF
Director of Photography
The Arc SF
Cinematography
T-Shirts Manifesto
Cinematography
Under Their Skin
Director
One: Affinity - Kenward Elmslie