Sophie E. Constantinou
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.
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Movies (70)
Say Their Names
2021 · Director
What We Carry With Us: Refugee Storylabs
2019 · Director of Photography
American Creed
2018 · Director of Photography
Collaboration: Ron Padgett
2016 · Producer, Director, Director of Photography
The Royal Road
2015 · Director of Photography
Flamin’ Hot - Lunch Love Community
2015 · Co-Producer
Recordando a Susan Sontag
2014 · Director of Photography
The Labor of Lunch - Lunch Love Community
2010 · Co-Producer
But Is It Replicable? - Lunch Love Community
2010 · Co-Producer
The Whole World in a Small Seed - Lunch Love Community
2010 · Co-Producer
If They Cook It, They Will Eat It - Lunch Love Community
2010 · Co-Producer
The Parent Factor - Lunch Love Community
2010 · Co-Producer
The Lunch Love Community Documentary Project
2010 · Co-Producer
Feeding the Body Politic - Lunch Love Community
2010 · Co-Producer
Between the Lines
2009 · Director
Race to Nowhere
2009 · Director of Photography
575 Castro St.
2009 · Director of Photography
Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union
2008 · Director of Photography
Hats Off
2008 · Director of Photography
Maquilapolis
2006 · Director of Photography
Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria
2005 · Director of Photography
The Joy of Life
2005 · Director of Photography
Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America
2004 · Director of Photography
One Wedding and a Revolution
2004 · Director of Photography
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003 · Director of Photography
Hope Along the Wind: The Story of Harry Hay
2002 · Director of Photography
Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness
2002 · Director of Photography
Presumed Guilty: Tales of the Public Defenders
2002 · Director of Photography
Divided Loyalties
2001 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
Sleep Come Free Me
1998 · Director of Photography
Your Kiss
1997 · Director of Photography
Third
1996 · Director of Photography
Trans
1994 · Director
Presumed Guilty
1991 · Director of Photography, Producer
CMC Young Musicians Program: Mission District youth find focus, follow dreams
· Self - Cinematography
To See One's Self
· Self - Director
Harlem of the West: Then and Now
· Director
A Foot in the Door
· Director of Photography
Ian James Made
· Producer, Sound, Director of Photography
The Two Eighty Project
· Director
Live this Loudly: Afatasi
· Director
Youcubed
· Producer, Director, Director of Photography
The Rifleman’s Violin
· Director of Photography
Prolific: Joe Brainard
· Director, Director of Photography, Producer
The Labor of Lunch
· Co-Producer, Co-Director, Director of Photography
A Local Legacy: Black-Owned Businesses
· Producer
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
· Director
Radically Inclusive - Founders - GLIDE Living Legacy
· Director
Immigrants Rising
· Producer
Joann Sfar Draws from Memory
· Producer, Director of Photography
Parks Conservancy
· Director
The Arc SF
· Director, Director of Photography
One: Affinity - Kenward Elmslie
· Director
We Hunger For…
· Creator, Director
Wanda
· Creator, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
Just Produce/Food Justice
· Producer, Director, Director of Photography
To Feed And Be Fed
· Producer, Director of Photography, Director
Imperfection Salad
· Producer, Director, Director of Photography
T-Shirts Manifesto
· Director of Photography
Students Respond to American Creed
· Director of Photography
In the Maze of Our Own Lives
· Director of Photography
A Living Room Conversation: Mark Meckler and Joan Blades
· Director of Photography
CMC Teen Jazz Orchestra: Cultivating respect and self expression through music
· Director of Photography
Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good
· Director of Photography
Life Outside the U.S. — Transcending the American Dream
· Director of Photography
Under Their Skin
· Director of Photography
TV shows (0)
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