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