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Sophie Constantinou is an American film director, cinematographer, and producer. Constantinou co-founded Citizen Film, a San Francisco based documentary nonprofit. [1] She has served on the board of the California Native Plant Society, [2] Collective Eye Films, [3] and San Francisco's Park and Recreation Open Space Advisory Committee. [4] [5]
Constantinou co-founded Citizen Film in 2002 with Sam Ball and Kate Stilley Steiner. [1] She is credited as a director and cinematographer on several films. She made Trans (1994), which premiered at Frameline Film Festival. [6] [7] [8] She also directed and filmed Between the Lines (1998) [9] [10] and Divided Loyalties (2001). [11] [12] She directed photography for the PBS documentary Presumed Guilty (2000), [13] The PBS/POV film Maquilapolis (2006), [14] KQED’s Emmy-winning Home Front, [15] and HBO feature documentaries Unchained Memories (2003) [16] and Regarding Susan Sontag (2014). [17] [18] [19]
Constantinou filmed The Joy of Life (2005) and was director of photography on The Royal Road (2015), which were both Sundance Film Festival selections directed by Jenni Olson. [20] [21]
At Citizen Film, Constantinou directed Community Leadership 2010 for the San Francisco Foundation, which recognizes individuals and organizations "whose leadership makes a significant impact in Bay Area communities". [22] Constantinou's other directing credits with Citizen Film include Joann Sfar Draws from Memory (2012) about graphic novelist Joann Sfar; [23] Lunch Love Community (2014), a transmedia project about public school food systems co-directed with Helen De Michiel; [24] GLIDE Memorial Church's Living Legacy series; [25] and the Narrative Shift project (2021 – 2024) made in collaboration with San Francisco Human Rights Commission's Dream Keeper Initiative. [26]
Constantinou has also worked on initiatives in the Fillmore District since 2010. [27] Produced by Citizen Film, Buchanan Stories / Buchanan Change documents challenges and advancements associated with a campaign to renovate the Buchanan Street Mall, a public park in the neighborhood. [28] [29] Constantinou is also the founder of San Francisco's Bernal Cut Project, a neighborhood beautification project. [30]