Sophie Constantinou

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]

Career

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]

References

  1. ^ a b "Home - Citizen Film". Citizen Film.
  2. ^ "Our Board". California Native Plant Society Yerba Buena Chapter. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
  3. ^ "Collective Eye Team and History". Collective Eye Films. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
  4. ^ "SF311 Online Database of Boards and Commissions Appointments Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2023" (PDF). sf.gov. 2024-06-01. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
  5. ^ "A war over microplastics is brewing at this San Francisco park". The San Francisco Standard. 2025-05-27. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  6. ^ ""I'm Already Liberated": An Iconographic Talk with Zackary Drucker". UCLA Film & Television Archive. June 17, 2021. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
  7. ^ "Trans". The Criterion Channel. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  8. ^ "Trans". BAMPFA. 2023-10-24. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  9. ^ "San Francisco Film Society Presents SFFS Film Arts Forum: Igniting the Classroom, March 1 at the Lab". SFFILM. January 26, 2011.
  10. ^ "Docuseek | Between the Lines". docuseek2.com. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  11. ^ "Divided Loyalties". Documentary Educational Resources Online Store.
  12. ^ "Divided Loyalties". www.unaff.org. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  13. ^ "Presumed Guilty. About the Program | PBS". www.pbs.org.
  14. ^ "Maquilapolis". PBS.
  15. ^ "San Francisco Film Society Presents SFFS Film Arts Forum: Igniting the Classroom, March 1 at the Lab". SFFILM. 2011-01-26. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  16. ^ "Unchained Memories". Citizen Film. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
  17. ^ Hunt, Dan. "Regarding Susan Sontag". Tribeca Film Festival. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
  18. ^ T. H. R. Staff (2014-04-30). "Regarding Susan Sontag: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  19. ^ "Regarding Susan Sontag". jfi.org. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  20. ^ Morris, Gary (August 2, 2005). "Crossing the Bridge: Jenni Olson's The Joy of Life (2005)". Bright Lights Film Journal.
  21. ^ Harvey, Dennis (January 23, 2015). "Sundance Film Review: 'The Royal Road'". Variety. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
  22. ^ "Community Leadership 2010". Citizen Film. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
  23. ^ "Joann Sfar Draws from Memory (2010) - Cast & Crew". MUBI. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
  24. ^ "Creative Team". Lunch Love Community. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
  25. ^ "Glide". Citizen Film. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
  26. ^ "Narrative Shift". Citizen Film. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
  27. ^ Phillips, Frances (2018-09-16). "Sophie Constantinou and Collective Impact". Creative Work Fund.
  28. ^ "About Buchanan Stories / Buchanan Change". Citizen Film. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
  29. ^ "Buchanan Street Mall Renovation Project". San Francisco Recreation and Parks, CA. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
  30. ^ Kovinsky, Rachel (March 3, 2022). "Bernal Cut & Sophie Constantinou". San Francisco Parks Alliance.
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