Sophia recently co-created and Executive Produced the hit true crime podcast series THE DOODLER with Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist Kevin Fagan, the San Francisco Chronicle and Sony Music. The podcast charted at #4 in the US (all genres), has been nominated for an OJB award, was a “podcast pick of the week” of VULTURE, THE GUARDIAN, THE OBSERVER, and is now being adapted for television with a US studio, with Sophia attached as EP. Sophia also produced BIFA nominee John Ogunmuyiwa’s short PRECIOUS HAIR & BEAUTY (BBC Film/BFI Network/Loop) which was nominated for the Short Film Award at London Film Festival 2021 before being screened at festivals worldwide including 2022 Sundance Film Festival, and receiving BIFA and Critics Circle Award nominations.
In 2021 Sophia produced Matt Chambers’ debut feature THE BIKE THIEF, which chartered at #2 in the UK independent film charts after premieres at Tokyo International Film Festival and Shanghai, and was longlisted for 5 BIFA awards including Best British Debut and Breakthrough Producer (for Sophia), before being shortlisted for the Discovery award. Sophia produced the documentary PLAYING THE PART about Oscar nominee Sir Ian McKellen which premiered at the Rome Film Festival. Prior to producing for Ugly Duckling Films, Sophia ran development for Ileen Maisel’s Amber Entertainment where she worked on productions including Julian Fellowes’ ROMEO AND JULIET and development exec’d the BBC documentary DECADENCE AND DOWNFALL.
Sophia created and is EPing a documentary series with TIME Studios and Fremantle Italy, and now produces for BAFTA/BIFA-winning Agile Films, where she has projects set up at Film4 and Bankside Films with filmmakers including BAFTA nominee Phil Barantini. She is represented by UTA for nonfiction, is a voting BAFTA member and 2022 Film London Lodestar.