Sophie E. Constantinou

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.

  • Sehlooho: Sophie E. Constantinou
  • Ho Tuma: 0.001
  • Tsejoa ka: Camera
  • Letsatsi la tsoalo:
  • Sebaka sa tsoalo:
  • Leqephe la lapeng:
  • E boetse e tsejoa e le:
img

Sophie E. Constantinou Lifilimi

  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    CMC Young Musicians Program: Mission District youth find focus, follow dreams

    CMC Young Musicians Program: Mission District youth find focus, follow dreams

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    To See One's Self

    To See One's Self

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 2001
    imgLifilimi

    Divided Loyalties

    Divided Loyalties

    1 2001 HD

    img
  • 2004
    imgLifilimi

    Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America

    Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America

    6 2004 HD

    img
  • 2001
    imgLifilimi

    Divided Loyalties

    Divided Loyalties

    1 2001 HD

    img
  • 2005
    imgLifilimi

    Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

    Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria

    4.2 2005 HD

    img
  • 2001
    imgLifilimi

    Divided Loyalties

    Divided Loyalties

    1 2001 HD

    img
  • 2001
    imgLifilimi

    Divided Loyalties

    Divided Loyalties

    1 2001 HD

    img
  • 1994
    imgLifilimi

    Trans

    Trans

    8 1994 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    Harlem of the West: Then and Now

    Harlem of the West: Then and Now

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    A Foot in the Door

    A Foot in the Door

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 2018
    imgLifilimi

    American Creed

    American Creed

    1 2018 HD

    img
  • 2004
    imgLifilimi

    One Wedding and a Revolution

    One Wedding and a Revolution

    1 2004 HD

    img
  • 2009
    imgLifilimi

    Race to Nowhere

    Race to Nowhere

    6.2 2009 HD

    img
  • 2008
    imgLifilimi

    Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union

    Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theatre in The Soviet Union

    1 2008 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    Ian James Made

    Ian James Made

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    Ian James Made

    Ian James Made

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    Ian James Made

    Ian James Made

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    The Two Eighty Project

    The Two Eighty Project

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    Live this Loudly: Afatasi

    Live this Loudly: Afatasi

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    Youcubed

    Youcubed

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    Youcubed

    Youcubed

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    Youcubed

    Youcubed

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 2008
    imgLifilimi

    Hats Off

    Hats Off

    8 2008 HD

    img
  • 2003
    imgLifilimi

    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

    5.9 2003 HD

    img
  • 2002
    imgLifilimi

    Presumed Guilty: Tales of the Public Defenders

    Presumed Guilty: Tales of the Public Defenders

    1 2002 HD

    img
  • 2006
    imgLifilimi

    Maquilapolis

    Maquilapolis

    7 2006 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    The Rifleman’s Violin

    The Rifleman’s Violin

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    In the Maze of Our Own Lives

    In the Maze of Our Own Lives

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    Prolific: Joe Brainard

    Prolific: Joe Brainard

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    Prolific: Joe Brainard

    Prolific: Joe Brainard

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    Prolific: Joe Brainard

    Prolific: Joe Brainard

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    The Labor of Lunch

    The Labor of Lunch

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 2016
    imgLifilimi

    Collaboration: Ron Padgett

    Collaboration: Ron Padgett

    1 2016 HD

    img
  • 2016
    imgLifilimi

    Collaboration: Ron Padgett

    Collaboration: Ron Padgett

    1 2016 HD

    img
  • 2016
    imgLifilimi

    Collaboration: Ron Padgett

    Collaboration: Ron Padgett

    1 2016 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    The Labor of Lunch

    The Labor of Lunch

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    The Labor of Lunch

    The Labor of Lunch

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    A Local Legacy: Black-Owned Businesses

    A Local Legacy: Black-Owned Businesses

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 2014
    imgLifilimi

    Regarding Susan Sontag

    Regarding Susan Sontag

    5.7 2014 HD

    img
  • 2015
    imgLifilimi

    The Royal Road

    The Royal Road

    5.4 2015 HD

    img
  • 2005
    imgLifilimi

    The Joy of Life

    The Joy of Life

    5.2 2005 HD

    img
  • 2009
    imgLifilimi

    575 Castro St.

    575 Castro St.

    4 2009 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    A Living Room Conversation: Mark Meckler and Joan Blades

    A Living Room Conversation: Mark Meckler and Joan Blades

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    African American Historical Society – Migration Stories

    African American Historical Society – Migration Stories

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    African Americans and the Vote

    African Americans and the Vote

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    San Francisco Pretrial Diversion Project

    San Francisco Pretrial Diversion Project

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    Resilient Richmond

    Resilient Richmond

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    Chop Shop: A Community & Law Enforcement Conversation

    Chop Shop: A Community & Law Enforcement Conversation

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    CMC Teen Jazz Orchestra: Cultivating respect and self expression through music

    CMC Teen Jazz Orchestra: Cultivating respect and self expression through music

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    Radically Inclusive - Founders - GLIDE Living Legacy

    Radically Inclusive - Founders - GLIDE Living Legacy

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    If They Cook It, They Will Eat It - Lunch Love Community

    If They Cook It, They Will Eat It - Lunch Love Community

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    Immigrants Rising

    Immigrants Rising

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    Joann Sfar Draws from Memory

    Joann Sfar Draws from Memory

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    Joann Sfar Draws from Memory

    Joann Sfar Draws from Memory

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good

    Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    Life Outside the U.S. — Transcending the American Dream

    Life Outside the U.S. — Transcending the American Dream

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    Parks Conservancy

    Parks Conservancy

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    Students Respond to American Creed

    Students Respond to American Creed

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    The Arc SF

    The Arc SF

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    The Arc SF

    The Arc SF

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    T-Shirts Manifesto

    T-Shirts Manifesto

    1 1970 HD

    img
  • 2009
    imgLifilimi

    Between the Lines

    Between the Lines

    1 2009 HD

    img
  • 1970
    imgLifilimi

    Under Their Skin

    Under Their Skin

    1 1970 HD

    img