Biography
Sophie is a director and writer whose focus is on telling darkly comedic and visually motivated tales that pack a punch.
A BAFTA connect member, her narrative work has been screened at BAFTA and Oscar qualifying festivals globally and has been praised by the likes of Time Out, The Guardian and The Times. Sophie directed TV pilot Disability Benefits for Channel 4 Comedy Blaps with Merman and 2LE starring Rosie Jones, which won Best Newform Series at the C21 International Drama Awards 2022 and is now being made into a full series. Sophie also directed the second series of Buffering, a 6-part scripted comedy for ITV with Avalon Television starring Iain Stirling. Her most recent short, Does Your Condom Make You Fat?, a comedy drama about gender inequality in contraception, was funded by Panavision and Girls in Film (GiF). It has screened at Austin Film Festival and Flickers Rhode Island amongst others. Sophie was the 2023 Edinburgh TV Fest New Voices scripted director winner.
