A FRANCO-LEBANESE AMERICAN, SOPHIE IS A WRITER/DIRECTOR WITH A PENCHANT FOR HUMOR AND NOSTALGIA.
TOEING THE LINE BETWEEN GENRE AND COMING OF AGE, HER WORK IS OFTEN PLAYFUL AND PUNCHY, WITH A STRONG SENSE OF AESTHETIC AND COMEDIC EDGE.
SOPHIE’S MAIN FOCUS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE ENDLESS SEARCH FOR IDENTITY AND THE INTRINSIC NEED FOR CONNECTIVITY: SHE AIMS TO DRAW CULTURAL BRIDGES BETWEEN THE WEST AND THE MIDDLE-EAST, THE STRAIGHT AND THE GAY, OFTEN TELLING STORIES THAT ENCOMPASS THE COMPLICATED FEELINGS ABOUT EXISTING SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN. ALL WITH A BELLY FULL OF LAUGHTER, OF COURSE.
HER FIRST FEATURE, STONE COLD FOX, IS A REVENGE COMEDY ABOUT A YOUNG GIRL WHO ESCAPES AN ABUSIVE LESBIAN CULT IN SEARCH OF HER SISTER. IT IS CURRENTLY IN PRE-PRODUCTION, SLATED TO BE SHOT IN WINTER 2023.
SOPHIE LIVES IN LOS ANGELES WITH HER WIFE AND TINY BLACK DOG THEY CALL THE MAYOR OF BEACHWOOD. STANDING AT A MERE 5’3, IT IS OFTEN REFUTED THAT SHE WAS ONCE RECRUITED TO PLAY PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL FOR THE NATIONAL MOROCCAN TEAM.
BUT IT’S TRUE.
SHOOT’S NDS CLASS OF 2023 ALUM!