Sophia Cacciola - Director
Biography
Sophia Cacciola is a director and cinematographer concentrating on feminist sociopolitical horror and sci-fi feature films including a horror social satire, Clickbait (2019), the feminist vampire throwback, Blood of the Tribades (2017); the cerebral time-loop trance, Magnetic (2016); the murder mystery, TEN (2015). Upcoming, she is producing a horror mockumentary called, The Once and Future Smash. Her award-winning films have played at more than 40 film festivals and have been distributed worldwide. Sophia began her arts career in music, most notably as the no-wave punk singer-songwriter-drummer in Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling, building up a following based around their music video recreations of the TV show, The Prisoner. Sophia also combines her love of music and film as the head videographer for the Women of Rock Oral History Project, documenting the lives and careers of women in rock who have been underrepresented or omitted from rock journalism and historical scholarship. She was the recipient of the 2018 GenreBlast Film Festival 'Les Femmes du Genre Award' and the 2018 Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival 'Lois Weber Award' for women who have distinguished themselves working in film.
Filmography
The Once and Future Smash (2021, producer)
Clickbait (2019, director)
Blood of the Tribades (2017, director)
Magnetic (2016, director)