Sophie Cunningham
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Sophie is a BAFTA and Broadcast nominated filmmaker who makes compassionate and immersive access-driven documentaries that detail unique human stories with sensitivity, nuance and visual flair. Her directorial debut, the feature-length documentary Look Away, aired to critical acclaim, was nominated for multiple prestigious industry awards and saw her selected as a BAFTA Breakthrough Director in 2022.
Intimate interviews are the heartbeat of all Sophie’s films, teamed with thoughtful complimentary visualisations to envelope the audience in the worlds of the contributors. The unfiltered and harrowing testimony in Look Away saw women speak for the first time of sexual abuse in their teenage years at the hands of prominent rockstars and music industry professionals and used poignant actuality.‘An intelligent film’ noted The Guardian's five-star review ‘a simultaneously powerful and angering film’ said The Sunday Times.
Sophie’s ability to connect and empathize with others has seen her secure tough access to sensitive stories and high-profile institutions both on productions and development, directing interviews with victims of stalking and law enforcement for the popular true crime series Obsession and interviewing a convicted murderer for the feature documentary Gypsy’s Revenge.
Her work as a producer on the award-winning Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Darkweb saw both drug dealers and the FBI entrust her with their stories, she has travelled around the world and set up complex shoots for the feature documentary series This is Football and in a recent development project Sophie has secured unprecedented access to a highly sensitive medical institution.
An intuitive storyteller, Sophie’s films aim to provide an empowering platform for contributors to have their voices heard in an emotive and visually engaging way.