Sophia Al-Maria

Writer-Director

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Film, TV & Theatre

Agent: Natasha Galloway

Natasha Galloway

Assistant: Hassan Sherif Abdelfattah-Elmakhzangui

hsherif@unitedagents.co.uk

Film, TV & Theatre

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Sophia Al Maria is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and filmmaker. She grew up between the United States and Qatar before moving to Egypt to study comparative literature at the American University in Cairo. She next completed a graduate degree in aural and visual cultures at Goldsmiths, London.

Sophia adapted Anaïs Nin’s groundbreaking Little Birds into a 2020 Sky miniseries starring Juno Temple, directed by Stacie Passon and produced by Warp Films. The same year she also wrote the voice over for documentary film Sisters With Transistors, which premiered at SXSW. She currently has work in development with World Productions and Dh’Bab Productions.

An interdisciplinary artist, her work has been shown in various international exhibitions, most recently including: Grey Unpleasant Land, Spike Island, Bristol (2024); Not My Bag, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle (2023); Beast Type Song, GARAGE, Moscow (2021); taraxos, Serpentine x Modern Forms Sculpture Commission, London (2021); and Bitch Omega, Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf (2020). Sophia’s moving memoir The Girl Who Fell To Earth was published by Harper Perennial in 2012. Her writing has also appeared in publications including Harper's Magazine and Bidoun.

Sophia has recently ventured into more commercial work. She was enlisted by Miuccia Prada to provide visual and creative direction for Miu Miu's S/S 2024 Show, helped write the accompanying short film to Louis Vuitton's Virgil Abloh Fall-Winter 2021 collection and most recently contributed to the writing of a confidential Gucci ad campaign.

Short Films

Production	Company	Notes
NOT MY BAG 2023	Seattle Office of Arts & Culture	Video installation at the Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
TIGER STRIKE RED 2022		Video installation at the 59th International Art Exhibition at La Bienale di Venezia, Venice
TENDER POINT RUIN 2021	Luma Foundation	Single Channel HD Video as part of installation at LUMA Westbau, Zurich.
ASTRAL BODIES ELECTRIC, MAKEUP! 2019	Project Native Informant	Co-created with Sin Wai Kin. Installation at Transformer: A Rebirth of Wonder, 180 The Strand.
BEAST TYPE SONG 2019	Anna Lena Films / Project Native Informant	Video installation at Tate Britain
MOTHERSHIP 2017	Channel 4	Commissioned for Channel 4 Random Acts through the Jarman Award
THE FUTURE WAS DESERT PART 2016	Project Native Informant
A WHALE IS A WHALE IS A WHALE 2014	Creative Time Reports

Film

Production	Company	Notes
SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS 2020	Willow Glen Films // Anna Lena Films	As writer of voice over.

Television

Production	Company	Notes
LITTLE BIRDS 2016	Warp	As Writer. TV adaptation starring Juno Temple.

In Development

Production	Company	Notes
DUNSINANE 2024	World Productions	As Writer. Television Pilot.