Sophia Kiapos

Sophia Kiapos is an American filmmaker of Iranian and Greek origin. Sophia's foundation began in the theatre where she studied classical acting at Stella Adler Studio in New York City, and later at LAMDA in London. Sophia is a tremendous advocate for women and minorities in film and in 2016 she founded a collective for women in the industry called Female Filmmakers. Today, Sophia supports well over 6,000 women globally in different facets of filmmaking. In 2017, Sophia was brought on by WhoHaHa and Universal Pictures to direct Elizabeth Banks in five comedic sketches for the Pitch Perfect franchise. Sophia is making her feature directorial debut with Arezou in 2020. Arezou stars Oscar Nominated Actress, Shohreh Aghdashloo and will be produced by Oscar Nominated Producer, Chelsea Winstanley.