Sophie Sartain
Writer, director, producer, actor and cinematographer
Sophie Sartain is the co-director and producer of the Netflix Original Documentary Seeing Allred, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and is described as "remarkably entertaining" (The New York Times) and "an ideal companion to the #MeToo Movement" (Variety). Sartain was the writer, director, producer and cinematographer of Mimi and Dona, which aired nationally on PBS/Independent Lens and was named one of the best TV shows of 2015 by The New York Times. Sartain's other credits include the 2014 documentary Above and Beyond (writer), produced by Nancy Spielberg and winner of the audience award at more than 20 film festivals; the 2012 documentary Have Nagila (The Movie) (writer/producer), the opening or closing night film at more than 40 film festivals; and the Emmy-nominated 2008 film Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh (writer/co-producer). Sartain has been a film envoy with the American Film Showcase, a diplomacy program run by State Department in partnership with the USC School of Cinematic Arts. She is a member of New Day Films. She has served as a panelist for the National Endowment for the Humanities' America's Media Maker grants, and is the recipient of grants from ITVS Open Call and the Fledgling Fund. Sartain's past positions include Executive Director of Editorial Services for MGM Home Entertainment and Managing Editor of Sony Online Entertainment. She has contributed as a writer and consultant on several documentary projects, including Who Will Write Our History (2018), Ishi's Return (2016), Rock in the Red Zone (2015), Hotel Everest (2017), Feminists: What Were They Thinking (2018) and In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee (2010). As a freelance writer, her clients have included Los Angeles Magazine, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Universal Studios, New Line Home Entertainment, CBS Sports Radio and ABC Radio Networks.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Writer, director, producer, actor and cinematographer
- 4 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all
What are Sophie Sartain's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 4 · Dark 0
Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Sophie Sartain's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Sophie Sartain's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
8 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.
Buried Under Years of Dust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Vishniac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Birddog Nation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Seeing Allred(2018)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Above and Beyond(2014)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Mimi and Dona(2014)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Hava Nagila: The Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Blessed Is the Match(2008)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 8 titles from 2009 to 2026.
How do Sophie Sartain's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 90th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 87th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 4 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the plot and story 62/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 70, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Sophie Sartain work with?
People who share at least 2 of Sophie Sartain's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Roberta Grossman shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Roberta GrossmanShared titles: Seeing Allred (2018), Above and Beyond (2014), Blessed Is the Match (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Roberta Grossman
Editors
- Chris CallisterShared titles: Seeing Allred (2018), Above and Beyond (2014), Mimi and Dona (2014)See all 3 shared titles with Chris Callister
Producers
- Marta KauffmanShared titles: Seeing Allred (2018), Mimi and Dona (2014), Blessed Is the Match (2008)See all 3 shared titles with Marta Kauffman
- July HodaraShared titles: Seeing Allred (2018), Above and Beyond (2014)See all 2 shared titles with July Hodara
- Nancy SpielbergShared titles: Above and Beyond (2014), Mimi and Dona (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Nancy Spielberg
