Sophie Barnes is a writer-director and actor from Little Rock, Arkansas. Her stories are inspired by the magical realism inherent in and of the experience of being Southern, queer, and femme in Arkansas. Sophie's films have been exhibited across Arkansas, the South, and her most recent films LIMBO and MOONSPEAK premiered at Arkansas Cinema Society, Filmland (2024). Sophie received her Bachelor of Arts in Film from the University of Central Arkansas in 2020. She holds an MFA in Film from the University of Central Arkansas. She recently completed her thesis film PARTNERS, which held its World Premiere at the 74th Wiener Festwochen in Vienna, Austria.
