Sophia Tamaro is a European writer and director. She was born in Trieste to German/Italian parents and grew up between there and Hong Kong. Sophia graduated with a First Class Honours degree from the University of Kent in 2014, where she studied Film.
In 2015, Sophia started working for casting director Beatrice Kruger on several international projects. She became a translator of scripts, treatments and pitch decks for European production companies at the same time.
In 2017, after moving to Berlin, Sophia wrote, produced and directed "Unexpected Monsters", a short drama about an unrepentant mother who tries reconnecting with her estranged daughter.
She met fellow writer Jo Fox at the London Screenwriters' Festival and was subsequently hired to direct family drama "Coming Home" in Yorkshire, produced by Fox Grosvenor Films.
Sophia and Jo have several projects together, among which erotic psychological drama "Freya", which was selected as a Finalist by the prestigious ScreenCraft Short Film Screenplay Competition and the Screenwriting competition at the New Orleans Film Festival. The script was also a Second Rounder at the Austin Film Festival.
In 2020 and 2021, Sophia took on different roles in the production office and AD department of high-profile projects for big American studios (Sony) and streamers (Netflix).
In autumn 2021, she was hired to co-write a historical espionage drama for Full Dozen Films and is now attached to two other Full Dozen projects as a writer.
In the summer of 2023, Sophia was selected to pitch her satirical drama “The First Orgasm” at the Wild Atlantic Pitching Competition at the Galway Film Fleadh.
  • Writer (3 Credits)
    Freya
    Short Script
    Lichtblick - Glimmer of Hope2023
    Short
    Unexpected Monsters2018
    Short
  • Director (3 Credits)
    Lichtblick - Glimmer of Hope2023
    Short
    Coming Home2019
    Short
    Unexpected Monsters2018
    Short
  • Producer (2 Credits)
    Lichtblick - Glimmer of Hope2023
    Short
    Unexpected Monsters2018
    Short
"Be The Change" programme
Lichtblick - Glimmer of Hope
Woods Hole Film Festival
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
2024
Official Selection
Lichtblick - Glimmer of Hope
Waco Independent Film Festival
Waco, Texas
2024
"No to War" programme
Lichtblick - Glimmer of Hope
Brighton Rocks International Film Festival
Brighton
2024
Women In Cinema Programme (Out of Competition)
Lichtblick - Glimmer of Hope
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2024
Tokyo
2024
Official Selection
Lichtblick - Glimmer of Hope
Comox Valley International Film Festival
Courtenay, British Columbia
2024
Best Production Design
Unexpected Monsters
Cinema of the World
Mumbai
College
University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Film Studies
20112014
Birth Date
October 2, 1993
Birth City
Trieste, Italy
Current City
Berlin, Germany
Gender
Female
Ethnicity
White
Eye Color
Blue
Zodiac Sign
Libra
"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." - Clark Gable as Rhett Butler in "Gone With The Wind" (Victor Fleming, 1939)
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