Sophia Jennings

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short films:

Sparks (2025, co-dir. Jake Davies)
Pigs (2024, dir. Julia Jackman)

digital projects:

Alquist Robotics
Uber Eats
Cher
Dior
Meta
Victoria’s Secret
Runway
Karla Welch
I Weigh Podcast
The Hamilton Report

representation:

Rachel Mann @ CAA
Joan Rodriguez @ Media Talent Group Sophia Jennings is a writer based in Los Angeles, California. She is the Director of Story at MakeMake, a 200-person studio founded by Oscar and Emmy Award winner Angus Wall.

As a filmmaker, Sophia’s short films have played at the BFI London Film Festival, Manchester International Film Festival, Rome International Film Festival, British Shorts Berlin, Bolinas Film Festival, North East International Film Festival, Short Shorts Asia and London Independent Film Festival, where she won the 2026 Jury Award.  

Her short film Pigs (dir. Julia Jackman) was acquired by BritBox in 2025. 

Sophia’s interviews appear in Harper’s BAZAAR, Rolling Stone, MTV.com, and ESQUIRE.  Her work in advertising includes projects for Meta, Character.AI, Runway, Masterclass, Victoria’s Secret, and DIOR. In 2025, Sophia’s Substack was ranked the #12 rising literary publication on the platform. 

Previously, Sophia was a writer’s asssistant on Damon Lindelof’s Star Wars feature at Lucasfilm, and Head of Content for actor and activist Jameela Jamil.  She once worked as a celebrity ghostwriter.

Born in San Francisco, Sophia went to high school in London and graduated from Wesleyan University with a degree in English Literature.