On her way up

A Cambodian-American woman making her way in film-making in the United States is Sophia Leang. Already this year she has directed music videos for up and coming artists Kendal and Mayaeni as well as a short comedy called Peeled Grapes. Raised in Bronx, New York, Sophia abandoned her first-choice career of journalism to study filmmaking at Hunter College where she produced and directed two short films Second Chance and Morning. The round-the-clock, manic viewing of MTV had inspired Sophia to move to Los Angeles for a semester where she got the opportunity to work at Partizan Entertainments, a highly recognized music video and commercial production house. There, she worked on productions of talented directors such as Chris Robinson and Honey on big-budget music videos such as Korn, Busta Rhymes, and Stacey Orrico and commercials including Pepsi. Returning from Los Angeles, Sophia helped set up Carmona Pictures, a production company with Julissa Carmona, and they specialize in short film, trailers, music videos and most recently, feature films. She is pursuing plans to co-produce and direct her first feature, she resides in the Bronx and enjoys classic and foreign films, art and music. Keep an eye open for the work of this talented young woman. Link: sophialeang