writer/director
SOPHIA
LIN
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| producer | come into my arms 2024 | narrative feature | dir. zara kahan |
| director of photography | cocaine to london 2024 | narrative short | dir. devin andrada |
| director & co-dp | red prior 2024 | narrative short | dir. sophia lin |
| co-director & co-dp | froggies 2024 | web pilot | dir. sophia lin & isabel salas |
| first assistant camera | stormy weather 2024 | narrative short | dir. john d'cruz |
| associate producer | senior 2023 | narrative feature | dir. toroes thomas |
| director of photography | late 2023 | music video | dir. devin andrada |
| director of photography | lollipops 2023 | narrative short | dir. evelyn tang |
| director of photography | sierra's grand plan 2023 | narrative short | dir. lorraine rinaldi |
| first assistant camera | moving up, out, on 2023 | narrative short | dir. christian reidy |
| director of photography | sundown 2022 | narrative short | dir. cierra gladden |
| director of photography | two of us 2022 | narrative short | dir. curtis nishimoto |
| first assistant camera | the waiting room 2022 | narrative short | dir. mia deangelo |
| director of photography | magnum opus 2021 | narrative short | dir. sophia pasalis |
| assistant editor | return 0; 2021 | narrative short | dir. brian song |
Sophia Lin is a Chinese Canadian filmmaker and cinematographer based between Los Angeles and Calgary, Canada. She graduated from Johns Hopkins University in December 2023 with a BA in Film & Media Studies and Cognitive Science. She was one of six fellows selected for the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund Screenplay Lab to develop her current feature, which was a semifinalist for the 2023 Humanitas Prizes' Carol Mendelsohn College Drama Award and one of four projects to receive a 2023-24 Screenplay Development Grant from the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund.Her work as a writer, director, and producer has been funded by grants from the Johns Hopkins University, Rubys Artist Grants, the Government of Alberta and Alberta Media Fund, and Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, as well as received the Freedman Creative Media Award, JHU ASPIRE Grant, and JHU Provost's Undergraduate Research Award.Her debut short film as writer/director, RED PRIOR, is currently in the festival circuit, so far selected at the National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY), the OSCAR® qualifying Edmonton International Film Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival, New/Next Film Festival, and more. FROGGIES, a web series pilot she wrote and co-directed, is also on the circuit, screening at the Twin Cities Film Fest and LAWEBFEST.
RED PRIOR
narrative short 2025, DIR. SOPHIA LIN
After giving up her daughter amid poverty-stricken conditions, a young mother in prison begins to make sense of her guilt when she connects with a kindred inmate.IN FESTIVAL CIRCUIT
2026 Edmonton International Film Festival, Official Selection
2025 NFFTY, Official Selection
2025 Newport Beach Film Festival, Official Selection
2025 Montclair Film Festival, Official Selection
2025 New/Next Film Festival, Official Selection
2025 Hollyshorts Film Festival, Official Selection, Monthly Screening Series
2025 Houston Asian American & Pacific Islander Film Festival, Official Selection
Artscape 2025


Josephine Chiang (they) is a queer Taiwanese-American actor currently based in Brooklyn, NY. Across their work, they are focused on bringing to life various aspects of the queer and Asian experience. Josephine is currently represented by Bright Artists Management.
Sheila Gaskins (she/her) is known for The Wire (2002), The Salon (2005), and The Corner (2000). Hailing from from Baltimore, MD, she's a teaching artist and cultural worker, with experience in productions including gospel comedy, stand-up comedy, poetry, puppetry, one woman shows, and original race/privilege workshops.
LEADING
CAST

FULL
CAST &
CREW
Written and directed by
Produced by
Ling
Ruth
Rosie
Guard
Ivy
First Assistant Director
Directors of Photography
First Assistant Camera
Second Assistant Camera
Sophia Lin
John D’cruz
Cierra Gladden
Sophia Lin
Josephine Chiang
Sheila Gaskins
Ethan Clark
Mark Wallace
KS Garner
Mia DeAngelo
Isabel Salas
Sophia Lin
Devin Andrada
Will Taggart
Production Sound Mixers
Production Designer
Hair & Makeup Artist
Gaffer
Second Unit Gaffer
Key Grip
Script Supervisor
Production Assistants
Editor
Supervising Sound Editor
Composer
Colourist
Michael Gorlin
Novie Truitt
Audrey Douglas
Abby Cloud
Indi Aufranc
John D’cruz
Kaori Taylor
Angala Rajasegaran
Ciarra Carter
Tessa Schwartz
Sophia Lin
Lukas Mackinney
Lukas Mackinney
Matthew Riggieri

VITAMIN T
experimental short 2023, dir. sophia lin
A WOMAN DISILLUSIONED BY HER MUNDANE LIFE STARTS HAVING UNCONTROLLABLE VISIONS, AND AS THEY GROW IN INTENSITY, SHE DISCOVERS THAT HER LIFE IS NOT HER OWN.AS.061.232 INTERMEDIATE DIGITAL VIDEO PRODUCTION




stir both ways
experimental short 2023, dir. sophia lin
Trapped in a room with only a glass of water, a man thirsting to death is terrified to drink it.AS.061.232 INTERMEDIATE DIGITAL VIDEO PRODUCTION




OUR SKYSCRAPERS
experimental short 2021, dir. sophia lin
AS.061.145 INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL VIDEO PRODUCTION
FROGGIES
WEB SERIES PILOT 2025, DIR. SOPHIA LIN & ISABEL SALAS
IN FESTIVAL CIRCUIT
2025 Minnesota WebFest/Twin Cities Film Fest, Official Selection
2025 LAWEBFEST, Official Selection & Best Supporting Actor Award




COCAINE TO LONDON
narrative short 2024, DIR. DEVIN ANDRADA
DP: SOPHIA LIN
As a dysfunctional family punk band completes their first album, the timid and disrespected bassist must choose between continuing to endure the band’s emotional abuse or missing out on her best chance for musical success.IN FESTIVAL CIRCUIT




UNDERGOING
experimental short 2021, dir. sophia lin
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