Screen Work

Film

Sophia Stoller has directed and choreographed award-winning films in collaboration with Amodeo Creative that have screened in festivals across the US and internationally.

Still from a dance film by Sophia Stoller

CANVAS

A large blank canvas becomes the source of colorful imagination in a young girl's mind. Featuring the dancers of the 2023 Crossroads Upper School Dance Company. Winner of multiple Audience Choice Awards, the StandardVision Showcase Award, and the Best Youth Dance Company Award.

Director/Choreographer · Sophia Stoller
Production & Post · Amodeo Creative
VFX · The Third Floor, Inc

Screaming Shapes

Originally developed as a stage piece in collaboration with composer Peter S. Shin — an exploration of music and movement existing as one entity. In 2018, in collaboration with Amodeo Creative, we turned the piece into a film. After screening across the country in the festival circuit and concluding with Dance Camera West in Los Angeles, we're releasing it online.

Director · Sophia Stoller
Choreography · Sophia Stoller and the Dancers
Director of Photography · Peter Amodeo Gould
Editors · Peter Amodeo Gould & Sophia Stoller
Performers · Bryanna Brock, Hyosun Choi, Cat Cogliandro, Casey Gonzalez, Kristen Holleyman, Amanda MacLeod, Joan H. Padeo, Shane Raiford, Jamal Wade
Composer · Peter S. Shin
Music Performance · Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra (Mehrdad Gholami, Benjamin Mitchell, Benjamin Hoffman, Clement Chow)
Costumes · Amanda MacLeod, Cody Brunelle-Potter
Production Assistants · Jessica Salans, Stacy Gaspard

T.P.W.K

One-shot dance film featuring 2nd–12th grade dancers at Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences in Santa Monica, CA.

Director/Choreographer · Sophia Stoller
Production & Post · Amodeo Creative

Elegant Decay

Shot at Maison Vitry, Treme, New Orleans, LA.

Performance Director · Michael Schwartz
Cinematography · Peter Amodeo Gould
Editors · Sophia Stoller, Peter Amodeo Gould
Set Design · Will Germain
Sound Design · Sophia Stoller, Peter Amodeo Gould
Music · waelandanna
Performers · Lexie Papedo Gasparini, Lauren Gould, Jena McRae, Michael Schwartz, Emma Rose Shelton, Sophia Stoller

Excess Nothing

Created at CalArts.

Direction & Choreography · Sophia Stoller
Cinematography · Peter Gould
Editor · Sophia Stoller
Performers · Jenna Eady, Elizabeth Houlton, Kelsey Lanceta, Dina Lasso, Brance Souza

MYTHOS Teaser

Teaser film for MYTHOS, an immersive experience by Iris Company staged at Sowden House in Hollywood, 2023.

Directors · Sophia Stoller & Cody Brunelle-Potter
Producer · Nic Murphy
Choreographers / Dancers · Cody Brunelle-Potter, Hyosun Choi, Joan Fricke
Actor · Antoine Lee
Director of Photography · Peter Amodeo Gould
Editor · Peter Amodeo Gould
Gaffer · Paul Salmons
1st AC · Ryan Magrish
Video Production · Amodeo Creative

Festivals

Best Youth Dance Company — Inspired Dance Youth Film Festival 2024 Official Selection — Mashup International Dance Film Festival 2024 Audience Choice Award — Los Angeles Dance Film Festival 2023 Audience Choice Award — Lights Dance Festival 2023 StandardVision Showcase Award — Los Angeles Dance Film Festival 2023 Official Selection — NYBA Dance Film Fest 2023 Honorable Mention — PNB Dance Film Festival 2022 Semi-Finalist — Dance Camera West 2020 Official Selection — Oklahoma Dance Film Festival 2019 Official Selection — In/Motion Chicago International Dance Film Festival 2019 Official Selection — Jacksonville Dance Film Festival 2019 Official Selection — The Outlet Dance Project 2019 Official Selection — Experimental Dance & Music Film Festival 2019

Music Videos

God and His Gun

Malynda Hale music video

Written by · Malynda Hale & Ian Felchlin
Produced by · Komica Purnell
Copyright · 2021 Second Season Music Group / JMV Entertainment LLC

Directed by · Michael Schwartz
Produced by · Boat Ashore Productions & JMV Entertainment
Director of Photography · Nathan Kim
Choreographer · Sophia Stoller
Editor & Colorist · Peter Gould

Assistant Director · David Rawson
Assistant Camera · Maria Quintana
Gaffer · Andrew Wood
Hair & Make Up · Amber Bailey
Wardrobe Supervisor · Namona Lewin

Dancers · Cody Brunelle-Potter, Jamal Wade, Joan Padeo Fricke & Mallory Fabian
Congregants · Eric Feltes, Mark Stephenson, Christina Henderson & Marie Gutierrez
Production Assistants · David Whittaker, Aurianna Angelique & Malcolm Ali Davis

Relapse

Deebs & Jarell Perry music video

Directed by · Yoshino
Choreography · Sophia Stoller
Featuring · Kayla Johnson, Dina Lasso, Yvonne Lacombe
Executive Producer · Meagan Judkins
Editor / FX Producer · Ben Reyes
Director of Photography · Alex Themistocleous
2nd Camera Op · Daniel Guevara
1st AC · James Goethals
2nd AC · Seth Cook
Gaffer · Chris Swainston
Grip · Will Chan
Wardrobe Stylist · Krissie Torgerson
MUA · Sherri Celis
Hair Stylist · Castillo
Production Assistant · Nick King
Research · Darran Moore
Special thanks · Milk Studios

Stage Works

Between and Within

2019 Commission — Yorke Dance Project

Choreography · Sophia Stoller
Music · Justin Scheid
Lighting · Zeynep Kepekli
Performers · Edd Mitton, Freya Jeffs, Dane Hurst, Abigail Attard Montalto

Coexist

Los Angeles Dance Festival, 2019

Choreography · Sophia Stoller
Performers · Bryanna Brock, Cody Brunelle-Potter, Hyosun Choi, Shane Raiford, Carissa Songhorian, Jamal Wade
Music · "Seaborne (Entrée)", "Drifted", "Limbic", "Braid of Light", "Afterimage (Coda)" — original music by Child Actor, written and performed by Max Heath and Natalie Plaza, produced by Travis Tucker (courtesy of Overcoast Music & Sound)
Lighting · Josephine Wang

Based on a duet created for film under the direction of Jamie Peterson.

Screaming Shapes (Staged Version)

2018 Los Angeles Dance Festival

Choreography · Sophia Stoller
Music · Peter S. Shin
Performers · Bryanna Brock, Cody Brunelle-Potter, Hyosun Choi, Casey Gonzalez, Amanda MacLeod, Shane Raiford, Jamal Wade

Breath + Body Teaser

with C3LA · 2019

Choreography · Sophia Stoller with company
Music · performed by C3LA
Cinematography · Peter Amodeo Gould

Siren

2015

Choreography · Sophia Stoller
Music · Justin Scheid
Lighting · Aron Altmark
Costumes · Yonit Olshan
Performers · Rebecca Green, Yvonne Lacombe, Dina Lasso, Tariq Mitri, Andrew Pearson

Lock & Key Excerpt

MFA thesis, CalArts · 2015

Choreography / Direction · Sophia Stoller
Music · Justin Scheid
Video · Jesse Garrison
Lighting · Aron Altmark
Set · Stevie Nemazee
Costumes · Christine Bald
Technical Director · Jon Stoner
Stage Manager · Rita Santos
Performers · Brance William Souza, Elizabeth Houlton, Jake Harkey, Jenna Eady, Manuel Meza, Tariq Mitri

Illuminations

2014

Choreography · Sophia Stoller
Music · Jeronimo Rajchenberg
Video Design · Hsuan-Kuang Hsieh
Performers · Elizabeth Houlton, Isa Musni, Tariq Mitri

Chrysalis Promo

Soul Lab Dance Project · 2013

Choreography & Performance · Alli Gray, Marina Magalhaes, Kristin Killacky, Lauren Gould, Sophia Stoller

Liminality

2013

Choreography · Sophia Stoller
Lighting · Dan Norman
Performers · Amy Chihara, Caitlin Adams, Kayla Johnson, Mallory Fabian, Rebecca Green

Reels

Iris 1

Choreography reel

Iris 2

Immersive / film reel