Sonja O’Hara is an Emmy-nominated queer writer, director and actor. She was chosen as one of the “10 Filmmakers To Watch” by Independent Magazine, selected by a jury from MovieMaker Magazine, the Sundance Institute and Austin Film Festival. (Past recipients include Barry Jenkins of MOONLIGHT.)

Sonja just directed two back to back features which are currently completing post-production: Lionsgate’s MID-CENTURY, a provocative thriller starring Stephan Lang (AVATAR) and two time Academy Award nominee Bruce Dern, produced by Jeremy Walton (THE INVENTOR with Marion Cotillard), and ROOT LETTER, an adaptation of the popular Japanese PlayStation game, written by Tribeca Film Festival Narrative Prize winner David Ebeltoft and starring Danny Ramirez of THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER. Sonja also created and directed the Webby award winning series DOOMSDAY (Shudder) which was nominated for the 2021 Daytime Emmy Awards. For DOOMSDAY, she was awarded the “Best Director” prize out of 4000 submissions at The New York Television Festival. Sonja sold her original series ASTRAL to Adaptive Studios and you can read about it in the press here.

Sonja's work as a writer, director and actor has been nominated for the Streamy Awards and the Indie Series Awards. She was also awarded the coveted "Best Director" prize at the prestigious New York Television Festival. She was a guest speaker at SXSW.