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{{short description|American actress, writer and director (born 1986)}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Sophia Takal
| name = Sophia Takal
| image = Sophia Takal Smells Like Screen Spirit interview.jpg
| image =
| caption =
| caption = Takal in 2011
| birth_name = Sophia Takal
| birth_name =
| birth_date =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|05|12}}
| birth_place = [[Montclair, New Jersey]]
| birth_place = [[Montclair, New Jersey]]
| alma_mater =
| alma_mater = [[Barnard College]]
| occupation = {{Flat list|
| occupation = {{Flat list|
* Actress
* Actress
* film director
* film director
* producer
* producer
* film editor}}
* film editor}}
| years_active = 2009-present
| years_active = 2009–present
| spouse = {{Plainlist|
| spouse = [[Lawrence Michael Levine]]
| children =
* {{nowrap|{{marriage|[[Lawrence Michael Levine]]|}}}}}}
| children =
| relatives =
| relatives =
}}
}}
'''Sophia Takal''' is an American actress, writer and director, perhaps best known for her work in independent features such as ''[[All the Light in the Sky]]'', ''[[Supporting Characters]]'' and ''[[Gabi on the Roof in July]]''. ''[[Filmmaker (magazine)|Filmmaker]]'' magazine named Takal one of the "25 New Faces of Film" in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://filmmakermagazine.com/series/25-new-faces-of-2011/ |work=Filmmaker |title=25 New Faces of Independent Film 2011 |publisher= |date=2011 |accessdate=November 19, 2017 |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201110102/http://filmmakermagazine.com/series/25-new-faces-of-2011/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She directed and co-wrote the [[Black Christmas (2019 film)|2019 remake]] of the 1974 horror film ''[[Black Christmas (1974 film)|Black Christmas]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ito|first=Robert|date=2019-12-12|title=With 'Black Christmas,' Sophia Takal Makes a #MeToo Slasher|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/12/movies/black-christmas-metoo-slasher.html|access-date=2020-05-01|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2020-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212054001/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/12/movies/black-christmas-metoo-slasher.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


'''Sophia Takal''' is an American actress, writer and director perhaps best known for her work in independent features such as ''[[All the Light in the Sky]]'', ''[[Supporting Characters]]'', and ''[[Gabi on the Roof in July]].'' [[Filmmaker (magazine)|Filmmaker Magazine]] named Takal one of the "25 New Faces of Film" in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/meet_the_2011_afi_fest_filmmakers_raging_jealousy_in_sophia_takals_green |title=The 2011 AFI Fest Filmmakers |title=Raging Jealousy in Sophia Takal's "Green" |publisher=Indiewire |date=November 1, 2011}}</ref> Takal and her husband operate a production company titled ''Little Teeth Pictures''.<ref>http://www.littleteethpics.com/about/</ref>
==Early life==
==Early life==
Takal is from [[Montclair, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2014/04/film_festival_back_next_week.html |title=Montclair Film Festival back next week |publisher=NJ.com |date=April 25, 2014}}</ref>
Takal is from [[Montclair, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2014/04/film_festival_back_next_week.html |title=Montclair Film Festival back next week |publisher= |website=NJ.com |date=April 25, 2014 |access-date=September 3, 2014 |archive-date=May 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510135034/http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2014/04/film_festival_back_next_week.html |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Takal has worked on and starred in numerous independent films, some associated with the [[mumblecore]] movement.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/15329/1/joe-swanberg-selects-sophia-takal |title=Joe Swanberg selects Sophia Takal |publisher= |work=Dazed & Confused |date=7 January 2013 |accessdate=September 3, 2014 |archive-date=23 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923213214/http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/15329/1/joe-swanberg-selects-sophia-takal |url-status=live }}<br>- {{cite web |url=http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/movies/25383419-421/its-a-bore-when-mumblecore-meets-softcore.html#.VAdvN_ldXPo |title='24 Exposures': Mumblecore meets softcore meets big bore |publisher= |work=Chicago Sun Times |date=February 6, 2014 |access-date=September 3, 2014 |archive-date=September 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904162959/http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/movies/25383419-421/its-a-bore-when-mumblecore-meets-softcore.html#.VAdvN_ldXPo |url-status=dead }}</ref>


In March 2011, Takal's first directorial effort, ''Green'', was premiered at the [[South by Southwest Festival]] and was positively received, winning Takal the festival's Chicken and Egg Emergent Narrative Woman Director prize. She also wrote the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304520804576347853663321980 |title=In Greenpoint, Life Inspires Art |publisher= |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=May 27, 2011 |access-date=March 14, 2017 |archive-date=August 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805054201/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304520804576347853663321980 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2015, Takal directed another feature-length film, ''Always Shine''. The film stars [[Mackenzie Davis]], [[Caitlin FitzGerald]], and her husband [[Lawrence Michael Levine]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = He Said, She Said: How to Work with Your Spouse on an Indie Film and Not Kill Each Other|url = http://www.indiewire.com/article/he-said-she-said-how-to-work-with-your-spouse-on-an-indie-film-and-not-kill-each-other-20150225|website = Indiewire|accessdate = January 21, 2016|first = |last = |date = 25 February 2015|archive-date = 16 December 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151216144759/http://www.indiewire.com/article/he-said-she-said-how-to-work-with-your-spouse-on-an-indie-film-and-not-kill-each-other-20150225|url-status = live}}</ref>
===Acting===
Takal has worked on and starred in numerous independent films, some associated with the [[mumblecore]] movemement.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/15329/1/joe-swanberg-selects-sophia-takal |title=Joe Swanberg selects Sophia Takal |publisher=Dazed & Confused Magazine |accessdate=September 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/movies/25383419-421/its-a-bore-when-mumblecore-meets-softcore.html#.VAdvN_ldXPo |title=‘24 Exposures’: Mumblecore meets softcore meets big bore |publisher=Chicago Sun Times |date=February 6, 2014}}</ref>


Takal and her husband operate a production company called Little Teeth Pictures.<ref>{{Cite web|title = About|url = http://www.littleteethpics.com/about/|website = |publisher = Little Teeth Pictures|accessdate = January 21, 2016|archive-date = September 14, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160914025755/http://www.littleteethpics.com/about/|url-status = dead}}</ref>
===Directing===
In March 2011, Takal's first directorial effort, ''Green,'' premiered at [[South by Southwest Festival|South by Southwest]] and was positively received winning Takal the festival's Chicken and Egg Emergent Narrative Woman Director prize. Sophia also wrote the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304520804576347853663321980 |title=In Greenpoint, Life Inspires Art |publisher=The Wall Street Journal |date=May 27, 2011}}</ref> in 2015, Takal directed another feature length film, titled ''Always Shine''. The film stars [[Mackenzie Davis]], [[Caitlin FitzGerald]], and her husband [[Lawrence Michael Levine]].<ref>http://www.littleteethpics.com/#/always-shine/</ref>


==Personal==
==Personal life==
[[File:Sophia Takal & Lawrence Levine Smells Like Screen Spirit interview.jpg|thumb|Takal and her current husband in 2011.]]
Takal is married to filmmaker [[Lawrence Michael Levine]], a frequent collaborator and co-star.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2014/mar/07/entertainment/la-et-mn-sxsw-2014-lawrence-levine-sophia-takal-chase-wild-canaries-20140307 |title=SXSW 2014: Lawrence Levine and Sophia Takal chase 'Wild Canaries' |publisher=Los Angeles Times |date=March 7, 2014}}</ref> She studied film at [[Vassar College|Vassar]] before graduating from [[Barnard College]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://filmmakermagazine.com/people/sophia-takal-2/#.VAdq5PldXPo |title=Sophia Takal |publisher=Filmmaker Magazine |accessdate=September 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://alum.barnard.edu/s/1133/index2.aspx?sid=1133&gid=1&pgid=252&cid=2361&ecid=2361&ciid=5559&crid=0 |title=Sophia Takal '07 writes, directs, and stars in "Green" |publisher=Barnard Alumnae |accessdate=September 3, 2014}}</ref>
Takal is married to the filmmaker [[Lawrence Michael Levine]], a frequent collaborator and co-star.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-sxsw-2014-lawrence-levine-sophia-takal-chase-wild-canaries-20140307-story.html |title=SXSW 2014: Lawrence Levine and Sophia Takal chase 'Wild Canaries' |publisher= |work=Los Angeles Times |date=March 7, 2014 |access-date=September 3, 2014 |archive-date=September 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905021215/http://articles.latimes.com/2014/mar/07/entertainment/la-et-mn-sxsw-2014-lawrence-levine-sophia-takal-chase-wild-canaries-20140307 |url-status=live }}</ref> She studied film at [[Vassar College|Vassar]] before graduating from [[Barnard College]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://filmmakermagazine.com/people/sophia-takal-2/#.VAdq5PldXPo |title=Sophia Takal |publisher= |work=Filmmaker |date=20 July 2011 |accessdate=September 3, 2014 |archive-date=4 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904083924/http://filmmakermagazine.com/people/sophia-takal-2/#.VAdq5PldXPo |url-status=live }}<br>- {{cite web |url=http://alum.barnard.edu/s/1133/index2.aspx?sid=1133&gid=1&pgid=252&cid=2361&ecid=2361&ciid=5559&crid=0 |title=Sophia Takal '07 writes, directs, and stars in "Green" |publisher=Barnard Alumnae |accessdate=September 3, 2014 |archive-date=September 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904121642/http://alum.barnard.edu/s/1133/index2.aspx?sid=1133&gid=1&pgid=252&cid=2361&ecid=2361&ciid=5559&crid=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Actress===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|2011
|''[[Gabi on the Roof in July]]''
|Gabi
|Also producer and editor
|-
|2011
|''Green''
|Robin
|Also writer and director
|-
|2011
|''[[The Zone (2011 film)|The Zone]]''
|Sophia
|
|-
|2011
|''The International Sign for Choking''
|Anna
|
|-
|2011
|''Cat Scratch Fever''
|Anna
|
|-
|2011
|''[[V/H/S]]''
|Stephanie
|Segment "Second Honeymoon"
|-
|2012
|''[[Gayby]]''
|Honey
|
|-
|2012
|''[[Supporting Characters]]''
|Amy
|
|-
|2012
|''The Men of Dodge City''
|Sophia
|
|-
|2012
|''[[All the Light in the Sky]]''
|Faye
|
|-
|2012
|''Open Five 2''
|
|
|-
|2013
|''[[Molly's Theory of Relativity]]''
|Molly
|
|-
|2013
|''Detonator''
|Belle
|
|-
|2013
|''Hellaware''
|Bernadette
|
|-
|2013
|''[[24 Exposures]]''
|Callie
|
|-
|2013
|''[[Cheatin' (film)|Cheatin']]''
|Ella
|
|-
|2014
|''[[God's Pocket]]''
|Temple Graduate
|
|-
|2014
|''The Other Men of Dodge City''
|Sophia
|
|-
|2014
|''[[Wild Canaries]]''
|Barri
|Also producer
|-
|2014
|''Uncle Kent 2''
|Public Domain Superhero
|
|-
|2015
|''[[Devil Town]]''
|Eve Phillips
|
|-
|}

===Director===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|2011
|''Green''
|Also writer
|-
|2016
|''[[Always Shine]]''
|Also producer
|-
|2018
|''[[Into the Dark (TV series)|Into the Dark]]''
|Episode: "[[New Year, New You]]"
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Black Christmas (2019 film)|Black Christmas]]''
| Also co-writer
|-
| 2021
| ''[[One of Us Is Lying (TV series)|One of Us Is Lying]]''
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Gossip Girl (2021 TV series)|Gossip Girl]]''
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2023
| ''[[The Summer I Turned Pretty (TV series)|The Summer I Turned Pretty]]''
| 2 episodes
|-
|}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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Latest revision as of 11:31, 15 August 2024

Sophia Takal
Takal in 2011
Born (1986-05-12) May 12, 1986 (age 38)
Montclair, New Jersey
Alma materBarnard College
Occupations
  • Actress
  • film director
  • producer
  • film editor
Years active2009–present
SpouseLawrence Michael Levine

Sophia Takal is an American actress, writer and director, perhaps best known for her work in independent features such as All the Light in the Sky, Supporting Characters and Gabi on the Roof in July. Filmmaker magazine named Takal one of the "25 New Faces of Film" in 2011.[1] She directed and co-wrote the 2019 remake of the 1974 horror film Black Christmas.[2]

Early life

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Takal is from Montclair, New Jersey.[3]

Career

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Takal has worked on and starred in numerous independent films, some associated with the mumblecore movement.[4]

In March 2011, Takal's first directorial effort, Green, was premiered at the South by Southwest Festival and was positively received, winning Takal the festival's Chicken and Egg Emergent Narrative Woman Director prize. She also wrote the film.[5] In 2015, Takal directed another feature-length film, Always Shine. The film stars Mackenzie Davis, Caitlin FitzGerald, and her husband Lawrence Michael Levine.[6]

Takal and her husband operate a production company called Little Teeth Pictures.[7]

Personal life

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Takal and her current husband in 2011.

Takal is married to the filmmaker Lawrence Michael Levine, a frequent collaborator and co-star.[8] She studied film at Vassar before graduating from Barnard College.[9]

Filmography

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Actress

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Year Title Role Notes
2011 Gabi on the Roof in July Gabi Also producer and editor
2011 Green Robin Also writer and director
2011 The Zone Sophia
2011 The International Sign for Choking Anna
2011 Cat Scratch Fever Anna
2011 V/H/S Stephanie Segment "Second Honeymoon"
2012 Gayby Honey
2012 Supporting Characters Amy
2012 The Men of Dodge City Sophia
2012 All the Light in the Sky Faye
2012 Open Five 2
2013 Molly's Theory of Relativity Molly
2013 Detonator Belle
2013 Hellaware Bernadette
2013 24 Exposures Callie
2013 Cheatin' Ella
2014 God's Pocket Temple Graduate
2014 The Other Men of Dodge City Sophia
2014 Wild Canaries Barri Also producer
2014 Uncle Kent 2 Public Domain Superhero
2015 Devil Town Eve Phillips

Director

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Year Title Notes
2011 Green Also writer
2016 Always Shine Also producer
2018 Into the Dark Episode: "New Year, New You"
2019 Black Christmas Also co-writer
2021 One of Us Is Lying 2 episodes
2022 Gossip Girl 2 episodes
2023 The Summer I Turned Pretty 2 episodes

References

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  1. ^ "25 New Faces of Independent Film 2011". Filmmaker. 2011. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
  2. ^ Ito, Robert (2019-12-12). "With 'Black Christmas,' Sophia Takal Makes a #MeToo Slasher". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  3. ^ "Montclair Film Festival back next week". NJ.com. April 25, 2014. Archived from the original on May 10, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  4. ^ "Joe Swanberg selects Sophia Takal". Dazed & Confused. 7 January 2013. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
    - "'24 Exposures': Mumblecore meets softcore meets big bore". Chicago Sun Times. February 6, 2014. Archived from the original on September 4, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  5. ^ "In Greenpoint, Life Inspires Art". The Wall Street Journal. May 27, 2011. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  6. ^ "He Said, She Said: How to Work with Your Spouse on an Indie Film and Not Kill Each Other". Indiewire. 25 February 2015. Archived from the original on 16 December 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  7. ^ "About". Little Teeth Pictures. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  8. ^ "SXSW 2014: Lawrence Levine and Sophia Takal chase 'Wild Canaries'". Los Angeles Times. March 7, 2014. Archived from the original on September 5, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  9. ^ "Sophia Takal". Filmmaker. 20 July 2011. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
    - "Sophia Takal '07 writes, directs, and stars in "Green"". Barnard Alumnae. Archived from the original on September 4, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
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