Sophia Takal

Sophia Takal is an American actress, writer, director, stage manager, producer and film director. Sophia also wrote Black Christmas and VHS with friend Simon Barrett.

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Green (2011)

Intense

A New Yorker moves to the country with her boyfriend, where her new friendship causes a problem as her partner also takes an interest in the woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sophia Takal
CAST:  Sophia Takal  •  Kate Lyn Sheil  •  Lawrence Michael Levine  •  Louis Cancelmi

A New Yorker moves to the country with her boyfriend, where her new friendship causes a problem as her partner also takes an interest in the woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sophia Takal
CAST:  Sophia Takal  •  Kate Lyn Sheil  •  Lawrence Michael Levine  •  Louis Cancelmi

Cheatin' (2014)

In a fateful bumper car collision, Jake and Ella meet and become the most loving couple in the long history of romance. But when a scheming "other" woman drives a wedge of jealousy into their perfect courtship, insecurity and hatred spell out an untimely fate. With ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Plympton
CAST:  Sophia Takal  •  Jeremy Baumann  •  Alex Markowitz  •  Sita Steele

In a fateful bumper car collision, Jake and Ella meet and become the most loving couple in the long history of romance. But when a scheming "other" woman drives a wedge of jealousy into their perfect courtship, insecurity and hatred spell out an untimely fate. With ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Plympton
CAST:  Sophia Takal  •  Jeremy Baumann  •  Alex Markowitz  •  Sita Steele

24 Exposures (2013)

Billy is a fetish photographer whose models begin to turn up dead. Michael, a melancholic cop, is tasked with investigating him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Swanberg
CAST:  Adam Wingard  •  Simon Barrett  •  Helen Rogers  •  Caroline White

Billy is a fetish photographer whose models begin to turn up dead. Michael, a melancholic cop, is tasked with investigating him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Swanberg
CAST:  Adam Wingard  •  Simon Barrett  •  Helen Rogers  •  Caroline White

All the Light in the Sky (2012)

An insomniac actress is facing the waning days of her career, when her niece pays a visit to her Malibu house.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Swanberg
CAST:  Jane Adams  •  Larry Fessenden  •  Ti West  •  Kent Osborne

An insomniac actress is facing the waning days of her career, when her niece pays a visit to her Malibu house.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Swanberg
CAST:  Jane Adams  •  Larry Fessenden  •  Ti West  •  Kent Osborne

Pollywogs (2013)

Left reeling by his latest catastrophic breakup, Dylan retreats to Minnesota for a family reunion featuring firearms, heavy metal and unwelcome questions. Amongst the throng of relatives, he discovers Sarah, the childhood crush he hasn't seen since her family ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karl Jacob  •  T. Arthur Cottam
CAST:  Karl Jacob  •  Kate Lyn Sheil  •  Jennifer Prediger  •  Larry Mitchell

Left reeling by his latest catastrophic breakup, Dylan retreats to Minnesota for a family reunion featuring firearms, heavy metal and unwelcome questions. Amongst the throng of relatives, he discovers Sarah, the childhood crush he hasn't seen since her family ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karl Jacob  •  T. Arthur Cottam
CAST:  Karl Jacob  •  Kate Lyn Sheil  •  Jennifer Prediger  •  Larry Mitchell

The Men of Dodge City (2012)

Twentysomething J. and two of his close friends are in the process of realizing their utopian dream: turning an abandoned cathedral into a grant-powered, environmentally sustainable art space. Newcomers to the post-industrial frontier where they found this chapel, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nandan Rao
CAST:  Sophia Takal  •  Zach Weintraub  •  Ben Rickles  •  Jesse Rudoy

Twentysomething J. and two of his close friends are in the process of realizing their utopian dream: turning an abandoned cathedral into a grant-powered, environmentally sustainable art space. Newcomers to the post-industrial frontier where they found this chapel, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nandan Rao
CAST:  Sophia Takal  •  Zach Weintraub  •  Ben Rickles  •  Jesse Rudoy

God's Pocket (2014)

DepressingHeartbreakingEmotionalThought provoking

A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Slattery
CAST:  Christina Hendricks  •  Philip Seymour Hoffman  •  Eddie Marsan  •  John Turturro

A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Slattery
CAST:  Christina Hendricks  •  Philip Seymour Hoffman  •  Eddie Marsan  •  John Turturro

Coffee & Pie (2011)

In this self-proclaimed anti-romantic comedy, couple June and October are breaking up. Manipulative June feels her moral superiority justifies the breakup. A "confucked" October learns from seasoned waitress Billy-Jean, that revenge is a dish best served with pie.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Horn
CAST:  Sophia Takal  •  Amy Seimetz  •  Karen Chamberlain

In this self-proclaimed anti-romantic comedy, couple June and October are breaking up. Manipulative June feels her moral superiority justifies the breakup. A "confucked" October learns from seasoned waitress Billy-Jean, that revenge is a dish best served with pie.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Horn
CAST:  Sophia Takal  •  Amy Seimetz  •  Karen Chamberlain

Supporting Characters (2012)

Two New York film editors balance their personal relationships while reworking a movie in crisis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Schechter
CAST:  Alex Karpovsky  •  Tarik Lowe  •  Arielle Kebbel  •  Melonie Diaz

Two New York film editors balance their personal relationships while reworking a movie in crisis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Schechter
CAST:  Alex Karpovsky  •  Tarik Lowe  •  Arielle Kebbel  •  Melonie Diaz

V/H/S (2012)

When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire one rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they had bargained for.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Swanberg  •  Ti West  •  Adam Wingard  •  Matt Bettinelli-Olpin  •  Tyler Gillett  •  David Bruckner  •  Chad Villella  •  Justin Martinez  •  Glenn McQuaid
CAST:  Calvin Lee Reeder  •  Lane Hughes  •  Adam Wingard  •  Hannah Fierman

When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire one rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they had bargained for.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Swanberg  •  Ti West  •  Adam Wingard  •  Matt Bettinelli-Olpin  •  Tyler Gillett  •  David Bruckner  •  Chad Villella  •  Justin Martinez  •  Glenn McQuaid
CAST:  Calvin Lee Reeder  •  Lane Hughes  •  Adam Wingard  •  Hannah Fierman

Detonator (2013)

From rocker to family man, this captivating debut reveals the strife we face when it’s time to grow up. The rhythm of Sully’s (Lawrence Levine, Gabi on the Roof In July) life drastically changes when he abandons Philadelphia’s gritty punk rock scene for suburban ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damon Maulucci  •  Keir Politz
CAST:  Lawrence Michael Levine  •  Benjamin Ellis Fine  •  Robert Longstreet  •  Sophia Takal

From rocker to family man, this captivating debut reveals the strife we face when it’s time to grow up. The rhythm of Sully’s (Lawrence Levine, Gabi on the Roof In July) life drastically changes when he abandons Philadelphia’s gritty punk rock scene for suburban ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damon Maulucci  •  Keir Politz
CAST:  Lawrence Michael Levine  •  Benjamin Ellis Fine  •  Robert Longstreet  •  Sophia Takal

Gabi on the Roof in July (2010)

An ambitious painter on the verge of a big break confronts his moral decay when his idealist, hell-raising, younger sister comes to stay with him in New York City for the summer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Michael Levine
CAST:  Sophia Takal  •  Lawrence Michael Levine  •  Brooke Bloom  •  Louis Cancelmi

An ambitious painter on the verge of a big break confronts his moral decay when his idealist, hell-raising, younger sister comes to stay with him in New York City for the summer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Michael Levine
CAST:  Sophia Takal  •  Lawrence Michael Levine  •  Brooke Bloom  •  Louis Cancelmi

Wild Canaries (2014)

When their elderly neighbor suddenly drops dead, a young Brooklyn couple investigates signs of foul play.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Michael Levine
CAST:  Sophia Takal  •  Lawrence Michael Levine  •  Alia Shawkat  •  Annie Parisse

When their elderly neighbor suddenly drops dead, a young Brooklyn couple investigates signs of foul play.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Michael Levine
CAST:  Sophia Takal  •  Lawrence Michael Levine  •  Alia Shawkat  •  Annie Parisse

Hellaware (2013)

Aspiring but less than ambitious photographer Nate clumsily navigates the New York City art world in a post-grad haze, waiting for his breakthrough project to fall into his lap. During a drug-fueled wormhole through the annals of YouTube, Nate discovers his next ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael M. Bilandic
CAST:  Keith Poulson  •  Sophia Takal  •  Kate Lyn Sheil  •  Brent Butler

Aspiring but less than ambitious photographer Nate clumsily navigates the New York City art world in a post-grad haze, waiting for his breakthrough project to fall into his lap. During a drug-fueled wormhole through the annals of YouTube, Nate discovers his next ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael M. Bilandic
CAST:  Keith Poulson  •  Sophia Takal  •  Kate Lyn Sheil  •  Brent Butler

Molly's Theory of Relativity (2013)

Set on Halloween, a young astronomer who has unexpectedly lost her job, is poised to make perhaps the first reckless decision of her life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Lipsky
CAST:  Sophia Takal  •  Rebecca Schull  •  Adam LeFevre  •  Daisy Tahan

Set on Halloween, a young astronomer who has unexpectedly lost her job, is poised to make perhaps the first reckless decision of her life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Lipsky
CAST:  Sophia Takal  •  Rebecca Schull  •  Adam LeFevre  •  Daisy Tahan

Weekend Away (2013)

A distressed young woman leaves the city for the weekend with the hopes of clearing her head, but meets a mysterious hitchhiker who only confuses things more. The farther she goes to escape the more she finds herself trapped.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Lavine
CAST:  Sophia Takal  •  Grant Harrison  •  Ashlie Atkinson  •  Olivia Costello

A distressed young woman leaves the city for the weekend with the hopes of clearing her head, but meets a mysterious hitchhiker who only confuses things more. The farther she goes to escape the more she finds herself trapped.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Lavine
CAST:  Sophia Takal  •  Grant Harrison  •  Ashlie Atkinson  •  Olivia Costello

Be with Me (The Notebook) (2014)

A woman walks into a video store and makes a sad, strange request.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zach Clark
CAST:  Sophia Takal  •  Jennifer Kim  •  Timm Snow

A woman walks into a video store and makes a sad, strange request.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zach Clark
CAST:  Sophia Takal  •  Jennifer Kim  •  Timm Snow

Uncle Kent 2 (2016)

In a desperate search to create a follow-up to Joe Swanberg's 2011 film Uncle Kent, Kent Osborne travels to a comic book convention in San Diego where he loses his mind and confronts the end of the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Swanberg  •  Todd Rohal
CAST:  Sophia Takal  •  Joe Swanberg  •  Tom Fitzpatrick  •  Jude Swanberg

In a desperate search to create a follow-up to Joe Swanberg's 2011 film Uncle Kent, Kent Osborne travels to a comic book convention in San Diego where he loses his mind and confronts the end of the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Swanberg  •  Todd Rohal
CAST:  Sophia Takal  •  Joe Swanberg  •  Tom Fitzpatrick  •  Jude Swanberg

Always Shine (2016)

On a trip to Big Sur, two friends, both actresses, try to reconnect with one another. Once alone, the women's suppressed jealousies and deep-seated resentments begin to rise, causing them to lose their grasp on not only the true nature of their relationship, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sophia Takal
CAST:  Mackenzie Davis  •  Caitlin FitzGerald  •  Lawrence Michael Levine  •  Alexander Koch

On a trip to Big Sur, two friends, both actresses, try to reconnect with one another. Once alone, the women's suppressed jealousies and deep-seated resentments begin to rise, causing them to lose their grasp on not only the true nature of their relationship, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sophia Takal
CAST:  Mackenzie Davis  •  Caitlin FitzGerald  •  Lawrence Michael Levine  •  Alexander Koch

George and the Vacuum (2015)

George and Lacy walk through the streets of Brooklyn and revisit their memories.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chadd Harbold
CAST:  Fred Armisen  •  Sophia Takal

George and Lacy walk through the streets of Brooklyn and revisit their memories.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chadd Harbold
CAST:  Fred Armisen  •  Sophia Takal
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