Sonja Bozic
(She/Her)
Creative DirectorElastic Media LLC
Sonja Bozic _x0013_The New School Professor, Emerging Media Creator/Researcher, Filmmaker
Full Bio
Sonja Bozic is a multi-award-winning filmmaker and professor. Serbian native and New York City based, she has edited, directed, and produced a wide range of video forms that have been screened at the festivals internationally, including the Cannes Film Festival, and she participated in the 2013 Tribeca Hackathon as part of Frontline/ProPublica team. Sonja was on the committee of organizers for the Media Festival at the 2009 NAB/BEA conference in Las Vegas. Sonja is currently teaching film editing and transmedia at the New School, New York City and transmedia at Montclair State University, New Jersey. She earned her Ph.D. in Transmedia Storytelling at Ohio University, where her transmedia research was nominated for the Trisolini Fellowship Award. She attended Producing Fundamentals Intensive at SPS NYU. Sonja is currently working on her VR project _x001C_Chocolate Milk,_x001D_ an immersive exploration of a mind of a person with autism.
- Professional Credits
- 2020 - Chocolate Milk - VR and documentary - Director, Producer, Co-creator
2020 - Road to Agartha - documentary - Editor
2018 - BURN - Editor, Co-producer
2013 - Your Hospital May Be Hazardous To Your Health _x0013_ an interactive documentary (ProPublica and PBS/Frontline) - Editor
2012 - Christina - short - Assistant Director
2009 - _x001C_Maria _x0013_ Armando (Coming out as a Drag Queen)_x001D_ - documentary - Director, Producer, Editor
2009 - Forty Lousy Dollars - short - Director, Editor, Co-producer
- Industry Awards
- 2019 VR/AR Night at Media Center by IFP - NY, NY - Jury Award for Best Pitch
2018 Vision du Reel - IDW - Nyon, Switzerland - Best Pitch
2017 East Doc Platform - Interactive - Prague, Czech Republic - Best Pitch
2009 The Ned Hockman Filmmaking Award (Best post-production work) - _x001C_Maria _x0013_ Armando (Coming out as a Drag Queen)
