Sophia Jennings (b. San Francisco, CA) is a screenwriter and essayist. She currently writes Making a Scene, a Substack about the writing process. 

Sophia is the writer and producer of PIGS, a short film directed by Julia Jackman (BONUS TRACK) and starring Olivia Williams (RUSHMORE, THE CROWN), and Bessie Carter (BRIDGERTON). Pigs will premiere at the 2024 BFI London Film Festival. 

Previously, Sophia was the writer’s assistant to Justin Britt-Gibson under his HBO overall deal, assisting the screenwriter on Damon Lindelof’s UNT STAR WARS feature for Lucasfilm. She began her career in scripted development for a Scooter Braun x BBH production company, before working as Head of Content for Jameela Jamil’s I Weigh media company. Sophia’s scripts have placed in competitions such as the Hollyshorts Screenwriting Competition, Thousand Films Writing Competition, and the Slick Films Fund. 

As a journalist,  Sophia’s writing appears in Rolling Stone, MTV.com, Emma Gannon’s The Hyphen, and Esquire Australia. Past brand projects include writing/producing for Meta AGI, Meta Bulletin, Masterclass, Character.AI, Runway, UberEats, and Victoria’s Secret. Sophia is currently a writer for The Period Company, founded by Hollywood stylist Karla Welch and British writer Sasha Markova.

Sophia studied sketch comedy at the Soho Theatre Young Company in London and is a graduate of Wesleyan University’s English Department. 

She lives in Los Angeles.

to get in touch - 

Rachel Mann @ CAA for books (UK)

Joan Rodriguez @ Media Talent Group for tv/film (US)

or...

msophiajennings@gmail.com 

thank you!