Citizen Film

Citizen Film is a San Francisco-based documentary company founded in 2002 by Sam Ball, Sophie Constantinou and Kate Stilley Steiner.

They produce long-form documentary programs such as Joann Sfar Draws from Memory and Green Streets (in progress)[permanent dead link‍], and they have produced more than 100 short films.

[1] In addition, they provide key production and/or post-production services for independent producers such as Nancy Kates (Regarding Susan Sontag); Vicki Abeles (Race to Nowhere); Tiffany Shlain (The Tribe); and Jenni Olson (575 Castro St.).

[2][3][4][5] They have produced several films with Academy Award winner Debra Chasnoff (A Foot in the Door and The Respect for All Project Archived 2021-05-17 at the Wayback Machine), promoting equity in education "at the earliest age possible and on an ongoing basis.

"[6][7][8] Citizen Film also produces new media projects such as Lunch Love Community, co-directed by Constantinou and Helen DeMichiel; and Half-Remembered Stories, a collaboration with the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.