Sophia Kruz
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Sophia Kruz is a showrunner and Emmy Award-winning documentary director and producer based in Los Angeles. Recent work includes:

​CHASING WAVES
Co-Executive Producer + Co-Director
​Eight-episode Disney+ documentary series about the Japanese influence on global surf culture in the wake of the sport's Olympic debut.
​​THE EXPRESS WAY WITH DULÉ HILL
Co-Executive Producer
National PBS documentary series led by renowned actor, dancer, and singer, Dulé Hill, that celebrates the transformative power of creative expression. 

LITTLE STONES 
Director + Producer
Award-winning feature-length documentary profiling four women in India, Brazil, Senegal and Kenya using art to fight for women's rights. Available on Amazon Prime.
www.littlestones.org
THE FOX HOLLOW MURDERS: Playground of a Serial Killer
Co-Executive Producer
Four-part true crime documentary series for Hulu / ABC News Studios about a series of unsolved homicides in Indiana.

​​FULL BLEED
Supervising Producer
Documentary series produced by Anonymous Content, each half-hour episode brings viewers inside some of the most breakthrough creative projects in history, starting with renowned architect Daniel Libeskind’s reimagining of Ground Zero after 9/11.
VIOLENT MINDS: Killers on Tape 
Co-Executive Producer
10-hour true crime series for Peacock on the psychology of serial killers, featuring the work of Dr. Al Carlisle, a clinical psychologist in the Utah State Prison system.
BIG VAPE: The Rise and Fall of Juul 
Story Producer
Emmy-winning Netflix documentary series that tells the rags-to-riches story of the controversial e-cigarette company which transformed from a scrappy Silicon Valley start-up into a multi-billion-dollar tobacco company that sparked an epidemic.
THE CONFESSION TAPES, Season 2
Producer
​Hit Netflix true-crime documentary series exploring false confessions which led to homicide convictions.

DEFYING GRAVITY: The Untold Story of Women's Gymnastics
Story Producer
Critic's Choice, PGA Awards and Emmy-nominated series which details the history of abuse and sexual assault in the sport.
EXHIBIT A, Season 1 
Producer
​This Netflix true-crime documentary series shows how innocent people have been convicted with dubious forensic techniques.
TRAFFICKED WITH MARIANA VAN ZELLER, Season 1 
Story Producer
Critic's Choice and Emmy-nominated National Geographic series exploring criminal networks of the global underworld, black and informal markets.
SEX, LOVE & GOOP 
Story Producer
​Hit Netflix docu-series about sex and female pleasure. Executive produced by Gwyneth Paltrow.

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