Sonja SohnFilmography

Occupation:
Actor, Screenwriter

  • Step Up 2: The Streets

    Actors: Briana Evigan, Robert Hoffman, Will Kemp, Sonja Sohn, Adam G. Sevani

    Synopsis: Director Jon M. Chu takes the helm for this Step Up sequel set at the Maryland School for the Arts and following the journey of a rebellious street dancer who struggles to fit in at the prestigious school. Andie (Briana Evigan) may show great promise as a dancer, but she just can't seem to let go Read More

    2/14/08

  • The Wire: Season 05

    Actors: Dominic West, Clarke Peters

    Synopsis: For the fifth and final season of this groundbreaking urban drama, series creator David Simon returns to his old stomping grounds at the Baltimore Sun, where he worked for many years as a crime reporter, to examine the media's role in modern society. This fictionalized version of what was once a Read More

    2008

  • The Wire: Season 04

    Actors: Dominic West, Clarke Peters, Sonja Sohn

    Synopsis: David Simon's masterful social commentary went back to school, quite literally, in the fourth season, which focuses on Baltimore's crumbling education system. A relevant link to its first three seasons is supplied by Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski (Jim True-Frost), who left the police department to Read More

    2006

  • The Wire: Season 03

    Actors: Dominic West, Wood Harris, Sonja Sohn, Lance Reddick

    Synopsis: Season three of The Wire continues the series' even-handed dissection of the Baltimore "drug wars," as seen through the eyes of both the police investigators and the drug lords. With charismatic hoodlum Stringer Bell (Idris Elba) emerging as the unofficial leader of the Barksdale drug empire, and Read More

    2004

  • The Wire: Time After Time

    Synopsis: Season Three of The Wire opens with the demolition of Baltimore's notorious Franklin Terrace towers, the home base of Avon Barksdale's (Wood Harris) crew, currently under the supervision of Stringer Bell (Idris Elba). Rather than worry about expanding his control, through violence and Read More

    2004

  • The Wire: Season 02

    Actors: Dominic West, Larry Gilliard, Jr., Wood Harris, Sonja Sohn, Lance Reddick

    Synopsis: The Baltimore "drug wars" enter a new phase (with a few diversions along the way) as The Wire launches its second season of 12 hour-long episodes. Although he was instrumental in weakening the Barksdale drug empire during the previous season, narcotics-division detective James McNulty (Dominic West Read More

    2003

  • The Killing Zone

    Synopsis: The sophomore effort from writer/director Joe Brewster, this psychological drama centers on Malcolm (Isaach de Bankolé), a man who sees his entire reality torn apart when his father is suddenly murdered. In the aftermath of the killing, Malcolm reflects for the first time on his life which began Read More

    2002

  • The Wire: Season 01

    Actors: Dominic West, Larry Gilliard, Jr., Wood Harris, Sonja Sohn, Lance Reddick, Clarke Peters

    Synopsis: Setting the tone for all seasons to come, season one of HBO's The Wire divides its attention equally between cops and dealers, offering a fascinatingly objective overview of the Baltimore drug scene. The weekly, hour-long series also pays homage to its spiritual predecessor, Homicide: Life on the Street Read More

    2002

  • Slam

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Actors: Saul Williams, Sonja Sohn, Bonz Malone

    Synopsis: Filmmaker Marc Levin, known for his documentaries exploring prison life, drug addiction, and street gangs, won the 1998 Sundance Film Festival grand jury prize when he made his feature dramatic directorial debut with this downbeat prison drama about a black poet jailed on minor drug charges. At Read More

    10/23/98

  • Work

    Synopsis: This downbeat tale is set in a depressed, nameless, dirty little town where those not unemployed work at low-paying dead-end jobs. Jenny is only in her twenties but already she feels her life has reached a dead end. She is married to a dull mill worker she does not love, and though obviously Read More

    1996

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