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Sondy is a documentary filmmaker and video editor with a natural curiosity for the tools that bring films to life. She frequently experiments with new ways of working to see if there’s a better way to create or collaborate. This curiosity extends to her ability to craft compelling behind-the-scenes content, where she showcases how films are made and highlights the tools and techniques that shape the process. Her most popular behind-the-scenes featurette has 1.4M views on YouTube. Find her on LinkedIn here.

Her personal work discusses mixed heritage, diasporic experiences, and how social expectations impact identity. She wants her work to prompt radical healing and reflection. In 2020, she created Back to the Source, a film about feeling foreign in one’s home country, as an Armed With A Camera fellow. In 2024, Sondy was selected as an Artist Disruptor by the California Arts Council. With the their support, she created Dear Watsonville, a mixed media film about the lifeways of the manong generation, the first Filipino migrants to arrive to the U.S. Most recently, she was chosen for the Center for Cultural Power’s 2026 Cultural Response Cohort, a narrative strategy program supporting her latest project.

Featured Articles and Media

• Musicbed News: Sondy on Crafting Emotion with Music

• Lookout Santa Cruz: Dear Watsonville: Short film spotlights first generation of Filipino migrants

• SoCal Filipinos: Director Sondy Lucille and Historian Meleia Simon-Reynolds discuss the making of Dear Watsonville

• Brooklyn Film Festival: Q&A with director Sondy Lucille and producer Meleia Simon-Reynolds

• Frame.io Insider: How Text-Based Editing Transforms Filmmaking

• Musicbed Awards: V/Speed Wins A Diamond Award

• Behind the Scenes: RED In-Camera Integrations in Action

Awards

• 2025 BEST SHORT DOC, DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon –– Dear Watsonville

• 2025 GRAND JURY PRIZE, Ouray Film Festival –– Daydream Believers Shorts Program (ft. Dear Watsonville)

• 2024 MUSICBED AWARD –– Stamp Productions’ Road to an Olympic Campaign

• 2024 BEST SHORT DOC, Cindependent Film Festival –– Dear Watsonville

• 2024 BEST SHORT DOC, San Diego Filipino Short Film Festival –– Dear Watsonville

• 2024 AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD, Las Vegas Filipino Short Film Festival –– Dear Watsonville

• 2024 MOST ENJOYABLE SHORTS PROGRAM, Silicon Valley Asian Pacific Film Festival –– Dear Watsonville

• 2023 WEBBY HONOREE –– V/Speed Soars to New Heights for Nat Geo

• 2023 MUSICBED AWARD –– V/Speed Soars to New Heights for Nat Geo