Sophia Bierend studied for her master’s degree in screenwriting/dramaturgy at the Babelsberg Film University Konrad Wolf until 2023.

In 2019, she won the Degeto Impulse Award for writing while simultaneously working as assistant director on the Netflix series Unorthodox and the film I’m Your Man.

Both projects were directed by Maria Schrader for whom she also works privately as an assistant.

Inspired by this collaboration, Sophia applied for the talent lab at the War On Screen Film Festival in France. She won and got funding for her short film script The Taster. She wrote and directed the movie, which won the Student BAFTA in 2023 and is now successfully screening at various festivals all over the world.

The Taster also won outstanding performance in the International Short Film Competition at the International Fantasia Film Festival for actress Silvana Mihai.

As a screenwriter she is part of various Writers’ Rooms where she wrote among others, several episodes for the youth series ECHT (KiKA, ZDF).