Citizen Film
Citizen Film is a not-for-profit, San Francisco-based documentary company founded in 2002 by Sam Ball, Sophie Constantinou and Kate Stilley Steiner. Citizen Film specializes in producing media that “fosters active engagement in cultural and civic life."
Documentaries
They produce long-form documentary programs such as and , and they have produced more than 100 . In addition, they provide key production and/or post-production services for independent producers such as Nancy Kates ; Vicki Abeles ; Tiffany Shlain ; and Jenni Olson.Citizen Film collaborated with Academy Award-winner Debra Chasnoff and her nonprofit production company Groundspark on several films. Citizen Film’s Kate Stilley Steiner produced and edited Groundspark’s That’s a Family, ''One Wedding and a Revolution, Let’s Get Real, It’s Still Elementary, and A Foot in the Door; Sophie Constantinou provided cinematography for One Wedding and a Revolution and A Foot in the Door. Chasnoff’s final film, Prognosis – notes on living,'' was co-produced by Citizen Film and Groundspark. After Chasnoff's passing in 2017, GroundSpark's films were transferred to Citizen Film, where they are owned and distributed through the Debra Chasnoff / Groundspark Legacy Initiative.