| Sonia Lowman |
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Sonia Lowman is an American filmmaker who is known for documentaries such as Teach Us All, Black Boys, War & Grace, and Indomitable.[1]
Lowman grew up in Santa Clarita, California and attended Valencia High School. Her father was an entertainment editor and movie/TV reporter from whom she learned about the film industry. She graduated from Boston University and holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics.[2]
Prior to filmmaking, Lowman worked for various non-profits, including International Medical Corps, the Milken Family Foundation, and running a youth outreach program for the International Monetary Fund.[3] Lowman had no prior filmmaking experience prior to the release of her first film, Teach Us All.[4] The film was released on Netflix in September 2017.[5] In 2020, Lowman released Black Boys, a documentary that addresses the dehumanization of young Black men in America.[6] The film was released on Peacock and won numerous awards, including the Best Feature Length Documentary at the Montreal International Black Film Festival.[7] She also wrote and directed War & Grace in 2020, a film about mothers and midwives in war zones, produced by Sienna Miller.[8] Lowman released the documentary Indomitable in 2024. The film was shot in Ukraine and documents the humanitarian crisis of the Russo-Ukrainian War.[9]