Soma Helmi, a remarkable director, who has had a wealth of experiences from Shadowing Grey’s Anatomy’s direct Debbie Allen to directing two seasons of The Dead Girls Detective Agency. Soma emphasizes the significance of networking, insights into the directing process, her online courses, and her latest project being filmed in Indonesia.
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Born to an Indonesian father and a Polish mother, Soma Helmi hails from Bali and directed all 20 episodes of Season 3 of Snapchat's original series The Dead Girls Detective Agency. The series is produced by Keshet Media and Insurrection Media.
She is a 2021 Paramount Viewfinder Directors Program fellow and was named one of the “8 directors to watch” by Alliance of Women Directors. Soma is on the 2021 CAPE List x Blacklist and was recently the recipient of the inaugural CAPE Julia Gouw and Janet Yang short film challenge grant. Soma’s passion is to tell character driven stories and furthering representation on the screen, especially that of the Asian experience.
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