She's an award-winning filmmaker and director, a theatre maker, a mentor, the creator of a re-imagined Herland, as well, Sandi Somers is a past recipient of the Doug and Lois Mitchell Outstanding Calgary Artist Award, part of the Cultural Leaders Legacy Arts Awards at Calgary Arts Development. Having started her career in visual arts and theatre, then moving into film, Somers saw how film could incorporate different aspects of the arts.
Somers feels that a lot of her stories deal with connection and how we connect, a theme that runs throughout her work and continues to inspire her.
