Producer Sacha Sommer’s Career Background

Director and Producer Sacha Sommer graduated from Emerson College in the early 1990s with a degree in film, and quickly got his foot into the door of the film and entertainment industry. Working with stars like Charlie Sheen, Dick Clark, Tupac, Kevin Nides, and Terry Power, Sacha Sommer built up an impressive resume and list of production credits for himself early in his career. Sacha Sommer’s name can be found in the credit list for films (Dominic’s Castle, Scandalous, City Dragon, The Chase), TV Shows (Bloopers and Practical Jokes, How I Spent My Summer Vacation), and music videos (I Get Around, Keep Your Head Up).

Sacha Sommer’s biggest break came in 1995, when he directed and produced his first independent documentary, “Intervention: Chronicles of Terror,” which attracted investors who helped him found his own production company, Arawak Pictures Inc. Since then, Sacha Sommer has worked on a variety of non-fiction productions, most notably Call & Response: A Concert To End Slavery, as well as documentaries on Voodoo in Haiti, Macchu Picchu, and The Anti-Barbie. Sacha Sommer has contributed to public service announcements on drunk driving, and produced recruitment commercials for the US Army, which can be found at goarmy.com. Also during 2005, he was hired as a translator by the US Army and United Nations since he speaks French and Haitian Creole fluently. During Operations "Just Cause," he worked directly with Psyops, Special Forces, and the military police.

When not producing films, Sacha Sommer has developed a few other careers for himself, as well. While living in Miami in the mid 2000s, Sacha Sommer was a PE coach and high school art teacher at the SMART School. In recent years, Sacha Sommer has started a small modeling career, and his image can be found in ad campaigns for the Bank of Dubai and Kodak, as well as in music videos for popular bands like the Foo Fighters. Sacha Sommer is also a reiki and crystal healing practitioner and an archery instructor in Los Angeles, and takes on graphic design and editing work on a freelance basis.

Sacha Sommer Biography

Sacha Sommer is the owner and operator of Arawak Pictures Inc, an independent film production studio. An aspiring and innovative director, producer, and writer of films, commercials, TV shows, as well as a model, actor, and graphic designer, Sacha Sommer has been in the film industry for nearly twenty years.

Sacha Sommer grew up in Washington, DC, where he attended the Edmund Burke School, and was captain of both his school’s and a local select soccer team. He also wrestled and played tennis and basketball. For further education, Sacha Sommer left DC to attend Emerson College in Boston, where he studied film and mass communications and eventually gained a Bachelor of Science degree. While in school, Sacha Sommer was able to travel to LA for two film internships through Emerson’s Alternative Film Program. He speaks French and Haitian Creole fluently.

After graduation, Sacha Sommer moved to Haiti, where he wrote, directed, and produced his award-winning documentary on the invasion of Haiti, “Intervention Chronicle of Terror,” and founded Arawak Pictures, Inc. Sacha Sommer later moved to Miami, FL, where he taught high school art and physical education. In 2006, Sacha Sommer moved to Los Angeles, where he currently lives and produces films, shows, and commercials in various genres.

In addition to his film career, Sacha Sommer is devoted to helping others, and has contributed his skills to films and documentaries to bring attention to important issues around the globe, like Haiti: Chronicles of Terror and Call & Response: A Concert to End Slavery. Sacha Sommer has ublic service announcements about drunk driving and the world trade center attacks, and has helped the US Army film recruitment materials. Sacha Sommer is a crystal healing and reiki practitioner. In 2010, Sacha Sommer became a certified level one archery instructor. Sacha Sommer enjoys recurve archery, and practices gracie jiu jitsu and mixed martial arts.

Public Education Through Film Important for Sacha Sommer

Sacha Sommer got his start in the film industry in the early 1990s, interning for Paramount Pictures as an assistant to Saturday Night Fever star Kevin Nides, and working on Tupac’s music videos “Keep Your Head Up” and “I Get Around” as an assistant to Terry Power at Power Films. Sacha Sommer’s early career also saw him acting and producing in a number of fiction-based television shows and films – crime dramas like The Chase and Dominic’s Castle, martial arts films like City Dragon, and comedy shows like Dick Clark Production’s “Bloopers and Practical Jokes.”

In 1995, however, Sacha Sommer entered the world of documentary filmmaking, setting out to educate the world about the invasion and occupation of Haiti through his award-winning film, “Intervention Chronicles of Terror.” Since then, Sacha Sommer’s filmmaking has largely focused on improving public education about important world issues through the use of film and media communications.

After a brief hiatus from filmmaking in the mid 2000s when Sacha Sommer decided to focus on teaching art and physical education to high schoolers, the director and producer has been working on various public education initiatives through film. In 2005, Sacha Sommer produced a public service announcement about the aftermath of the attacks on the World Trade Center, and a PSA regarding the dangers of impact of drunk driving the following year. Sacha Sommer showed his support for America’s troops in 2007, acting as assistant director for commercials and recruitment materials for GoArmy.com and other US Army efforts.

In 2008, Sacha Sommer contributed his production and direction talent to Call & Response: A Concert to End Slavery, which brought together musicians and humanitarians to raise awareness of issues like labor slaver, sex trafficking, and the use of child soldiers around the world. After the Haitian earthquake in 2010, Sacha Sommer produced a video calling for international relief funding and documenting the devastation brought to Haiti by the earthquake. He is currently working on a documentary and a photo book regarding the devastation brought on by the earthquake.

Sacha Sommer’s Work on Call and Response: A Concert to End Slavery

Sacha Sommer, most well known as owner and founder of Arawak Pictures, Inc., contributed his production expertise and skills to humanitarian effort through the multimedia documentary film Call & Response: A Concert to End Slavery. As 1^st assistant director on the project, Sacha Sommer helped publicize the influence of slavery on the world today, as the public continues to be unaware of the fact that in the 21^st century, the slave trade is larger than it has been at any other point in history.

On the Staff of Call and Response, Sacha Sommer worked with well-known political and humanitarian figures like Daryl Hannah, Madeleine Albright, Ashley Judd, and Nicholas D. Kristoff. The documentary also involved a concert starring Moby, Imogen Heap, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Five for Fighting, Talib Kweli, and other stars invested in stopping the slave trade and supporting non-profit organizations. Sacha Sommer directed and produced a music video stemming from the concert, which received significant popularity and helped the get the artists’ message about stopping sex trafficking, labor slavery, and the use of child soldiers around the world.

Sacha Sommer has also been involved in other humanitarian efforts, most notably the effort to provide aid to the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti. In fighting the effects of the destruction, Sacha Sommer has teamed up with the president of Haiti, Michelle Martelly, and Foundation Rose et Blanc to bring supplies, water, food, shelter, and medical treatment to those most affected by the destruction wrought by the earthquake. In the past, Sacha Sommer had filmed a documentary about the invasion of Hait by the United States, and in the wake of the earthquake, is directing and producing a video about the magnitude of destruction and the need for international aid, alongside Haiti’s Organization of Economic Development.

Sacha Sommer Has a Wide Range of Interests

Sacha Sommer is a producer, a director, and an artist. He has worked as a graphic designer, an actor, and as a model. Sacha Sommer’s film interests have encompassed documentaries, martial arts action comedies, and crime dramas. In short, Sacha Sommer is what you might call a jack-of-all-trades – with a wide range of experience, and an extensive catalog of interests, Sacha Sommer has experience in many fields. He was even a translator for the US military and the United Nations since he knows French and Haitian Creole fluently.

Looking only at Sacha Sommer’s film and television career, it’s easy to see how varied his interests are. Sacha Sommer has been involved in the creations of films in a wide variety of genres. He has won awards for documentaries about colonization, and has recently dipped into the reality TV business. But while his first love is film, and that is, after all, where his career lies, Sacha Sommer is also involved in a number of other fields.

Recently, and perhaps in the move most related to his film career, Sacha Sommer has become involved in photography and modeling. In Kodak’s 2008 photography ad campaign, “Middle East Meets West coat,” Sacha Sommer played the Turkish Bead Merchant and was photographed by Vava Ribiero. In 2009, Sacha Sommer was cast as the Middle Eastern Business Man in Bank of Dubai’s photographic ad campaign.

Sacha Sommer is also interested in sports. He briefly taught high school physical education in Miami in the early 2000s while on hiatus from production, and in 2010 became a certified level one archery instructor. Sacha Sommer is involved in competitive recurve archery, gracie jiu jitsu, and mixed martial arts. In the past, he has played soccer, tennis, and basketball, and has also wrestled.

In addition to film, modeling, and sports, Sacha Sommer is a reiki and crystal-healing practitioner, and is heavily involved in humanitarian efforts. Sacha Sommer was involved in the production of a 2008 concert and documentary to bring attention to slavery in the world today, and contributed his skills and resources to humanitarian aid in the wake of the 2010 Haitian earthquake. He is currently working on a documentary regarding alternative healing.