Sacha Sommer On Location

In addition to his wide-ranging production experience, Sacha Sommer also has the unique experience of having lived in a wide variety of places both in the United States and beyond, giving him a perspective on his work that transcends the boundaries of place and location.

Sacha Sommer grew up in Washington, DC, and attended the Edmund Burke School in the nation’s capital. He moved north for college, where he attended Emerson College in the early 1990s. Sacha Sommer graduated from Emerson with a degree in film and mass communications, and was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

After college, Sacha Sommer was looking for adventure and something new. In 1995, he left the United States and moved to Haiti, where he would live until early 2001. Sacha Sommer was inspired by the history of Haiti to film a documentary called “Intervention Chronicles of Terror,” which documented the invasion and occupation of Haiti by the United States, and kickstarted Sacha Sommer’s production career in a big way by helping him found his own production company, Arawak Pictures, Inc.

In 2001, Sacha Sommer was on the move again, this time traveling to Miami, FL. He originally moved there with the intention to provide a stronger base for his business endeavors in production, but he decided to focus on providing arts education to students. Sacha Sommer taught high school art at the SMART charter school in Miami for four years, before choosing to go back into production.

Sacha Sommer moved to Los Angeles in 2006, looking to reestablish his business in an area with one of the highest concentration of entertainment industry members in the world. Here, Sacha Sommer restarted Arawak Productions, and has been working on a number of television shows since its reopening. Sacha Sommer continues to reside in Los Angeles today.