Sophie is a multi-dimensional “poly-artist”
Creatively fearless- her work spans from critically acclaimed Shakespearian actress, to illustrator, folk-blues singer songwriter and award-winning animation and documentary director.
This diversity has made her a valued collaborator and she’s constantly motivated to find fresh ways to engage audiences.
2026 saw her debut exhibition work SEA KIN- at the Australian National Maritime Museum. Co created with environmental artist Jennifer Turpin
2008 Sophie teamed up with documentary luminary Bob Connolly and Producer Helen Panckhurst to form the production company Music Films. Together they made the observational feature documentary Mrs Carey’s Concert. Sophie was co-director, sound recordist and principle editor. The film broke Australian box office records, running for 17 weeks and grossing over a million. It went on to garner many awards, international festival screenings and broadcasts.
Music Films next film was semi- animated documentary Recorder Queen, which premiered at HOT DOCS in Canada 2021 and was voted one of the top 5 Audience favourites. Blending animation, documentary and reconstructed footage , this daringly innovative, genre – bending film journeys into the inner life of recorder virtuoso Genevieve Lacey. The film was a close collaboration between Sophie and Genevieve.
Sophie’s past short animation work has also toured the world. She was a founding member of the Southern Ladies Animation Group, whose collaborative short film “It’s Like That’ revealed the plight of detained refugee children with stop motion knitted bird characters. It screened at 60 festivals worldwide including Sundance and IDFA. It is still used by Amnesty International as an educational tool.
Sophie was Assistant Animator on Adam Elliot’s 2004 Oscar winning animated short “Harvie Krumpet,” and debut feature “Mary & Max”.
Combining film, music and events- in 2015/2018 Sophie facilitated a ground breaking collaboration between NASA, 80 community groups and the Global Orchestra in ‘The Concert for the Planet’ during Earth Hour, anchored by the SSO in the Sydney Opera House.
Sophie also wrote and directed the engagement and educational videos for this project.
As a musician herself, primarily a singer-songwriter and guitarist, Sophie has released and toured three albums of her own work, nationally and internationally. For three years she formed and ran the Aussie Croc Pot showcase for Australian talent at the International Folk Alliance Conference in North America and continues to perform solo and with her band Sophie Raymond & the Perennials.
Drawing upon the skills and experience listed above; coupled with Sophie’s extensive research and interviews with some of the world’s leading evolutionary psychologists and behaviourists, for other projects in development centring upon humankind’s disconnected relationship with the natural world- Sophie started to give shape to FOR ALL EARTHKIND in late 2021- beginning work on the anthem with Tony King. A broad scale collaboration with principle partner the Australian Youth Orchestra– Sophie and her collaborating partners and team are facilitating a multi phase framework to engage schools, orchestras and the community to come together in multiple locations and lead the public in a simultaneous music performance to give voice to our experience of a changing climate- directed to decision makers at the UN Climate Summit.
Sophie’s academic background in Anthropology, Drama & Theatre studies and Interactive media underpins her approach to story telling, culture and shared experience.