Sonia A Guggenheim is a writer, producer, director. The Mad Whale is her first feature film in which she was one of the directors for. She grew up in Switzerland and moved to Los Angeles at age 18 where she graduated from University of Southern California’s prestigious School of Cinematic Art with honors. Since then she directed and wrote numerous American and international movies, shot in Japan, Switzerland, and the US. She also line-produced an interactive series, Virtual Morality, that had more than 4.5 million views on YouTube.