2026 | Sophie Gold

Sophie Gold is the founder and president of ELEANOR, a global commercial production company with offices in Santa Monica and London’s Soho. Under her leadership, ELEANOR has rapidly become one of the industry’s most talked-about creative companies, earning recognition including Ad Age’s 2024 Production Company to Watch, a return to the Ad Age A-List in 2025, and Gerety’s 2025 Production Company of the Year. It is also the first and only certified female and Black-owned commercial production company in the United States.

Known for her instinct for talent, taste, and world-building, Sophie has built ELEANOR into a company where directors are developed with long-term vision and where craft, emotion, and cultural relevance coexist. Her work spans commercials, branded content, music videos, documentaries, entertainment, and emerging creative platforms, collaborating with brands including Walmart, Coca-Cola, Disney, Activision, Samsung, Pure Leaf, DoorDash, Garmin, and the US Army.

In 2025, Sophie launched della, an always-on creative studio designed for high-speed, high-craft brand storytelling. Built to help brands create agile content ecosystems without sacrificing cinematic quality, della reflects Sophie’s belief that modern brands require both strategic velocity and enduring taste.

Born in France, raised in England, and based in Los Angeles since 2011, Sophie founded ELEANOR in 2019 with the ambition to create a modern creative company that could challenge the conventions of the production industry while championing exceptional talent.

Sophie is also known for her editorial voice as “Lady Eleanor,” where she writes about taste, storytelling, creativity, business, and the future of advertising through newsletters, essays, and speaking engagements. She has spoken at global industry festivals including Ciclope and served on juries for organizations including Cannes Lions, Gerety, and The One Show.

At the center of Sophie’s work is a belief that great creative companies are not built through trend-chasing, but through conviction, consistency, and a relentless devotion to craft.