Sara Driver

Sara Driver

Birthdate
December 15, 1955 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Westfield, New Jersey, USA
Known For
Directing

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Birthdate
December 15, 1955 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Westfield, New Jersey, USA
Known For
Directing

Biography

Sara Miller Driver is an American independent filmmaker and actress. A participant in the independent film scene that flourished in lower Manhattan from the late 1970s through the 1990s, she gained initial recognition as producer of two early films by Jim Jarmusch, Permanent Vacation (1980) and Stranger Than Paradise (1984). Driver has directed two feature films, Sleepwalk (1986) and When Pigs Fly (1993), as well as a notable short film, You Are Not I (1981), and a documentary, Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2017), on the young artist's pre-fame life in the burgeoning downtown New York arts scene before the city's massive changes through the 1980s. She served on the juries of various film festivals throughout the 2000s.

Sara Driver's LGBTQ+ Titles

Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Director

Acting (13)

2021
Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver as Self (voice)
2019
The Dead Don't Die as Female Coffee Zombie
2017
Uncle Howard as Self
2011
Blank City as Self
2001
Some Days in January, 1984
1994
The Bowery as Self
1993
Strummer
1991
Keep It for Yourself as Sam
1991
Figaro Story as Sam (segment "Keep It for Yourself")
1989
Bloodhounds of Broadway as Yvette
1989
Mystery Train as Airport Clerk
1984
Stranger Than Paradise as Girl with Hat
1981
Permanent Vacation as Nurse

Directing (9)

• Director
2008
Gold Eye Ball • Director
• Director
1994
The Bowery • Director
• Director
1993
When Pigs Fly • Director
• Director
1993
Strummer • Director
• Director
1988
Monsters • Director (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)
1986
Sleepwalk • Director
• Director
1981
Permanent Vacation • Assistant Director
• Assistant Director
1981
You Are Not I • Director
• Director

Production (5)

1986
Sleepwalk • Producer
• Producer
1984
Stranger Than Paradise
• Producer
• Production Manager
1981
Permanent Vacation • Production Manager
• Production Manager
1981
You Are Not I • Producer
• Producer

Editing (2)

2016
Paterson • Consulting Editor
• Consulting Editor
1981
You Are Not I • Editor
• Editor

Writing (10)

2021
Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver • Writer
• Writer
2016
Paterson • Script Consultant
• Script Consultant
2008
Gold Eye Ball • Writer
• Writer
2005
Broken Flowers
• Idea
• Script Consultant
1999
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai • Story Consultant
• Story Consultant
1993
When Pigs Fly • Story
• Story
1986
Sleepwalk
• Screenplay
• Story
1981
You Are Not I • Writer
• Writer

Crew (2)

2019
The Dead Don't Die • Creative Consultant
• Creative Consultant
2013
Only Lovers Left Alive • Thanks
• Thanks