Sara Driver
Independent filmmaker Sara DRIVER (1956, USA) has a degree in theatre and classics and studied at NYU’s Film School. Her first short film, You Are Not I (1982) was based on a short story by Paul Bowles and was immediately applauded by renowned critics. Her feature debut, Sleepwalk (1986), became an instant prizewinner. Driver has also written and directed several stage plays. Described as an “often overlooked linchpin of the downtown New York independent film scene”, she has collaborated with long-time companion Jim Jarmusch many times and served as a jury member at various prestigious film festivals.
Filmography
You Are Not I (1981, short), Sleepwalk (1986), Monsters (1988-1990, TV series, 1 episode), When Pigs Fly (1993), The Bowery (1994, short doc), Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2017, doc)
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Sara Driver op IFFR
You Are Not I
50'
VS
IFFR 1982
Sleepwalk
Magisch-realisme in de Lower East Side van de jaren tachtig. Dromerige No Wave-cinema waarin een Chinees manuscript het leven van een vertaler binnensijpelt.
75'
VS
IFFR 1987
When pigs fly
94'
VS
IFFR 1994
You Are Not I
Het indringende verhaal van een jonge schizofrene vrouw die ontsnapt uit een psychiatrische inrichting in de chaos van een kettingbotsing.
50'
VS
IFFR 2020
Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver
9'
Verenigde Staten
IFFR 2022
Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver
9'
Verenigde Staten
P&I Selection 2022