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Director
Sara Driver
- Born December 15, 1955 in Westfield, New Jersey, USA
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).
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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.
Known for
The Dead Don't Die2019
Only Lovers Left Alive2013
Paterson2016
Broken Flowers2005
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai1999
Stranger Than Paradise1984
Mystery Train1989
Permanent Vacation1981
Filmography
- TBAGarden of AshesFilmProducer
- TBAAn Odd EnchantmentFilmDirector, Writer
- 2025AdiosFilm
- 2021Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara DriverFilmSelf (voice), Writer
- 2019The Dead Don't DieFilmFemale Coffee Zombie, Creative Consultant
- 2018Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel BasquiatFilmDirector
- 2017Uncle HowardFilmSelf
- 2016PatersonFilmConsulting Editor, Script Consultant
- 2013Only Lovers Left AliveFilmThanks
- 2011Blank CityFilmSelf
- 2008Gold Eye BallFilmDirector, Writer
- 2005Broken FlowersFilmIdea, Script Consultant
- 2001Some Days in January, 1984Film
- 1999Ghost Dog: The Way of the SamuraiFilmStory Consultant
- 1994Tigrero: A Film That Was Never MadeFilmContinuity
- 1994The BoweryFilmSelf, Director
- 1993When Pigs FlyFilmDirector, Story
- 1993Figaro StoryFilmSam (segment "Keep It for Yourself")
- 1993StrummerFilmDirector
- 1991Keep It for YourselfFilmSam
- 1989Mystery TrainFilmAirport Clerk
- 1989Bloodhounds of BroadwayFilmYvette
- 1988MonstersSeriesMom (voice), Director
- 1986SleepwalkFilmDirector, Producer, Story, Screenplay
- 1984Stranger Than ParadiseFilmGirl with Hat, Producer, Production Manager
- 1982American PlayhouseSeriesYvette
- 1981Permanent VacationFilmNurse, Assistant Director, Production Manager
- 1981You Are Not IFilmDirector, Producer, Editor, Writer