INFORMATON ON SARA(H) DRIVER

Sarah Driver:

Birth Date:  12/15/1955

Place of Birth:  Westfield, New Jersey 
[Raised in Westfield, NJ]

Profession:  producer, director, assistant director, production manager, production troubleshooter, dailies troub

Nationality: American

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Education:
American Institute of Classical Studies Athens, Greece 
New York University New York, New York 

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Professional "career"

(1980) Driver began her career as production manager and assistant director on Jim Jarmush's debut film "Permanent Vacation" (1980). 

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1982 Directed early short, "You Are Not I" 

1984 Co-produced "Stranger Than Paradise" (also production manager and cameo appearance as Girl With Hat 

1986 Served as production troubleshooter on Jarmush's "Down By Law" 

1986 Directorial and screenwriting debut, "Sleepwalk/Year of the Dog" (also producer and wrote original story) 

1989 Appeared in Howard Brookner's "Bloodhounds of Broadway" 

1989 Made cameo appearance as airport clerk in Jarmusch's "Mystery Train" 

1991 Served as dailies troubleshooter on Jarmush's "Night on Earth" 

1993 Directed independent feature "When Pigs Fly," starring Marianne Faithful; released in the USA in 1996 
 
 

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Filmography as: Actress, Director, Writer, Producer, Production Manager, Miscellaneous Crew, Second Unit Director or Assistant Director, Editor 

Actress - filmography (sorted on weighted rating)
1. (7.39) - Stranger Than Paradise (1984) 
2. (7.29) - Mystery Train (1989) 
3. (5.96) - Permanent Vacation (1980) 
4. (4.67) - Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) 
 

Director - filmography (sorted on weighted rating)
1. (6.19) - "Monsters" (1988) 
2. (5.05) - Sleepwalk (1986) 
3. (5.03) - When Pigs Fly (1993) 
 
 

Writer - filmography (sorted on weighted rating)
1. (7.30) - Broken Flowers (2005) 
2. (5.19) - Sleepwalk (1986) 
3. (5.15) - When Pigs Fly (1993) 
 

Source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0238138/filmorate
 
 


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Sara Driver Filmography 
Permanent Vacation - ( / 1980 / In-Production / Gray City Inc ) 
Permanent Vacation - ( Assistant Director / 1980 / In-Production / Gray City Inc ) 
Permanent Vacation - ( Production Manager / 1980 / In-Production / Gray City Inc ) 
Broken Flowers - ( Source Material((from idea)) / 2005 / Released / Focus Features ) 
Broken Flowers - ( Story Consultant / 2005 / Released / Focus Features ) 
Stranger Than Paradise - ( Producer / 2005 / Released / Samuel Goldwyn Company ) 
Stranger Than Paradise - ( Girl With Hat / 2005 / Released / Samuel Goldwyn Company ) 
Stranger Than Paradise - ( Production Manager / 2005 / Released / Samuel Goldwyn Company ) 
When Pigs Fly - ( Director / 1996 / Released / Panorama Entertainment Corp ) 
Night on Earth - ( Dailies / 1992 / Released / Christa Saredi World Sales ) 
Bloodhounds of Broadway - ( Yvette / 1989 / Released / Sony Pictures Releasing ) 
Mystery Train - ( Airport Clerk / 1989 / Released / Christa Saredi World Sales ) 
Down By Law - ( Production / 1986 / Released / Island Pictures ) 
Sleepwalk - ( Director / 1986 / Released / New Line Cinema ) 
Sleepwalk - ( Producer / 1986 / Released / New Line Cinema ) 
Sleepwalk - ( Screenplay / 1986 / Released / New Line Cinema ) 
Sleepwalk - ( From Story / 1986 / Released / New Line Cinema ) 
Stranger Than Paradise Part One: The New World - ( Producer / 1982 / Released / ) 
You Are Not I - ( Director / 1982 / Released / ) 
 

Source: http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Sara_Driver/189907
 

"Sara Driver wrote and directed the short film YOU ARE NOT I (1981) based on a Paul Bowles story. It was shown internationally and premiered in NYC at Joseph Papp's Public Theater. Her feature debut SLEEPWALK (1986) won the prestigious Prix Georges Sadoul given by the French Cinematheque. It also won the Special Prize at the 1986 Mannheim Film Festival, and was the opening night selection for the 25th Anniversary of the Semaine International de la Critique at Cannes (1986). SLEEPWALK was also featured at the Museum of Modern Art's 1987 New Directors New Films series and the 1987 Sundance FIlm Festival. 
In 1993 she made the feature film, WHEN PIGS FLY, starring Alfred Molina and Marianne Faithfull. The score was composed by the late Joe Strummer. It was shown at many international film festivals (Locarno, Toronto, Rotterdam etc.). Before going into world wide release, it won the 'Best of Festival Feature Prize' at the 1994 Long Island Film Festival. In the same year, she made the 'The Bowery' which was part of the anthology program 'Postcards from NY' commissioned by French TV. Driver also produced feature and short films for Jim Jarmusch, among them PERMANENT VACATION (1979) and STRANGER THAN PARADISE (1984). She has directed plays in different off-off broadway theaters in NY. From 1996 to 1998 she taught directing at NYU Graduate Film School in NYC. She is currently working on the financing for two original screenplays.
Sara served on the jury of the San Sebastian Film Festival (2006), The Miami International Film Festival (2005) and the Buenos Aires Film Festival (2004)" 

Source:  http://www.bintlfilmfest.com/site306.php