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Sara Driver (b. 1955)

Alias:
Sara Miller Driver

Birthplace:
Westfield, New Jersey, USA

Born:
December 15, 1955

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Film Production

Assistant Director:
1981  Permanent Vacation

Consulting Editor:
1981  Permanent Vacation
2016  Paterson

Creative Consultant:
1981  Permanent Vacation
2016  Paterson
2019  The Dead Don't Die

Director:
1981  Permanent Vacation
1981  You Are Not I
1986  Sleepwalk
1993  Strummer
1993  When Pigs Fly
1994  The Bowery
2008  Gold Eye Ball
2016  Paterson
2018  Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
2019  The Dead Don't Die

Editor:
1981  Permanent Vacation
1981  You Are Not I
1986  Sleepwalk
1993  Strummer
1993  When Pigs Fly
1994  The Bowery
2008  Gold Eye Ball
2016  Paterson
2018  Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
2019  The Dead Don't Die

Idea:
1981  Permanent Vacation
1981  You Are Not I
1986  Sleepwalk
1993  Strummer
1993  When Pigs Fly
1994  The Bowery
2005  Broken Flowers
2008  Gold Eye Ball
2016  Paterson
2018  Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
2019  The Dead Don't Die

Producer:
1981  Permanent Vacation
1981  You Are Not I
1984  Stranger Than Paradise
1986  Sleepwalk
1993  Strummer
1993  When Pigs Fly
1994  The Bowery
2005  Broken Flowers
2008  Gold Eye Ball
2016  Paterson
2018  Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
2019  The Dead Don't Die

Production Manager:
1981  Permanent Vacation
1981  You Are Not I
1984  Stranger Than Paradise
1986  Sleepwalk
1993  Strummer
1993  When Pigs Fly
1994  The Bowery
2005  Broken Flowers
2008  Gold Eye Ball
2016  Paterson
2018  Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
2019  The Dead Don't Die

Screenplay:
1981  Permanent Vacation
1981  You Are Not I
1984  Stranger Than Paradise
1986  Sleepwalk
1993  Strummer
1993  When Pigs Fly
1994  The Bowery
2005  Broken Flowers
2008  Gold Eye Ball
2016  Paterson
2018  Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
2019  The Dead Don't Die

Script Consultant:
1981  Permanent Vacation
1981  You Are Not I
1984  Stranger Than Paradise
1986  Sleepwalk
1993  Strummer
1993  When Pigs Fly
1994  The Bowery
2005  Broken Flowers
2008  Gold Eye Ball
2016  Paterson
2018  Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
2019  The Dead Don't Die

Story:
1981  Permanent Vacation
1981  You Are Not I
1984  Stranger Than Paradise
1986  Sleepwalk
1993  Strummer
1993  When Pigs Fly
1994  The Bowery
2005  Broken Flowers
2008  Gold Eye Ball
2016  Paterson
2018  Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
2019  The Dead Don't Die

Story Consultant:
1981  Permanent Vacation
1981  You Are Not I
1984  Stranger Than Paradise
1986  Sleepwalk
1993  Strummer
1993  When Pigs Fly
1994  The Bowery
1999  Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
2005  Broken Flowers
2008  Gold Eye Ball
2016  Paterson
2018  Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
2019  The Dead Don't Die

Thanks:
1981  Permanent Vacation
1981  You Are Not I
1984  Stranger Than Paradise
1986  Sleepwalk
1993  Strummer
1993  When Pigs Fly
1994  The Bowery
1999  Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
2005  Broken Flowers
2008  Gold Eye Ball
2013  Only Lovers Left Alive
2016  Paterson
2018  Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
2019  The Dead Don't Die

Writer:
1981  Permanent Vacation
1981  You Are Not I
1984  Stranger Than Paradise
1986  Sleepwalk
1993  Strummer
1993  When Pigs Fly
1994  The Bowery
1999  Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
2005  Broken Flowers
2008  Gold Eye Ball
2013  Only Lovers Left Alive
2016  Paterson
2018  Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
2019  The Dead Don't Die
2021  Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver

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TV Production

Director:
1988  Monsters

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