Sara Driver

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

13

Gender

Female

Birthday

1955-12-15 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Westfield, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As

  • Sara Miller Driver

Sara Driver

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.

Known For

The Dead Don't Die
5.4%

The Dead Don't Die

May 15, 2019

Stranger Than Paradise
7.1%

Stranger Than Paradise

Oct 1, 1984

Mystery Train
7.3%

Mystery Train

Sep 6, 1989

Permanent Vacation
5.9%

Permanent Vacation

Mar 6, 1981

Blank City
7.2%

Blank City

Apr 6, 2011

Uncle Howard
6.5%

Uncle Howard

Mar 10, 2017

Keep It for Yourself
5.7%

Keep It for Yourself

Jan 1, 1991

The Bowery
7.3%

The Bowery

Jan 1, 1994

Figaro Story
0.0%

Figaro Story

Jan 1, 1991

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0.0%

Strummer

Sep 1, 1993

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Acting

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

Crew

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

Directing

2018
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat as Director
2008
Gold Eye Ball as Director
1994
The Bowery as Director
1993
When Pigs Fly as Director
1993
Strummer as Director
1988
Monsters as Director
1986
Sleepwalk as Director
1981
You Are Not I as Director
1981
Permanent Vacation as Assistant Director

Editing

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

Production

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

Writing

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