Sara Driver
Sara Driver (born December 15, 1955 in Westfield , New Jersey ) is an American actress , director , screenwriter and film producer .
Life
Sara Driver has been in a relationship with filmmaker Jim Jarmusch since the early 1980s . For Jarmusch's films, she initially worked as an actress or producer; after a brief separation, they both decided to separate their professional and private lives.
Driver graduated from New York University Graduate Film School in 1982 with a Master of Fine Arts .
In 1981 she made her directorial debut with You Are Not I. The film was considered lost for many years until a copy was found in the estate of the late author of the original, Paul Bowles . In 1986 her second film Sleepwalk was made . When pigs fly followed in 1993 .
From 1996 to 1998, Driver taught directing at the NYU Graduate Film School.
In 2017, Driver made the documentary Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat , for which she also acted as a film producer.
Filmography (selection)
actress
- 1980: Permanent Vacation
- 1984: Stranger than Paradise
- 1989: Mystery Train
- 1989: Bloodhounds of Broadway
- 1990: Monsters (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1991: Keep It for Yourself (short film)
- 1991: Figaro Story
- 2019: The Dead Don't Die
Director
- 1981: You Are Not I
- 1986: Sleepwalk
- 1990: Monsters (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1993 When Pigs Fly
- 2017: Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (documentary)
scriptwriter
- 1981: You Are Not I
- 1986: Sleepwalk
- 1993 When Pigs Fly
Film producer
- 1981: You Are Not I
- 1984: Stranger than Paradise
- 1986: Sleepwalk
- 2017: Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (documentary)
Web links
- Sara Driver in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Sara Driver Collection at oscars.org
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Simon Hattenstone: A talk on the wild side. . In: The Guardian of November 13, 2004.
- ↑ a b Sara Driver . In: kustendorf-filmandmusicfestival.org from December 1, 2009.
- ↑ Jose Teodoro: Counter careerism: The Films of Sara Driver . In: torontofilmcritics.com of July 24, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Driver, Sara |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actress, director, screenwriter and film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Westfield , New Jersey |