- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- December 15, 1955
- Place of Birth
- Westfield, New Jersey, USA
Sara Driver
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.
Filmography
movieAdios
2025
movieStranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver
2021 · Self (voice), Writer
movieThe Dead Don't Die
2019 · Female Coffee Zombie, Creative Consultant
movieBoom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
2018 · Director
movieUncle Howard
2017 · Self
moviePaterson
2016 · Script Consultant, Consulting Editor
movieOnly Lovers Left Alive
2013 · Thanks
movieBlank City
2011 · Self
movieGold Eye Ball
2008 · Writer, Director
movieBroken Flowers
2005 · Idea, Script Consultant
movieSome Days in January, 1984
2001
movieGhost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999 · Story Consultant
movieThe Bowery
1994 · Self, Director
movieWhen Pigs Fly
1993 · Director, Story
Strummer
movieStrummer
1993 · , Director
movieFigaro Story
1993 · Sam (segment "Keep It for Yourself")
movieKeep It for Yourself
1991 · Sam
movieBloodhounds of Broadway
1989 · Yvette
movieMystery Train
1989 · Airport Clerk
tvMonsters
1988 · Mom (voice), Director
movieSleepwalk
1986 · Director, Story, Producer, Screenplay
movieStranger Than Paradise
1984 · Girl with Hat, Producer, Production Manager
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982 · Yvette
movieYou Are Not I
1981 · Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
moviePermanent Vacation
1981 · Nurse, Production Manager, Assistant Director
Garden of Ashes
movieGarden of Ashes
— · Producer
An Odd Enchantment
movieAn Odd Enchantment
— · Director, Writer