Sara Driver
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Biography
An independent filmmaker long associated (onscreen and off) with director Jim Jarmusch, Driver began her career as production manager and assistant director on Jarmusch's debut film "Permanent Vacation" (1980). She directed the short "You Are Not I" (1982) and produced Jarmusch's short "Stranger in Paradise Part One: The New World" (1982), serving the same function on the feature version "Stranger Than Paradise" (1984). Driver made her directorial and screenwriting debut with the fantasy thriller, "Sleepwalk/Year of the Dog" (1986). She has frequently made cameo appearances in Jarmusch's films (e.g., "Mystery Train") and has continued to assist the director in technical capacities. Driver helmed her second feature, "When Pigs Fly" (1993; released in the USA in 1996), a comedy-drama with supernatural overtones.
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Assistant Direction (Feature Film)
Cast (Feature Film)
Writer (Feature Film)
Producer (Feature Film)
Film Production - Main (Feature Film)
Post Production (Feature Film)
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
Producer (Special)
Life Events
1980
Served as production manager and assistant director to Jim Jarmusch on "Permanent Vacation"
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
Directorial and screenwriting debut, "Sleepwalk/Year of the Dog" (also producer and wrote original story)
1986
Served as production troubleshooter on Jarmusch's "Down By Law"
1989
Made cameo appearance as airport clerk in Jarmusch's "Mystery Train"
1989
Appeared in Howard Brookner's "Bloodhounds of Broadway"
1991
Served as dailies troubleshooter on Jarmusch's "Night on Earth"
1993
Directed independent feature "When Pigs Fly," starring Marianne Faithful; released in the USA in 1996
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