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.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
December 15, 1955Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
28Place of birth
Westfield, New Jersey, USAAlso known as
Sara Miller DriverCast credits
Permanent Vacation
NurseStranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver
Self (voice)Bloodhounds of Broadway
YvetteThe Bowery
SelfKeep It for Yourself
SamBlank City
SelfStranger Than Paradise
Girl with HatFigaro Story
Sam (segment "Keep It for Yourself")The Dead Don't Die
Female Coffee ZombieMystery Train
Airport ClerkUncle Howard
SelfSome Days in January, 1984
Crew credits
Stranger Than Paradise
Producer, Production ManagerSleepwalk
Director, Story, Producer, ScreenplayYou Are Not I
Director, Editor, Producer, WriterWhen Pigs Fly
Director, StoryThe Bowery
DirectorStranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver
WriterPermanent Vacation
Production Manager, Assistant DirectorGhost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Story ConsultantBroken Flowers
Idea, Script ConsultantPaterson
Script Consultant, Consulting EditorThe Dead Don't Die
Creative ConsultantOnly Lovers Left Alive
ThanksBoom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
DirectorGold Eye Ball
Writer, Director