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 | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.6651 |
| Birthday | 1955-12-15 |
| Place of Birth | Westfield, New Jersey, USA |
| Also Known As | Sara Miller Driver, |
1981
Permanent Vacation
5.886/211
In downtown Manhattan, twentysomething Allie, whose father is not around and whose mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker fan. He almost...
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Permanent Vacation
2021
Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver
0/0
In 1982, the completion of Jim Jarmusch's sophomore film, Stranger Than Paradise, hinged on producer Sara Driver’s willingness and ability to smuggle...
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Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver
1989
Bloodhounds of Broadway
5.6/24
This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels sells his body to science just as he realizes that Hort...
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Bloodhounds of Broadway
1994
The Bowery
7.3/3
Documentary about the history, people, and culture of New Yorks' Bowery Street and neighborhood.
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The Bowery
1991
Keep It for Yourself
5.7/4
Sophie comes to New York from France with the intention of joining a man she met a few months before. She finds herself alone in the apartment of the...
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Keep It for Yourself
2011
Blank City
7.1/14
In the years before Ronald Reagan took office, Manhattan was in ruins. But true art has never come from comfort, and it was precisely those dire circu...
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Blank City
1984
Stranger Than Paradise
7.144/596
New York layabout Willie forms an unexpected bond with his young Hungarian cousin Eva when she pays him a surprise visit. Later, Eva moves in with the...
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Stranger Than Paradise
1991
Figaro Story
0/0
An anthology film centering around the worldwide adventures of the Nissan Figaro.
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Figaro Story
1993
Strummer
0/0
A 30 minute film shot by Jim Jarmusch at Rockfield Studio, Wales with never before seen footage of Joe Strummer recording the soundtrack for When Pigs...
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Strummer
2019
The Dead Don't Die
5.429/2809
In the sleepy town of Centerville, the lives of a number of interconnected characters are disrupted by the undead.
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The Dead Don't Die
1989
Mystery Train
7.349/497
In Memphis, Tennessee, over the course of a single night, the Arcade Hotel, run by an eccentric night clerk and a clueless bellboy, is visited by a yo...
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Mystery Train
2017
Uncle Howard
6.5/11
When Howard Brookner lost his life to AIDS in 1989, the 35-year-old director had completed two feature documentaries and was in post-production on his...
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Uncle Howard
2001
Some Days in January, 1984
0/0
A short behind-the-scenes documentary shot and edited on Super 8 by filmmaker Tom Jarmusch, director Jim Jarmusch’s brother, during the filming of STR...
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