Biography
Sarah Marshall Kernochan (born December 30, 1947) is an American documentarian, film director, screenwriter and producer. She is the recipient of several prestigious awards, including two Academy Awards (Documentary Feature for Marjoe in 1973 and Documentary Short Subject for Thoth in 2002.) Description above from the Wikipedia article Sarah Kernochan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography
You Know: Uncovering What Lies Beneath
2025
as Self
A feature-length retrospective documentary on the making of “What Lies Beneath.”
Searching for Mr. Rugoff
2019
as Self
The feature documentary Searching for Mr. Rugoff is the story of Donald Rugoff, who was the crazy genius behind Cinema 5, the mid-century theater chai...
Seeing is Believing: Women Direct
2017
as Self
“We are the stories we tell ourselves.” Seeing is Believing: Women Direct is a documentary series about directors, leaders… who happen to be women.Au...
Learning to Drive
2014
Screenplay
As her marriage dissolves, a Manhattan writer takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor with marriage troubles of his own. In each other's company ...
The Perfect Silence
2013
Producer
Heavily pregnant Natalie 18 (bolshie and brash) still parties hard with best mate Mel. Homayra 60's (Middle eastern and proud) lives next door and car...
Jobriath A.D.
2012
as Self
Called "The American Bowie," "The True Fairy of Rock & Roll" and "Hype of the Year," Jobriath's reign as the first openly gay rock star was brief ...
Thoth
2002
Director, Producer
Documentary of S.K. Thoth, a multi-ethnic street performer whose music marries cultures and blurs gender lines.
What Lies Beneath
2000
Story
When Claire Spencer starts hearing ghostly voices and seeing spooky images, she wonders if an otherworldly spirit is trying to contact her. All the wh...
Strike!
1998
Director, Writer
In the 1960s, a group of friends at an all girls school learn that their school is going to be combined with a nearby all boys school. They concoct a ...
Sommersby
1993
Screenplay
Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By al...
Impromptu
1991
Writer
In 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand.
Dancers
1987
Writer
A successful aging dancer takes a young female protegee.
Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986
as Gallery Guest
An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life,...
Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986
Screenplay
An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life,...
Marjoe
1972
as Self
Part documentary, part expose, this film follows one-time child evangelist Marjoe Gortner on the "church tent" Revivalist circuit, commenting on the s...
Marjoe
1972
Director, Producer
Part documentary, part expose, this film follows one-time child evangelist Marjoe Gortner on the "church tent" Revivalist circuit, commenting on the s...