Biography
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: Th...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver
2021
as Self (voice)
In 1982, the completion of Jim Jarmusch's sophomore film, Stranger Than Paradise, hinged on producer Sara Driver’s willingness and ability to smuggle ...
Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver
2021
Writer
In 1982, the completion of Jim Jarmusch's sophomore film, Stranger Than Paradise, hinged on producer Sara Driver’s willingness and ability to smuggle ...
The Dead Don't Die
2019
as Female Coffee Zombie
In a small peaceful town, zombies suddenly rise to terrorize the town. Now three bespectacled police officers and a strange Scottish morgue expert mus...
The Dead Don't Die
2019
Creative Consultant
In a small peaceful town, zombies suddenly rise to terrorize the town. Now three bespectacled police officers and a strange Scottish morgue expert mus...
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
2018
Director
Exploring the pre-fame years of the celebrated American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, and how New York City, its people, and tectonically shifting arts...
Uncle Howard
2017
as Self
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...
Paterson
2016
Consulting Editor, Script Consultant
A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many famo...
Only Lovers Left Alive
2013
Thanks
A depressed musician reunites with his lover in the desolate streets of Detroit. Though their romance has endured several centuries, it is tested by t...
Blank City
2011
as Self
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...
Gold Eye Ball
2008
Director, Writer
Produced for Glass Eye Pix as part of their 2008 Creepy Christmas Online Film Festival, in which each short was inspired by the inhabitants of a diora...
Broken Flowers
2005
Idea, Script Consultant
As the devoutly single Don Johnston is dumped by his latest girlfriend, he receives an anonymous pink letter informing him that he has a son who may b...
Some Days in January, 1984
2001
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...
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999
Story Consultant
An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of ancient Japan finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
The Bowery
1994
as Self
Documentary about the history, people, and culture of New Yorks' Bowery Street and neighborhood.
The Bowery
1994
Director
Documentary about the history, people, and culture of New Yorks' Bowery Street and neighborhood.
When Pigs Fly
1993
Director, Story
The ghosts of a middle-aged woman and a precocious little girl help an unwed jazz musician and a bar dancer reverse their bad fortune.
Strummer
1993
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...
Strummer
1993
Director
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...
Keep It for Yourself
1991
as Sam
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 ...
Figaro Story
1991
as Sam (segment "Keep It for Yourself")
An anthology film centering around the worldwide adventures of the Nissan Figaro.
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989
as Yvette
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...
Mystery Train
1989
as Airport Clerk
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...
Sleepwalk
1986
Director, Producer, Story
When Nicole, a young copy-shop employee, is hired to translate an ancient Chinese manuscript, she soon finds that the document has strange powers that...
Stranger Than Paradise
1984
as Girl with Hat
A Hungarian immigrant, his friend, and his cousin go on an unpredictable adventure across America.
Stranger Than Paradise
1984
Producer, Production Manager
A Hungarian immigrant, his friend, and his cousin go on an unpredictable adventure across America.
You Are Not I
1981
Director, Producer, Editor
A young woman escapes from a mental hospital during the chaos of a nearby multiple-car accident. She is mistaken for a shock victim and is driven to h...
Permanent Vacation
1981
as Nurse
In downtown Manhattan, a twenty-something boy whose Father is not around and whose Mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker fan. He almost...
Permanent Vacation
1981
Assistant Director, Production Manager
In downtown Manhattan, a twenty-something boy whose Father is not around and whose Mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker fan. He almost...