Sara Driver

Sara Driver

1955-12-15 Westfield, New Jersey, USA 28 Credits

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...

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Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver

Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver

2021

as Self (voice)

Acting

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

Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver

2021

Writer

Writing

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

The Dead Don't Die

2019

as Female Coffee Zombie

5.4
Acting

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

The Dead Don't Die

2019

Creative Consultant

5.4

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

Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat

2018

Director

7.2
Directing

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

Uncle Howard

2017

as Self

6.5
Acting

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

Paterson

2016

Consulting Editor, Script Consultant

7.1

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

Only Lovers Left Alive

2013

Thanks

7.2

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

Blank City

2011

as Self

7.1
Acting

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

Gold Eye Ball

2008

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

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

Broken Flowers

2005

Idea, Script Consultant

6.9

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

Some Days in January, 1984

2001

Acting

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

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

1999

Story Consultant

7.3
Writing

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

The Bowery

1994

as Self

7.3
Acting

Documentary about the history, people, and culture of New Yorks' Bowery Street and neighborhood.

The Bowery

The Bowery

1994

Director

7.3
Directing

Documentary about the history, people, and culture of New Yorks' Bowery Street and neighborhood.

When Pigs Fly

When Pigs Fly

1993

Director, Story

5.1
Directing Writing

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

Acting

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

Directing

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

Keep It for Yourself

1991

as Sam

5.7
Acting

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

Figaro Story

1991

as Sam (segment "Keep It for Yourself")

Acting

An anthology film centering around the worldwide adventures of the Nissan Figaro.

Bloodhounds of Broadway

Bloodhounds of Broadway

1989

as Yvette

5.6
Acting

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

Mystery Train

1989

as Airport Clerk

7.3
Acting

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

Sleepwalk

1986

Director, Producer, Story

5.8
Directing Producing Writing

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

Stranger Than Paradise

1984

as Girl with Hat

7.2
Acting

A Hungarian immigrant, his friend, and his cousin go on an unpredictable adventure across America.

Stranger Than Paradise

Stranger Than Paradise

1984

Producer, Production Manager

7.2
Producing

A Hungarian immigrant, his friend, and his cousin go on an unpredictable adventure across America.

You Are Not I

You Are Not I

1981

Director, Producer, Editor

6.5
Directing Producing Writing

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

Permanent Vacation

1981

as Nurse

5.9
Acting

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

Permanent Vacation

1981

Assistant Director, Production Manager

5.9
Directing

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...