About

Sara Crow is a New York-based filmmaker whose stories center subcultures, misfits, and those on the fringes of society.  She is a 2024 Sundance Screenwriters Lab and Directors Lab fellow and the co-recipient of the Sloan Sundance Fellowship with her first narrative feature Satoshi. Sara has an MFA from NYU’s Graduate Film program, where she was awarded the Martin Scorsese Scholarship. 

As a documentarian, Sara has produced and directed award-winning work for many outlets including the New York City Ballet, HBO, Disney+, and Showtime. She produced the feature documentary Public Access, alongside Executive Producers Benny Safdie and Steve Buscemi. Public Access had its World Premiere in the U.S. Documentary Competition in the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.

Her background in journalistic documentaries bleeds into her narrative work; Sara loves world-building and diving into secret and little known histories. 

Selected Awards:

  • 2024 Sundance Screenwriters Lab

  • 2024 Sundance Directors Lab

  • Sundance Sloan Fellowship

  • NYU Sloan Feature Film Prize 

  • SFFILM Sloan Science in Cinema Filmmaker Fellowship

  • WScripted Cannes Screenplay List

  • NYU Production Lab Development Studio

  • NYU AnnaRose King Production Award

  • Chris Columbus Production Award

  • “Bluebird” Best Short Film Montana International Film Festival

  • “Bluebird” Best Short Film New Jersey Film Festival

  • NYU Black Family Film Prize