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. 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