Sara Crow is a director and screenwriter who makes films about misfits, subcultures, and those on the fringes of society. Her narrative feature Satoshi brought her an Academy Nicholl Fellowship, Sundance Screenwriters and Directors Lab Fellowships, and was further recognized with the NYU Sloan Feature Film Prize, SFFilm Sloan Science in Cinema Fellowship, and the WScripted Cannes Screenplay List. She earned her MFA from NYU’s Graduate Film program as a Martin Scorsese Scholar. At NYU, she received the Black Family Film Prize, the AnnaRose King and Chris Columbus Production Awards.
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 2024 Purple List
NYU AnnaRose King Production Award
Chris Columbus Production Award
“Howl” Best Actress,Zoe Ziegler Brooklyn Film Festival
“Howl” Best Comedy Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival
“Howl” Best Actress,Zoe Ziegler Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival
“Bluebird” Best Short Film Montana International Film Festival
“Bluebird” Best Short Film New Jersey Film Festival
NYU Black Family Film Prize