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Sara Driver

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Known For

69 Years Old

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: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2017), on the young artist's pre-fame life in the burgeoning downtown New York arts scene before the city's massive changes through the 1980s. She served on the juries of various film festivals throughout the 2000s.

Born

Westfield, New Jersey, USA on 15th December 1955

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The Dead Don't Die Image
The Dead Don't Die
Female Coffee Zombie
Mystery Train Image
Mystery Train
Airport Clerk
Stranger Than Paradise Image
Stranger Than Paradise
Girl with Hat
Permanent Vacation Image
Permanent Vacation
Nurse
Bloodhounds of Broadway Image
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Yvette
Blank City Image
Blank City
Self
Uncle Howard Image
Uncle Howard
Self
No Image
Strummer
Figaro Story Image
Figaro Story
Sam (segment "Keep It for Yourself")
Keep It for Yourself Image
Keep It for Yourself
Sam
The Bowery Image
The Bowery
Self
Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver Image
Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver
Self (voice)
Some Days in January, 1984 Image
Some Days in January, 1984