Sara Driver
Also Known As: Sara Miller Driver
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: 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.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Westfield, New Jersey, USA
Birthday: December 15, 1955
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Gender: Female
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Permanent Vacation
Overview: 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 subconsciously searches for more meaning in his life and meets a few characters along the way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-06
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Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver
Overview: In 1982, the completion of Jim Jarmusch's sophomore film, Stranger Than Paradise, hinged on producer Sara Driver’s willingness and ability to smuggle one of the world’s rarest and most controversial films across the Atlantic Ocean.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-07-03
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Bloodhounds of Broadway
Overview: 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 Hortense loves him and that he would rather live than die. In another story, Harriet's parrot is killed, and she has problems dealing with her loss. Then, there is a gambler, "Regret", who has bloodhounds on his trail when he becomes a murder suspect. Finally, "The Brain" is bleeding profusely, and his friends search for a way to save his life through a blood transfusion.
Genres: Drama Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-03
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The Bowery
Overview: Documentary about the history, people, and culture of New Yorks' Bowery Street and neighborhood.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Keep It for Yourself
Overview: 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 guy, who left town because he was scared stiff at the idea of seeing her. Originally commissioned as one third of an omnibus feature showcasing the Figaro, a Japan-only retro throwback car.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Blank City
Overview: 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 circumstances that inspired artists like Jim Jarmusch, Lizzy Borden, and Amos Poe to produce some of their best works. Taking their cues from punk rock and new wave music, these young maverick filmmakers confronted viewers with a stark reality that stood in powerful contrast to the escapist product being churned out by Hollywood.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-06
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Stranger Than Paradise
Overview: A Hungarian immigrant, his friend, and his cousin go on an unpredictable adventure across America.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-01
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Figaro Story
Overview: An anthology film centering around the worldwide adventures of the Nissan Figaro.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Strummer
Overview: 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 Fly.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-01
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The Dead Don't Die
Overview: In a small peaceful town, zombies suddenly rise to terrorize the town. Now three bespectacled police officers and a strange Scottish morgue expert must band together to defeat the undead.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-15
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Mystery Train
Overview: 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 young Japanese couple traveling in search of the roots of rock; an Italian woman in mourning who stumbles upon a fleeing charlatan girl; and a comical trio of accidental thieves looking for a place to hide.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-06
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Uncle Howard
Overview: 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 narrative debut, Bloodhounds of Broadway. Twenty-five years later, his nephew, Aaron, sets out on a quest to find the lost negative of Burroughs: The Movie, his uncle's critically-acclaimed portrait of legendary author William S. Burroughs. When Aaron uncovers Howard's extensive archive in Burroughs’ bunker, it not only revives the film for a new generation, but also opens a vibrant window on New York City’s creative culture from the 1970s and ‘80s, and inspires a wide-ranging exploration of his beloved uncle's legacy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-10
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Some Days in January, 1984
Overview: 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 STRANGER THAN PARADISE.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-07-01
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