Sara Driver
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.
Acting
Movie
The Dead Don't Die
as Female Coffee Zombie
2019
Movie
Stranger Than Paradise
as Girl with Hat
1984
Movie
Mystery Train
as Airport Clerk
1989
Movie
Permanent Vacation
as Nurse
1981
Movie
Bloodhounds of Broadway
as Yvette
1989
TV
Monsters
as Mom (voice)
1988
Movie
Blank City
as Self
2011
Movie
Uncle Howard
as Self
2017
Movie
Keep It for Yourself
as Sam
1991
Movie
The Bowery
as Self
1994
Movie
Figaro Story
as Sam (segment "Keep It for Yourself")
1991
Movie
Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver
as Self (voice)
2021
Movie
Strummer
1993
Movie
Some Days in January, 1984
2001
Movie
Adios
2025
Crew
Movie
The Dead Don't Die
Creative Consultant
2019
Movie
Only Lovers Left Alive
Thanks
2013
Movie
Paterson
Consulting Editor
2016
Movie
Broken Flowers
Idea
2005
Movie
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Story Consultant
1999
Movie
Stranger Than Paradise
Producer
1984
Movie
Permanent Vacation
Assistant Director
1981
TV
Monsters
Director
1988
Movie
Sleepwalk
Director
1986
Movie
You Are Not I
Director
1981
Movie
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Director
2018
Movie
When Pigs Fly
Director
1993