Sara Driver

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.

  • Title: Sara Driver
  • Popularity: 2.467
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1955-12-15
  • Place of Birth: Westfield, New Jersey, USA
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  • Also Known As: Sara Miller Driver
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Sara Driver Movies

  • 1981
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    Permanent Vacation

    Permanent Vacation

    5.893 1981 HD

    In downtown Manhattan, a twenty-something boy whose Father is not around and whose Mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker fan. He...

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  • 2021
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    Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver

    Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver

    1 2021 HD

    In 1982, the completion of Jim Jarmusch's sophomore film, Stranger Than Paradise, hinged on producer Sara Driver’s willingness and ability to...

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  • 1989
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    Bloodhounds of Broadway

    Bloodhounds of Broadway

    5.7 1989 HD

    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...

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  • 1994
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    The Bowery

    The Bowery

    7.3 1994 HD

    Documentary about the history, people, and culture of New Yorks' Bowery Street and neighborhood.

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  • 1991
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    Keep It for Yourself

    Keep It for Yourself

    5.7 1991 HD

    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...

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  • 2011
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    Blank City

    Blank City

    6.9 2011 HD

    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...

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  • 1984
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    Stranger Than Paradise

    Stranger Than Paradise

    7.2 1984 HD

    A Hungarian immigrant, his friend, and his cousin go on an unpredictable adventure across America.

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  • 1991
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    Figaro Story

    Figaro Story

    1 1991 HD

    An anthology film centering around the worldwide adventures of the Nissan Figaro.

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  • 1993
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    Strummer

    Strummer

    1 1993 HD

    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...

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  • 2019
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    The Dead Don't Die

    The Dead Don't Die

    5.433 2019 HD

    In a small peaceful town, zombies suddenly rise to terrorize the town. Now three bespectacled police officers and a strange Scottish morgue expert...

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  • 1989
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    Mystery Train

    Mystery Train

    7.3 1989 HD

    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...

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  • 2017
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    Uncle Howard

    Uncle Howard

    6.5 2017 HD

    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...

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  • 2001
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    Some Days in January, 1984

    Some Days in January, 1984

    1 2001 HD

    A short behind-the-scenes documentary shot and edited on Super 8 by filmmaker Tom Jarmusch, director Jim Jarmusch’s brother, during the filming...

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  • 1984
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    Stranger Than Paradise

    Stranger Than Paradise

    7.2 1984 HD

    A Hungarian immigrant, his friend, and his cousin go on an unpredictable adventure across America.

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  • 1986
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    Sleepwalk

    Sleepwalk

    5.5 1986 HD

    When Nicole, a young copy-shop employee, is hired to translate an ancient Chinese manuscript, she soon finds that the document has strange powers...

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  • 1981
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    You Are Not I

    You Are Not I

    6.462 1981 HD

    A young woman escapes from a mental hospital during the chaos of a nearby multiple-car accident. She is mistaken for a shock victim and is driven to...

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  • 1993
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    When Pigs Fly

    When Pigs Fly

    4.9 1993 HD

    The ghosts of a middle-aged woman and a precocious little girl help an unwed jazz musician and a bar dancer reverse their bad fortune.

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  • 1986
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    Sleepwalk

    Sleepwalk

    5.5 1986 HD

    When Nicole, a young copy-shop employee, is hired to translate an ancient Chinese manuscript, she soon finds that the document has strange powers...

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  • 1986
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    Sleepwalk

    Sleepwalk

    5.5 1986 HD

    When Nicole, a young copy-shop employee, is hired to translate an ancient Chinese manuscript, she soon finds that the document has strange powers...

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  • 1986
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    Sleepwalk

    Sleepwalk

    5.5 1986 HD

    When Nicole, a young copy-shop employee, is hired to translate an ancient Chinese manuscript, she soon finds that the document has strange powers...

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  • 1994
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    The Bowery

    The Bowery

    7.3 1994 HD

    Documentary about the history, people, and culture of New Yorks' Bowery Street and neighborhood.

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  • 2021
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    Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver

    Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver

    1 2021 HD

    In 1982, the completion of Jim Jarmusch's sophomore film, Stranger Than Paradise, hinged on producer Sara Driver’s willingness and ability to...

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  • 1981
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    Permanent Vacation

    Permanent Vacation

    5.893 1981 HD

    In downtown Manhattan, a twenty-something boy whose Father is not around and whose Mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker fan. He...

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  • 1981
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    Permanent Vacation

    Permanent Vacation

    5.893 1981 HD

    In downtown Manhattan, a twenty-something boy whose Father is not around and whose Mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker fan. He...

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  • 1984
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    Stranger Than Paradise

    Stranger Than Paradise

    7.2 1984 HD

    A Hungarian immigrant, his friend, and his cousin go on an unpredictable adventure across America.

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  • 1999
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    Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

    Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

    7.3 1999 HD

    An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of ancient Japan finds himself targeted for death by the mob.

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  • 2005
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    Broken Flowers

    Broken Flowers

    6.9 2005 HD

    As the devoutly single Don Johnston is dumped by his latest girlfriend, he receives an anonymous pink letter informing him that he has a son who may...

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  • 2005
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    Broken Flowers

    Broken Flowers

    6.9 2005 HD

    As the devoutly single Don Johnston is dumped by his latest girlfriend, he receives an anonymous pink letter informing him that he has a son who may...

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  • 2016
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    Paterson

    Paterson

    7.1 2016 HD

    A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many...

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  • 2016
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    Paterson

    Paterson

    7.1 2016 HD

    A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many...

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  • 2019
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    The Dead Don't Die

    The Dead Don't Die

    5.433 2019 HD

    In a small peaceful town, zombies suddenly rise to terrorize the town. Now three bespectacled police officers and a strange Scottish morgue expert...

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  • 2013
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    Only Lovers Left Alive

    Only Lovers Left Alive

    7.231 2013 HD

    A depressed musician reunites with his lover in the desolate streets of Detroit. Though their romance has endured several centuries, it is tested by...

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  • 2018
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    Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat

    Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat

    7.1 2018 HD

    Exploring the pre-fame years of the celebrated American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, and how New York City, its people, and tectonically shifting...

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  • 1981
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    You Are Not I

    You Are Not I

    6.462 1981 HD

    A young woman escapes from a mental hospital during the chaos of a nearby multiple-car accident. She is mistaken for a shock victim and is driven to...

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  • 1981
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    You Are Not I

    You Are Not I

    6.462 1981 HD

    A young woman escapes from a mental hospital during the chaos of a nearby multiple-car accident. She is mistaken for a shock victim and is driven to...

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  • 1981
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    You Are Not I

    You Are Not I

    6.462 1981 HD

    A young woman escapes from a mental hospital during the chaos of a nearby multiple-car accident. She is mistaken for a shock victim and is driven to...

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  • 2008
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    Gold Eye Ball

    Gold Eye Ball

    1 2008 HD

    Produced for Glass Eye Pix as part of their 2008 Creepy Christmas Online Film Festival, in which each short was inspired by the inhabitants of a...

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  • 2008
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    Gold Eye Ball

    Gold Eye Ball

    1 2008 HD

    Produced for Glass Eye Pix as part of their 2008 Creepy Christmas Online Film Festival, in which each short was inspired by the inhabitants of a...

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  • 1993
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    Strummer

    Strummer

    1 1993 HD

    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...

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  • 1993
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    When Pigs Fly

    When Pigs Fly

    4.9 1993 HD

    The ghosts of a middle-aged woman and a precocious little girl help an unwed jazz musician and a bar dancer reverse their bad fortune.

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  • 1970
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    6.833 1970 HD

    Monsters is a syndicated horror anthology series which originally ran from 1988 to 1991 and reran on the Sci-Fi Channel during the 1990s. As of 2011,...

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