Sara Driver
Known for Directing · 15 credits
- Born
- 1955-12-15 (age 70)
- Place of birth
- Westfield, New Jersey, USA
- 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.
Known For
TV Shows (1)
Movies (14)
The Dead Don't Die
2019
as Female Coffee Zombie
Mystery Train
1989
as Airport Clerk
Stranger Than Paradise
1984
as Girl with Hat
Figaro Story
1991
as Sam (segment "Keep It for Yourself")
Permanent Vacation
1981
as Nurse
Uncle Howard
2017
as Self
Blank City
2011
as Self
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989
as Yvette
Keep It for Yourself
1991
as Sam
The Bowery
1994
as Self
Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver
2021
as Self (voice)
Some Days in January, 1984
2001
Adios
2025
Strummer
1993
About 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 (201… With 15 credits spanning from 1981 to 2025, Sara Driver has appeared in 14 films and 1 TV show.
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Most Popular Sara Driver Movies
- The Dead Don't Die (2019) — as Female Coffee Zombie
- Mystery Train (1989) — as Airport Clerk
- Stranger Than Paradise (1984) — as Girl with Hat
- Figaro Story (1991) — as Sam (segment "Keep It for Yourself")
- Permanent Vacation (1981) — as Nurse
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