Director
Sara Joe Wolansky is a documentary director and Emmy-nominated producer whose films depict stranger-than-fiction stories, grounded in genuine empathy. She rose to prominence as the Senior Video Producer at The New Yorker, helping to build The New Yorker's Oscar-nominated documentary brand from the ground up while directing her own award-winning & widely viewed short films. She has also produced for Bloomberg, VICE, and on other feature documentaries. She holds a MFA in Film & TV Production from the University of Southern California, and a BA in Sociology from Harvard.
