Person
Sara Joe Wolansky
Directing
Biography
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.
Known for
Jane
Assistant Editor
The Big Cheese
Director
The Last Conversation
Director
After the 12-9
Director
The Highs and Lows of Ken Bone's Fifteen Minutes of Fame
Supervising Producer
Documenting Death
Director
Finding Fenn's Gold
Director
The Andrew Yang Show
Director
Filmography
- 2026The Big CheeseDirector
- 2022Finding Fenn's GoldDirector
- 2021The Andrew Yang ShowDirector
- 2021Documenting DeathDirector
- 2020The Highs and Lows of Ken Bone's Fifteen Minutes of FameSupervising Producer
- 2020After the 12-9Director
- 2020The Last ConversationDirector
- 2017JaneAssistant Editor
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