Sara Ross-Samko

Tiny Shed Films

BIOGRAPHIE

California born, dreaming of rain and snow, Sara is a director and cinematographer drawn to the misty realms between dream and document. A background in music and theatre inform her approach to image making and working with puppets, in-camera effects, celluloid, mud, ink, glue and all things messy bring her great joy. A graduate of the American Film Institute Conservatory with a degree in Cinematography, she is now a member of the AFI Cinematography Faculty where she co-runs its 35mm Visual Essay program. Other honors include participation in the Berlinale Talents Project Lab, a Women in Film Scholarship for Directing, a Panavision's New Filmmaker Grant, a Kodak/Kickstarter Emerging Filmmaker Grant and an American Documentary Film Fund Award.

FILMOGRAPHIE