Director
Sara Dosa
9 films
Sara Dosa is an Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker whose work explores the relationship between humans and the more-than-human world. Her films interweave themes of ecology, cultural memory, and myth to illuminate how people make meaning amidst environmental and existential forces. Dosa’s body of work includes Time and Water (Sundance, 2026), Fire of Love (Sundance, 2022), The Seer & The Unseen (SFFILM, 2019), and The Last Season (SFFILM, 2015). Collectively, her films have been nominated for over 40 awards, including the Academy Award, BAFTA, Emmy, and Independent Spirit Award, and have received honors such as the Peabody and the Directors Guild of America Award. Her films has screened at leading festivals including Sundance, SXSW, New Directors/New Films, CPH:DOX, and Visions du Réel, as well as in partnership with institutions such as MoMA, BAMPFA, and The Louvre. In 2018, Dosa was named to DOCNYC’s inaugural “40 Under 40” list and inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Documentary Branch. Dosa holds a degree in sociology and anthropology from Wesleyan University and a joint master’s in anthropology and international development from the London School of Economics. She lives and works in California.
Best known for
Filmography 9
Time and Water
2026 · Director, Producer
On Hulu
Yo (Love Is a Rebellious Bird)
2026 · Producer
Fire of Love
2022 · Director, Producer
On Hulu
Ecstasy
2020 · Producer
The Seer and the Unseen
2019 · Producer, Director
On OVID
ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black
2018 · Director
On Netflix
Survivors
2018 · Producer
Audrie & Daisy
2016 · Producer
On Netflix
The Last Season
2014 · Director
On OVID