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.
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The Big Cheese (2025) Director |
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Finding Fenn's Gold (2022) Director |
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Finding Fenn's Gold (2022) Producer |
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Finding Fenn's Gold (2022) Cinematography |
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The Andrew Yang Show (2021) Director |
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The Andrew Yang Show (2021) Cinematography |
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The Andrew Yang Show (2021) Producer |
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Documenting Death (2021) Director |
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Documenting Death (2021) Producer |
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Documenting Death (2021) Cinematography |
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The Highs and Lows of Ken Bone's Fifteen Minutes of Fame (2020) Supervising Producer |
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After the 12-9 (2020) Director |
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After the 12-9 (2020) Producer |
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After the 12-9 (2020) Cinematography |
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The Last Conversation (2020) Director |
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Jane (2017) Assistant Editor |