Sarah Botstein

Sarah Botstein is an award-winning filmmaker who has been producing groundbreaking documentary films about American history, life and culture for more than twenty years. Her work with directors Ken Burns and Lynn Novick is some of the most acclaimed and popular programming on PBS and includes Hemingway (2021), College Behind Bars (2019), The Vietnam War (2017), Prohibition (2011), The War (2007) and Jazz (2001). Currently, Botstein is producing and directing, with Burns and Novick, a groundbreaking film that examines the United States response to the Holocaust and a multi-episode project on Lyndon Johnson's life and presidency. Botstein is also the lead producer on an upcoming, epic five-part series on the American Revolution. In collaboration with PBS Learning Media and WETA-TV, Botstein helps lead the digital and educational initiatives for Florentine Films, collaborates on Ken Burns UNUM, a digital project that connects themes in the past and present, and is an executive producer of a new web series called UNUM Shorts. Botstein is a graduate of Barnard College with a degree in American Studies.