Sara Khaki

Sara Khaki is a documentary filmmaker, editor, and recent Sundance Film Institute grantee, with a dedication to untold stories that make a difference in our world. Sara graduated from the University of Maryland Baltimore (UMBC) with her BFA in cinematic arts and from the School of Visual Arts (SVA,) with an MFA in Social Documentary Filmmaking. Her recent co-directed short, Our Iranian Lockdown, featured on the Guardian, was nominated for IDA Awards in the best short-form series category. Her first feature film, Cutting Through Rocks, in production, has received support from Sundance Film Institute, Chicken & Egg Pictures, IDFA Bertha Europe, as well as Hot Docs CrossCurrent Fund, among others. Sara is a co-director of the new Netflix Original feature documentary, Convergence, now on Netflix.