Sara Khaki

Sara Khaki is an Oscar-nominated documentary director, producer, and editor dedicated to telling stories that advance gender equity. A Directors Guild of America (DGA) nominee, she is a Sundance, Grand Jury Award winner and Visions du Réel Audience Award winner for her feature documentary Cutting Through Rocks. The film has traveled to over 90 film festivals worldwide and has won audience awards at Dok Leipzig, Visions du Réel, and IDFA, among others. Described by IndieWire as “a deftly shaped work of cinematic nonfiction” and by POV Magazine as “a profound vérité documentary,” the film marks Sara’s directorial debut, which also earned an Outstanding Achievement in Directing Award from NYWIFT at Woodstock. Her IDA Award–nominated short Our Iranian Lockdown (2020) streams on The Guardian. Sara holds a BFA from the University of Maryland and an MFA from the School of Visual Arts.