BPS 206: Lessons Learned: Being a First-Time Writer/Director with Sarah Elizabeth Mintz

Sarah Elizabeth Mintz received her BFA from New York University’s
Tisch School of the Arts, where she completed her thesis film
Transit, starring Dakota Johnson. After graduating she mentored
with filmmakers Cary Fukunaga on True Detective, Joachim Trier on
Louder Than Bombs, and worked with Alejandro Inarritu on The
Revenant. Sarah was a Sundance Fellow in the 2017 Writer’s
Intensive and 2018 Sundance Strategic Financing Intensive with her
project Good Girl Jane. She completed a short film of the same name
starring Rachelle Vinberg (Skate Kitchen, HBO’s Betty) and Travis
Tope (American Vandal), with cinematography by Jake Saner (Ghosts
of Sugar Land). The short premiered at the Raindance Film Festival
in London. Good Girl Jane recently wrapped principal photography in
Los Angeles starring Rain Spencer, Patrick Gibson and Andie
MacDowell. Good Girl Jane is inspired by events in Sarah’s own
life.

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