Sarah Adina Smith

Sarah Adina Smith is an American film writer, director, and editor.^[1][2] Films she has directed include Buster's Mal Heart (2016),^[3] and The Midnight Swim (2014). She also directed several episodes from the television series Room 104. Her films often center around mysticism, spirituality and psychology, and the surreal.^[4]

Early life and education[]

Smith was born in Fort Collins, Colorado. She graduated from Poudre High School in 2001, and studied philosophy at Columbia University in New York.^[5]

Career[]

Smith's first feature as director, The Midnight Swim, was released in 2014. The film was noted for its shifts in visual style,^[6] and won six awards on the festival circuit, including the audience award from AFI Fest.^[7][8]

Her sophomore feature, Buster's Mal Heart,^[9] premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, and stars Rami Malek, DJ Qualls, and Kate Lyn Sheil.^[10]

Smith later co-wrote the screenplay for the film Unlovable, which screened at the SXSW festival in 2018.^[11]

In 2018 Smith was chosen to direct the television adaptation of the film Hanna.^[12][13]

In 2019, she directed one episode of the television adaptation of the novel Looking for Alaska.

References[]

External links[]

• Sarah Adina Smith at IMDb