Sarah Adina Smith

Sarah Adina Smith
Smith in 2019
Occupations
  • Director
  • writer
  • editor

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 two episodes from the television series Room 104. Her films often center around mysticism, spirituality and psychology, and the surreal.[4] Smith also directed several acclaimed television pilots, including Hanna, Looking for Alaska, and Lessons in Chemistry.[5] She won the Directors Guild of America award for Movies for Television and Limited Series for her Lessons in Chemistry episode "Her & Him".[6]

  1. ^ "Interview: Writer/Director Sarah Adina Smith on BUSTER'S MAL HEART" Archived 2019-02-07 at the Wayback Machine. Daily Dead, 5/8/2017 | Heather Wixson
  2. ^ "WME Signs Director Sarah Adina Smith Ahead Of Toronto Fest" Archived 2019-02-07 at the Wayback Machine. Deadline Hollywood, Anita Busch, August 10, 2016.
  3. ^ "Indie Focus: Seeing with fresh eyes in 'The Lovers,' 'Risk' and 'Buster's Mal Heart'" Archived 2019-02-07 at the Wayback Machine. Los Angeles Times, By Mark Olsen, May 07, 2017.
  4. ^ "Film Review: 'The Midnight Swim'" Archived 2019-04-25 at the Wayback Machine. Variety, November 24, 2014. By Geoff Berkshire
  5. ^ Rosen, Lisa (November 22, 2023). "Plenty of surprises bubble up in 'Lessons in Chemistry'". Los Angeles Times.
  6. ^ "76th Annual DGA Awards".