About
Sara Joe Wolansky is a documentary director and Emmy-nominated producer whose films depict stranger-than-fiction stories, grounded in genuine empathy. She rose to prominence as the Senior Video Producer at The New Yorker, helping to build The New Yorker's Oscar-nominated documentary brand from the ground up while directing her own award-winning & widely viewed short films. She has also produced for Bloomberg, VICE, and on other feature documentaries. She holds a MFA in Film & TV Production from the University of Southern California, and a BA in Sociology from Harvard.
Filmography
The Big Cheese2026 · Director
Finding Fenn's Gold2022 · Director, Producer, Cinematography
The Andrew Yang Show2021 · Director, Cinematography, Producer
Documenting Death2021 · Director, Producer, Cinematography
The Highs and Lows of Ken Bone's Fifteen Minutes of Fame2020 · Supervising Producer
After the 12-92020 · Director, Producer, Cinematography
The Last Conversation2020 · Director
Jane2017 · Assistant Editor