Sara Khaki

Sara Khaki is an Oscar-nominated director, producer, and editor dedicated to telling stories around women empowerment and gender equality. Sara is Sundance Grand Jury Award winner for her feature documentary Cutting Through Rocks, which has also received a nomination from Directors Guild of America (DGA). The film has traveled to over 150 film festivals worldwide and has won numerous awards, including 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 has also earned an Outstanding Achievement in Directing Award from NYWIFT.

A founder of Gandom Films Production, Sara is a Sundance Film Institute, Chicken & Egg films and Firelight Media grantee. Her work continues to amplify change on gender equality through cinema. Sara holds a BFA in Cinematic Arts from the University of Maryland and an MFA in Social Documentary Filmmaking from the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York.