Sara Dosa is an American documentary director and producer whose works have received

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and

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nominations and a Peabody win. Her directing work focuses on the human relationship with non-human nature, often exploring themes of interconnection, myth, ecology and economy told through personal character stories.

Early life

Dosa is a graduate of

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and has a master's degree in cultural anthropology and international development studies from the London School of Economics & Political Science where her work focused on critical theory, the anthropology of economy and geographies of power.

Career

Dosa's first film as a director was 2014's ''The Last Season'', which followed two war veterans turned wild mushroom hunters who form an unexpected friendship in the Oregon woods. It was nominated for the Independent Spirit "Truer Than Fiction" Award in 2015. In 2018 Dosa and Academy Award-winner

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co-directed an

-nominated episode of

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's ReMastered Series, '' Tricky Dick & The Man in Black''. That same year, Dosa was inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Documentary Branch in 2018. In 2019 she directed and produced ''The Seer & The Unseen'', about Icelandic seer Ragnhildur Jónsdóttir, who communicates with spirits of nature. The feature won awards at film festivals worldwide and was acquired by Utopia Distribution. In 2022, Dosa directed ''Fire of Love'' which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival as the Day One film in US Documentary Competition. Fire of Love won the Jonathan Oppenheimer Editing Award for editors Erin Casper and Jocelyne Chaput and received critical acclaim, named by

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as the top documentary out of Sundance in a survey of 135 critics. ''Fire of Love'' was acquired by National Geographic Films and was released in 2022. ''Fire of Love'' was nominated for an

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at the

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Filmography

;Director *''The Last Season'' (2014) *''Tricky Dick & The Man in Black'' (2018) *''The Seer & The Unseen'' (2019) *''

Fire of Love ''Fire of Love'' is the debut album of the American rock band the Gun Club, released in 1981 on Ruby Records. Production The Flesh Eaters' singer Chris D. produced five tracks on the album ("Sex Beat", "Preaching the Blues", "Fire Spirit", "Gho ...

'' (2022) ;Producer *'' The Last Season'' (2014) *''

Audrie & Daisy ''Audrie & Daisy'' is an American 2016 documentary film about two cases of rape of teenage American girls, in 2011 and 2012. Summary The documentary includes the stories of two American high school students, Audrie Pott of Saratoga, California, a ...

'' (2016) *'' An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power'' (2017) *''Melting Ice'' (2017) *'' Survivors'' (2018) *''

The Edge of Democracy ''The Edge of Democracy'' ( pt, Democracia em Vertigem) is a 2019 Brazilian documentary film directed by Petra Costa. The film follows the political past of the filmmaker in a personal way, in context with the first term of President Lula and the ...

'' (2019) *''The Seer & The Unseen'' (2019) *''Extase'' (2020) *''

'' (2022) ;Writer *''

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Awards and nominations

References

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External links

Dosa, Sara - Filmmaker

Sara DosaSara DosaSpirit Awards 2015: The Complete Winners ListCritics Survey: The Best Movies of Sundance 2022 According to 135 Critics
Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American documentary filmmakers American documentary film producers Alumni of the London School of Economics Wesleyan University alumni