Sara Fishko is an American broadcast journalist and documentary filmmaker known for her coverage of art, music, culture and media.

Career

From 1999 to 2021, she was the creator and host of Fishko Files on

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, producing hundreds of short-form episodes on culture and cultural history. In 2015, she directed The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith which debuted at the New Orleans Film Festival and was a New York Times critics' pick. Earlier, she edited numerous award-winning documentary films. Her work at WNYC also featured longer interviews with important musical figures including

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Awards and honors

* 2013 National Headliners Grand Award * 2010 Deems Taylor Multimedia Award * 1989 News and Documentary Emmy Award for Film Editing

Filmography

As Director

*''The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith'' (2015)

As Film Editor

* ''Jerusalem Peace'' (1977) * ''A Doonesbury Special'' (1977) * ''In Dark Places'' (1978) * ''Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences'' (1982) * ''The Global Assembly Line'' (1986) * ''No Applause, Just Throw Money'' (1989) * ''Destination Mozart: A Night at the Opera with Peter Sellars'' (1990) * ''Frontline: Innocence Lost'' (1991) * '' Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud'' (1996)

References

External links

Official Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fishko, Sara Living people American women radio hosts American women radio journalists American women documentary filmmakers American documentary film directors American women film editors New York Public Radio Year of birth missing (living people)