Sarah Price (born 1970) is an American filmmaker, director and producer known for the feature documentary ''

American Movie ''American Movie'' is a 1999 American documentary film directed by Chris Smith, produced by Smith and Sarah Price, and edited by Jun Diaz and Barry Poltermann. The film chronicles the making of ''Coven'', an independent short horror film direc ...

'' (1999 Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the

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, released by

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). Price is a member of the

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Early life

Price spent the first five years of her life in London, England, her early school years in the American Midwest and East Coast, and later attended high school at the International Schools in Frankfurt, Germany and Nairobi, Kenya. Price was educated at the University of Iowa.

Career

She directed
Caesar's Park
' (2001 SXSW Int'l Film Fest, Sundance Channel), ''

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'' (2003 Toronto Int'l Film Festival, released by United Artist/MGM), and
Summercamp!
' (2006 Toronto Int'l Film Fest, Sundance Channel). Price was also a cinematographer on ''

The Yes Men Fix the World ''The Yes Men Fix the World'' is a 2009 English language documentary film about the culture jamming exploits of The Yes Men. The film premiered in New York City and Los Angeles on October 23, 2009 and in other U.S. cities beginning on October ...

'' (2009 Sundance Film Fest/HBO), and a Co-Producer o
''Youssou N’dour: I Bring What I Love''
(2008 Toronto Int’l Fest). In 2009, she expanded into commercial directing and is represented b
Independent Media Inc
Sarah further expanded into episodic television in 2014, directing '' The Carrie Diaries'' for

Warner Brothers Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros. or abbreviated as WB) is an American Film studio, film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, Califo ...

. In 2016, Sarah Price's documentary film "L7: Pretend We're Dead" was first screened. Price describes hearing a song by L7 while working as a DJ at her college radio station as the seed of her curiosity and interest in the group. The film was nominated for the Jury Prize at the 2017

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and for the Indiemusic Schweppes Award at the IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival in 2018. "L7: Pretend We're Dead" won the Jury Prize at the Bordeaux Rock - Musical Ecran in 2018.

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* Living people Filmmakers from Milwaukee People from Virginia American film directors Film producers from Wisconsin 1970 births {{US-film-producer-stub