Sara McIntyre is a graduate of Women In the Director’s Chair (2012) in Banff, the Praxis Story Editor Internship (2013), and an instructor of film direction and photography at Langara College in Vancouver, BC. Her directing career was launched with the award-winning, comedic short film, My Father’s an Actor (2004) produced through the Director’s Guild of Canada program, Crazy8s. Through Kiss Dust Pictures, Sara directed and produced the internationally award-winning feature film, Two Indians Talking (2010), which earned Best Actor Award and a Best Picture nomination at the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival, and the People’s Choice award, Most Popular Canadian Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival.
She is currently developing the novella, “Six Degrees of Altered Sensation”, by BC author Kim Clark into a feature film called The Last Six; is developing a web-series adaptation of Kim’s upcoming novel about disease and desire; a full-length stageplay titled Ms. Salome Warren; and is working her way through a Masters of Arts degree in Liberal Studies at Simon Fraser University.
Sara’s creative career has included producing the Alibi Unplugged Script Reading Series; serving as president of Women In Film and Television Vancouver; casting award-winning films and a television series; coaching creative professionals; new media journalism; and producing short films and independent media projects.
In 2016, Sara was selected to participate in the Whistler Film Festival Feature Project Lab and won the “Big Pitch” competition with her The Last Six pitch. She also enjoys work as a freelance story editor.
Awards & Nominations
The Last Six (feature film script)
2016 Whistler Film Festival Power Pitch Winner
Two Indians Talking (feature film)
2011 Best Feature Film Award, Cowichan International Aboriginal Festival of Film and Art
2011 Best Director Award, Cowichan International Aboriginal Festival of Film and Art
2011 Silver SpIFFY for Most Promising Filmmaker, Spokane International Film Festival
2010 Nomination, Best Picture, Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival
2010 Nomination, American Indian Motion Picture: Best Film, American Indian Film Festival
2010 Nomination, Best Director, American Indian Film Festival
2010 Rogers People’s Choice Award, Most Popular Canadian Film, Vancouver International Film Festival