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Sara Niimi

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Production Manager
  • Script and Continuity Department
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Sara Niimi is known for Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' (2019), 64th Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration (2023) and Riot (2014).
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      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei, Ike Barinholtz, and Ellie Kemper in Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' (2019)
    Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons'
    7.7
    TV Special
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2019
    64th Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration (2023)
    64th Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration
    TV Special
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2023
    Riot (2014)
    Riot
    3.9
    TV Series
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    The Oscars (2024)
    The Oscars
    6.7
    TV Special
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2024

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • The Oscars (2026)
      The Oscars
      6.5
      TV Special
      • associate director
      • 2026
    • The Actor Awards (2026)
      The Actor Awards
      6.5
      TV Special
      • associate director
      • 2026
    • The 68th Annual Grammy Awards (2026)
      The 68th Annual Grammy Awards
      4.9
      TV Special
      • associate director
      • 2026
    • Chelsea Handler in The 31st Annual Critics' Choice Awards (2026)
      The 31st Annual Critics' Choice Awards
      5.5
      TV Special
      • associate director
      • 2026
    • National Christmas Tree Lighting 2025
      TV Special
      • associate director
      • 2025
    • The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards (2025)
      The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards
      6.5
      TV Special
      • associate director
      • 2025
    • The 2025 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2025)
      The 2025 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
      3.4
      TV Special
      • associate director
      • 2025
    • Summer Game Fest (2025)
      Summer Game Fest
      TV Special
      • associate director
      • 2025
    • The 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards (2025)
      The 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards
      6.4
      TV Special
      • assistant director: pre-show
      • 2025
    • Conan O'Brien in The Oscars (2025)
      The Oscars
      6.5
      TV Special
      • associate director
      • 2025
    • The 67th Annual Grammy Awards (2025)
      The 67th Annual Grammy Awards
      6.1
      TV Special
      • associate director
      • 2025
    • Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2025 (2024)
      Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2025
      6.5
      TV Special
      • associate director
      • 2024
    • 2024 Billboard Music Awards (2024)
      2024 Billboard Music Awards
      5.4
      TV Special
      • associate director
      • 2024
    • A Motown Christmas (2024)
      A Motown Christmas
      5.5
      TV Special
      • associate director
      • 2024
    • BET Hip-Hop Awards (2024)
      BET Hip-Hop Awards
      TV Special
      • associate director
      • 2024

    Production Management

    • Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert for Autism Education (2010)
      Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert for Autism Education
      6.0
      TV Special
      • production supervisor
      • 2010
    • BET Awards 2010 (2010)
      BET Awards 2010
      6.4
      TV Special
      • production supervisor
      • 2010
    • Eric Roberts, Tori Spelling, Reginald VelJohnson, Alfonso Ribeiro, Anna Delvey Sorokin, Joey Graziadei, Ilona Maher, Stephen Nedoroscik, Dwight Howard, Julianne Hough, Phaedra Parks, Chandler Kinney, Danny Amendola, Jenn Tran, and Brooks Nader in Dancing with the Stars (2005)
      Dancing with the Stars
      5.0
      TV Series
      • production supervisor
      • 2008
    • Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann (2008)
      Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann
      4.7
      TV Series
      • production supervisor (as Sara Fung)
      • 2008
    • 2007 Taurus World Stunt Awards (2007)
      2007 Taurus World Stunt Awards
      7.3
      TV Special
      • production supervisor (as Sara Fung)
      • 2007
    • The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007)
      The 79th Annual Academy Awards
      7.1
      TV Special
      • production supervisor: pre-show (as Sara Fung)
      • 2007
    • Chris Rock: Never Scared (2004)
      Chris Rock: Never Scared
      8.0
      TV Special
      • production supervisor (as Sara Fung Niimi)
      • 2004
    • The Nick & Jessica Variety Hour (2004)
      The Nick & Jessica Variety Hour
      2.4
      TV Special
      • production supervisor (as Sara Fung Niimi)
      • 2004
    • Amy Lee in The 46th Annual Grammy Awards (2004)
      The 46th Annual Grammy Awards
      5.0
      TV Special
      • production supervisor (as Sara Fung Niimi)
      • 2004
    • Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now (2003)
      Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now
      7.5
      TV Special
      • production supervisor (as Sara Fung Niimi)
      • 2003
    • The 29th Annual People's Choice Awards (2003)
      The 29th Annual People's Choice Awards
      TV Special
      • production supervisor (as Sara Fung)
      • 2003
    • An Evening with the Dixie Chicks (2002)
      An Evening with the Dixie Chicks
      7.8
      TV Special
      • production supervisor (as Sara Fung)
      • 2002
    • Ellen DeGeneres in The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2001)
      The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
      6.7
      TV Special
      • production supervisor (as Sara Fung)
      • 2001

    Script and Continuity Department

    • George Lopez: Tall, Dark & Chicano (2009)
      George Lopez: Tall, Dark & Chicano
      5.4
      TV Special
      • script supervisor (as Sara Fung)
      • 2009
    • Great Performances (1971)
      Great Performances
      7.9
      TV Series
      • script supervisor
      • 2006
    • Renée Fleming and Rolando Villazón in La Traviata (2006)
      La Traviata
      8.3
      • script supervisor
      • 2006
    • Dave Matthews Band: The Central Park Concert (2003)
      Dave Matthews Band: The Central Park Concert
      9.2
      TV Special
      • script supervisor (as Sara Fung Niimi)
      • 2003
    • 2nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards (2001)
      2nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards
      3.9
      TV Special
      • script supervisor (as Sara Fung)
      • 2001
    • The 79th Annual Miss America Pageant
      7.9
      TV Special
      • script supervisor (as Sara Fung)
      • 1999

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    • Alternative names
      • Sara Fung

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