Sabina Vajraca
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sabina Vajraca immigrated to the U.S. as a war refugee. A natural storyteller, she started working in theatre as a teenager, eventually getting her B.F.A. in Theatre Directing and Stage Management. After graduation she worked in NYC, focusing on devised theatre and movement/experimental approach to Shakespeare and other Classics.
Her first film, the critically-acclaimed feature documentary BACK TO BOSNIA, premiered at the AFI Fest, played at over 30 festivals worldwide, won Director's Choice at Crossroads, and was featured in the top 100 of the greatest films directed by women by the BBC.
Since then she wrote, directed, and produced commercials, music videos, and over a dozen films including the multiple-award-winning VARIABLES, the Warner Bros./USC feature period drama VOODOO MACBETH, AND the OSCAR®-qualified SEVAP/MITZVAH. She also assisted writer/director Max Mayer on his feature drama ADAM, starring Hugh Dancy and Rose Byrne (2009 Sundance), and shadowed directors on MADAM SECRETARY and 9-1-1.
Sabina received numerous awards for her work, including the HUMANITAS Prize, the DGA SFA Grand Prize, the Alfred P. Sloan Grant, the Claims Conference Grant, the Stowe Story Labs' Tangerine Fellowship, and nominations for the Student Oscars and Student BAFTA.
She's a member of Film Fatales and BAFTA, and an alumna of Ryan Murphy's Half Directing Mentorship, Hayama Residency, Stowe Story Labs, and Almanack Screenwriters. She holds an M.F.A. in Film and TV Production from USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Her first film, the critically-acclaimed feature documentary BACK TO BOSNIA, premiered at the AFI Fest, played at over 30 festivals worldwide, won Director's Choice at Crossroads, and was featured in the top 100 of the greatest films directed by women by the BBC.
Since then she wrote, directed, and produced commercials, music videos, and over a dozen films including the multiple-award-winning VARIABLES, the Warner Bros./USC feature period drama VOODOO MACBETH, AND the OSCAR®-qualified SEVAP/MITZVAH. She also assisted writer/director Max Mayer on his feature drama ADAM, starring Hugh Dancy and Rose Byrne (2009 Sundance), and shadowed directors on MADAM SECRETARY and 9-1-1.
Sabina received numerous awards for her work, including the HUMANITAS Prize, the DGA SFA Grand Prize, the Alfred P. Sloan Grant, the Claims Conference Grant, the Stowe Story Labs' Tangerine Fellowship, and nominations for the Student Oscars and Student BAFTA.
She's a member of Film Fatales and BAFTA, and an alumna of Ryan Murphy's Half Directing Mentorship, Hayama Residency, Stowe Story Labs, and Almanack Screenwriters. She holds an M.F.A. in Film and TV Production from USC School of Cinematic Arts.
