Biography

Sara Dosa is an Oscar-nominated nonfiction filmmaker whose work centers on the human relationship with more-than-human nature. For her directing work, Dosa has won a Peabody and the Directors' Guild of America Awards, among others, and has been nominated for an Oscar, BAFTA and Independent Spirit Award. Her work has been shown at festivals worldwide including Sundance, SXSW, New Directors/New Films, CPH:DOX and Visions du Réel, among others, and has screened in partnership with museums such as the MOMA, BAMPFA and The Louvre.

Most recently, Dosa directed "Time and Water, which premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. "Time and Water" has since screened at over 40 festivals worldwide, opened theatrically around the world to rave reviews and will stream on Hulu and Disney+ starting August, 2026. Prior to "Time and Water," Dosa directed the Academy Award nominated "Fire of Love," about French volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft. "Fire of Love" premiered on Opening Night of Sundance 2022 where it was acquired by National Geographic Films. "Fire of Love" was released theatrically in 2022 and went on to be nominated for over 40 awards worldwide, winning the DGA Outstanding Direction in a Documentary Film, the Critics' Choice Award for Best Archival Documentary, IDA's Best Writing and Best Cinematography, Cinema Eye Honors for Best Score, Best Editing and Best Visual Design, among others. Additional directing titles include the 2015 Indie-Spirited Award nominated "The Last Season" a verité portrait of two Oregon veterans turned wild mushroom hunters; and the 2019 Golden Gate Award-winning "The Seer & The Unseen," a fabulist portrait of and Icelandic woman in communication with spirits of nature.

Dosa's producing credits include the Peabody winning "Audrie & Daisy" (Sundance / Netflix 2016) and the Peabody and Emmy-nominated "Survivors" (IDFA / POV 2018). Dosa co-produced the Academy Award-nominated "The Edge of Democracy" (Sundance / Netflix 2019) as well as "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power" (Sundance / Paramount 2017).

In 2018, Dosa was named to the inaugural class of DOCNYC's "40 under 40" and was also inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture's Documentary Branch. She graduated from Wesleyan University with a double major in sociology and anthropology, and has a joint masters in cultural anthropology and international development studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Dosa lives and works in California.
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