Biography

Sierra Urich is an Iranian-American "neem-rooni", award-winning filmmaker, and interdisciplinary visual artist. She was recently nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and placed on Doc NYC's 40 Under 40 list, which celebrates exemplary emerging talent in the documentary world. Urich's first feature film, Joonam, premiered in competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, and took home three jury awards for Best Documentary at the Cleveland International Film Festival, the Bentonville Film Festival, and the Sharjah Film Platform. Urich was a Sundance Nonfiction Directors Residency Fellow 2018, Points North Fellow 2018, Firelight Doc Lab Fellow 2021, Chicken & Egg Lab Fellow 2022, and was twice shortlisted for a Creative Capital Award (2020, 2021). She is also a proud member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia, A-Doc, and Film Fatales. Urich works professionally as a director and editor.
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