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Sarah Adina Smith is an American film writer, director, and editor.[1][2] Films she has directed include Buster's Mal Heart (2016),[3] and The Midnight Swim (2014). She also directed two episodes from the television series Room 104. Her films often center around mysticism, spirituality and psychology, and the surreal.[4]

Early life and education

Smith was born in Fort Collins, Colorado. She graduated from Poudre High School in 2001, and studied philosophy at Columbia University in New York.[5]

Career

Smith's first feature as director, The Midnight Swim, was released in 2014. The film was noted for its shifts in visual style,[6] and won six awards on the festival circuit, including the audience award from AFI Fest.[7][8]

Her sophomore feature, Buster's Mal Heart,[9] premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, and stars Rami Malek, DJ Qualls, and Kate Lyn Sheil.[10]

Smith later co-wrote the screenplay for the film Unlovable, which screened at the SXSW festival in 2018.[11]

In 2018 Smith was chosen to direct the first two episodes of television adaptation of the film Hanna.[12][13]

In 2019, she directed one episode of the television adaptation of the novel Looking for Alaska.

Filmography

Short films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Editor	Notes
2006	Madura	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2009	The Sirens	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
	One Cup of Coffee	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
2016	Mother's Day	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Segment of Holidays

Feature films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Editor
2013	Goodbye World	No	Yes	Yes	No
2014	The Midnight Swim	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2016	Buster's Mal Heart	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2021	Birds of Paradise	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

Television

Year	Title	Director	Executive Producer	Episodes
2017	Wrecked	Yes	No	"Tony Pepperoni" "Sister Mercy"
	Room 104	Yes	No	"Ralphie" "The Knockandoo"
2018	Legion	Yes	No	"Chapter 11"
2019	Hanna	Yes	Yes	"Forest" "Friend"
	Looking for Alaska	Yes	Yes	"Famous Last Words"

References

External links

• Sarah Adina Smith at IMDb 

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