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Career Highlight
Jane
Sara Joe Wolansky
Director · Producer
Biography
Sara Joe Wolansky is a documentary director and Emmy-nominated producer whose films depict stranger-than-fiction stories, grounded in genuine empathy. She rose to prominence as the Senior Video Producer at The New Yorker, helping to build The New Yorker's Oscar-nominated documentary brand from the ground up while directing her own award-winning & widely viewed short films. She has also produced for Bloomberg, VICE, and on other feature documentaries. She holds a MFA in Film & TV Production from the University of Southern California, and a BA in Sociology from Harvard.
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Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2026Nominee
Best Director
The Big Cheese
2020Nominee
Best Director
After the 12-9
Career Highlights
2021Highlight
Best Director
Documenting Death
2020Highlight
Best Director
The Last Conversation
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Jane
The Big Cheese
The Highs and Lows of Ken Bone's Fifteen Minutes of Fame