Sarah Elizabeth Mintz

Sarah Elizabeth Mintz is a writer/director working in New York and Los Angeles. She received her BFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she completed her thesis film Transit, starring Dakota Johnson. After graduating she assisted filmmakers Alejandro Iñárritu on The Revenant, Joachim Trier on Louder Than Bombs, and Cary Fukunaga on True Detective. Sarah was a Sundance Fellow in the 2017 Writer’s Intensive with her feature Good Girl Jane. She directed a proof-of-concept short film of the same name, which garnered interest and financing for the feature. Good Girl Jane recently premiered in U.S. Narrative Competition at Tribeca Film Festival 2022 and won the Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature as well as Best Performance in a Narrative Feature for Rain Spencer. The film is written by Mintz and is inspired by events in her own life. Sarah is interested in stories that explore the complexities of human nature and the beauty that lies in gray areas that are often overlooked.

Talks

Underrated/Overlooked: Sarah Elizabeth Mintz on Sharp Stick

By Sarah Elizabeth Mintz | January 24, 2023

Underrated/Overlooked: Sarah Elizabeth Mintz on Sharp Stick

Good Girl Jane writer-director Sarah Elizabeth Mintz reclaims Lena Dunham’s unfairly maligned portrait of burgeoning female sexuality.

Revisited: I Am a Coming-of-Age Drama

By Sarah Elizabeth Mintz | December 29, 2022

Revisited: I Am a Coming-of-Age Drama

Sarah Elizabeth Mintz on the emotional trajectory that led to her debut feature Good Girl Jane, which premiered at Tribeca this past spring.

I Am a Coming-of-age Drama

By Sarah Elizabeth Mintz | June 9, 2022

I Am a Coming-of-age Drama

Sarah Elizabeth Mintz on the emotional trajectory that led to her debut feature Good Girl Jane, which world premieres at Tribeca this weekend.