Sara Mishara

Sara Mishara
OccupationsScreenwriter, cinematographer

Sara Mishara (born July 8, 1976) is an American-Canadian cinematographer.[1] She has been a three-time Canadian Screen Award winner for Best Cinematography at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019 for her work on the film The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur),[2] at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres),[3] and at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023 for Viking.[4]

She was also a dual nominee in 2019 for Allure,[5] and was previously nominated in the same category at the 28th Genie Awards for Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait)[6] and at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards for Felix and Meira (Félix et Meira).[7]

She won the Prix Iris for Best Cinematography at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards for Drunken Birds,[8] and received four previous Prix Jutra nominations for Best Cinematography for her work on Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil),[9] The Legacy (La Donation),[10] All That You Possess (Tout ce que tu possèdes)[11] and You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole).[12]

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she studied film at Concordia University and the Prague Film School.[1] She was a cowriter with Ivan Grbovic of the films Romeo Eleven (Roméo Onze) and Drunken Birds, with the duo receiving a Jutra nomination for Best Screenplay for Romeo Eleven (Roméo Onze) at the 15th Jutra Awards in 2013,[11] and winning for Drunken Birds at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2022.[8]

Alongside Nicolas Bolduc, Erik Ljung, Tobie Marier Robitaille, Van Royko, Alexia Toman and André Turpin, she won a Gémeaux Award for Best Photography in a Documentary or Public Affairs program in 2024 for Lac-Mégantic: This Is Not an Accident (Lac-Mégantic : ceci n’est pas un accident).[13]

Filmography

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