Sarah Newens Editor

June 21, 2022

Sara Newens is a Los Angeles-based documentary filmmaker and Emmy-award winning editor who began her career working for CBS News in New York City. She recently collaborated with Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering on the HBO docuseries Allen v. Farrow, which garnered 7 Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Picture Editing as well as Cinema Eye Honors and ACE Eddie award nominations. She also served as Editor/Writer for Dick and Ziering’s feature, On The Record, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. She is known for Directing/Producing/Editing the documentary feature Top Spin and The New York Times Op-Docs film, Footprint. A graduate of the MFA Documentary Film Program at Stanford University, she continues to create original work through her production company Wild Pair Films, co-owned by Mina T. Son.