Sara Colangelo is a highly acclaimed writer and director, whose impressive career has been marked by numerous accolades and accomplishments. Her first film, the short documentary "Halal Vivero", was a National Finalist at the 2006 Student Academy Awards, while her narrative short "Un Attimo di Respiro" screened at over fifteen national and international film festivals, including the prestigious Tribeca and SXSW festivals.
Colangelo's thesis film, "Little Accidents", had its world premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, where it garnered numerous awards, including a Warner Bros. Production Prize and Grand Jury Prizes from the Seattle International Film Festival and San Francisco Shorts Fest, among others.
Inspired by her earlier short film of the same title, Colangelo's feature-length script "Little Accidents" explores the themes of tragedy and redemption within an American coal mining community. The film was supported by the Sundance Writers and Directors Labs, IFP's No Borders program, and earned honors such as the Adrienne Shelly Foundation Award, a 2011-2012 Indian Paintbrush Fellowship, and a 2011-2012 Annenberg Institute Fellowship.
After its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2014, "Little Accidents" was released theatrically in 2015. Colangelo was also named one of Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film" in July 2010.
Prior to her film career, Colangelo graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. She then received her M.F.A. at New York University's Graduate Film Division.
In 2018, Colangelo directed the American drama film "The Kindergarten Teacher", which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2018.
