Sarah Adina Smith


Sarah Adina Smith is an American film writer, director, and editor. Films she has directed include Buster's Mal Heart, and The Midnight Swim. She also directed several episodes from the television series Room 104. Her films often center around mysticism, spirituality and psychology, and the surreal.

Early life and education

Smith was born in Fort Collins, Colorado. She graduated from Poudre High School in 2001, and studied philosophy at Columbia University in New York.

Career

Smith's first feature as director, The Midnight Swim, was released in 2014. The film was noted for its shifts in visual style, and won six awards on the festival circuit, including the audience award from AFI FEST.
Her sophomore feature, Buster's Mal Heart, premiered at Toronto Film Festival and stars Rami Malek, DJ Qualls, and Kate Lyn Sheil.
Smith later co-wrote the screenplay for the film Unlovable, which screened at the SXSW festival in 2018.
In 2018 Smith was chosen to direct the upcoming television adaptation of the film Hanna.
In 2019, she directed one episode of the television adaptation of the novel Looking for Alaska.