Sara Hallowell on Clubhouse

Bio

Sara Hallowell is an award-winning theater and film writer-director.
Hallowell wrote and directed her first short film Pharaoh’s Heart, starring Paul Guilfoyle. The screenplay was awarded a Panavision 35mm film grant. Once shot, it won several Best Short Film/Audience awards at festivals across the US. Her second short Retta’s Revenge, starring Retta (Good Girls, Girlfriends Guide to Divorce, Parks and Rec), was also an official selection at festivals across the country.
Hallowell went on to win awards for her next four shorts (Happy Hour, Happy Birthday Charlie, Salesgirl, Elizabeth) she made for Filmaka, a global film competition juried by legendary filmmakers Paul Schrader, Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders and Neil Labute. One, Salesgirl, also won the Canon Film Award at LA’s Dances with Films Festival.
As a screenwriter, her short screenplay Hello I Must Be Going and her feature screenplay Blood Moon have won/are finalists in over forty 2020 screenplay competitions. Originally a play, Blood Moon was workshopped at ROGUE MACHINE THEATER, staged at NAKED ANGELS and THE BLANK THEATER in L.A., was directed by Arye Gross and starred Barbara Bain.
In addition, Hallowell has written/directed promotional DVD’s for NewLine Cinema, Pretty-Pretty Cosmetics, music videos for IKTV-Tao Music, was consulting director on spots for Best Buy, MTV and Sheryl Crow, as well as written and directed for acclaimed photographer Matthew Rolston.
She is a member of SAG, AEA, AWD (Alliance of Women Directors) and Film Independent.