Shriekfest Radio! Denise Gossett interviews director Sara Werner!

Sara is an award-winning director whose work contains positive ulterior motives of helping others, with a strong focus on activism, feminism, gender and sexuality. She received her B.A. in English, with concentrations in Performance and Social Activism, Theatre and Writing from Monmouth University. Upon graduation Werner interned with NewFest and later with the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) in NYC where she learned first-hand of films's power to change hearts and minds. She received her M.F.A. in Motion Picture Production from the University of Miami after making her award-winning debut as a Writer/Director with her first short film AURORA. AURORA has screened at various venues around the world from Paramount Studios to Istanbul. She has had the fortune of directing various music videos, web series and award-winning short films since, including a short with the University of Miami and the Stephen King Foundation called The Things They Left Behind.  Originally from Cape May, New Jersey she currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

The Things They Left Behind won Best SciFi Short film at Shriekfest 2017!