Clarissa's Battle
Premiered: Human Rights Watch NYC - 2022

This film is touring now, see the website for screenings. It’s also available for educational streaming by schools, colleges, libraries and community groups from GOOD DOCS.

More notes about this project to come, in the interim please feel free to get in touch

Clarissa's Battle

Sara Maamouri
The Bay Area's Most Colorful Documentary Film Editor

A multi-lingual Tunisian educated in New York and California, I bring international sensitivity to my editing, production and story development.

My work has covered social, educational, gender, and political issues around the globe and has screened at film festivals worldwide.

I’d be excited to talk to you about your project. Feel free to email or call:

sara@saramaamouri.com
51-418-7171

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Let's Talk

I’d be excited to talk to you about your project. Whether it’s as an editor, a consultant, or to provide notes. I want to share my extensive filmmaking experince as widely as possible.

Feel free to email me using sara@saramaamouri.com or call me at 510-418-7171

More about me

I am a documentary filmmaker and editor who has explored a diverse range of topics for over 20 years. My work has touched on a variety social, educational and political issues.

A multi-lingual Tunisian educated in New York and California, I bring international sensitivity to my editing, production and story development, while building transmedia narratives to enhance and further engage a constantly evolving audience base.

I edit on Final Cut Pro, Avid and Premiere, on a freelance basis throughout the San Francisco Bay area. I am also available for story consultation and transmedia strategy and structure.

Career Synopsis

  • Qualifications

    • Accomplished, award winning, energetic documentary film editor and producer with 20 years’ professional experience ranging from small-scale independent films to high-profile studio productions
    • Transmedia documentary project creative strategist and consultant
    • Extensive experience with most editing software suites
    • Comfortable in eight lArabic, Latin, Cyrillic language, and able to learn languages quickly
  • Experience

  • “Some They Win” / Sep. 1999 – Aug. 2000

    • Co-Director / Producer / Videographer / Editor
  • “Indian Wedding” / Dec. 1999

    • Videographer/Sound
  • Education

    • Cornell University
      • Bachelor of Art in English June 1998
      • Concentration in International Relations
    • UC Berkeley
      • Masters of Journalism June 2000
      • Susie Buell Award for Excellence in Visual Arts