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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