Sara Nameth

AWARDS
2017 – Guldbagge, Best Cinematography, Guldbaggegalan, The Yard.
2017 – Guldbagge, Best Actor, Guldbaggegalan, The Yard.
2017 – Guldbagge, Best Sound, Guldbaggegalan, The Yard.
2016 – Lorenspriset, Best Producer, Gothenburg International Film Festival, The Yard.
2016 – Best Feature Film, Valletta Film Festival in Malta, The Yard.
2016 – Best Cinematography, Valletta Film Festival in Malta, The Yard.

 

NOMINATIONS

2017 – Guldbagge, Best Screenplay, Guldbaggegalan, The Yard.

Sara Nameth is a Guldbagge-nominated Swedish-American screenwriter based in Stockholm. She studied Film Studies at University of St Andrews and holds a Master’s degree in Social Anthropology from University of Oxford.

After a period working in advertising in London, she transitioned into writing for film and television. Her feature film debut, Yarden (2016), directed by Måns Månsson, opened the Göteborg Film Festival and had its international premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival. The screenplay was nominated for a Guldbagge Award, and the film won three awards in total, including Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Since her debut, Sara has developed and written film and television projects for several of Scandinavia’s leading production companies, including Nordisk Film Denmark/Sweden, Filmlance, BRF, Unlimited Stories, Mylla, Rainy Days, Media Res, and Garagefilm.

Her collaborators include internationally and nationally acclaimed directors and screenwriters such as Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files), May el-Toukhy (The Crown), Maren Louise Käehne (Queen of Hearts), Jesper Ganslandt (Snabba Cash), Jonatan Etzler (Bad Apples), and Ronnie Sandahl (Helikopterrånet), as well as producers such as Mikael Rieks (Oscar-nominated for Under sanden), Patrik Andersson (Midsommar), Hanne Palmqvist (Beck), and Piodor Gustafsson (Gräns).

Alongside her screenwriting work, Sara also works as a script consultant and translator, translating screenplays from Swedish into English, including Roy Andersson’s Golden Lion-winning En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron (A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, 2014).

She previously worked as a freelance copywriter and wrote scripts for international commercials for clients including Samsung and Zlatan Ibrahimović. She is currently developing a feature film together with director Niki Lindroth von Bahr, with support from the Svenska Filminstitutet.

WORKS
2017 – The Yard (Yarden), Feature film, Anagram, writer