Cole Sax

Cole Sax is an American film director and producer. He has directed films such as World Debut, a sports documentary about how the skateboarding, surfing, and climbing subcultures eventually made their way to the Olympics. won three Telly Awards, including Gold in video web-series. Additionally, his short documentary film Second Sight won the Norman Vaughan Indomitable Spirit Award at the Mountainfilm festival, and also a silver for directing at the Telly Awards.

Early life and education Sax was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, but started his filmmaking education at a young age when he moved to Park City, Utah. He attended Park City Academy and graduated from Park City High School, then went on to study film at the University of Utah.

Career Sax began his career when he was 16 while working for InSync Plus, a motion picture company in Los Angeles. When he was 18, he won his first Clio Key Art Award for the TV spot he edited for the feature film, The Art of Getting By. A short documentary film that he created in high school, 88 and Sunny, screened at the Metropolitan Pavilion red-carpet gala for the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

Sax has directed films in various parts of the world, including Malaysia, India, the Philippines, and Argentina.

Together with Boardwalk Pictures, Sax directed and produced the 2018 documentary series Far From Home, which features athletes trying to get to the Olympic Games. Additionally, Sax has conducted filmmaking workshops at U.S. embassies in various countries. He has also worked together with organizations such as the Obama Foundation and Khan Academy to produce documentaries such as Dear Class of 2020, a 2020 YouTube Originals film that has been nominated for the Emmy Awards.

In 2021, Sax co-directed the feature-length documentary film World Debut for YouTube Originals, which documents skateboarders, surfers, and climbers as the sports are added to competition in the Olympic Games.

Personal life Sax is based in both Salt Lake City, Utah and Los Angeles, California.

Awards and honors Cole Sax's awards include:

Year Award Title Result 2020 The Non-Fiction Cartel (Best Short) Second Sight 2020 Norman Vaughan Indomitable Spirit Award Second Sight 2020 Silver Telly (Directing) Second Sight 2020 Silver Telly (Documentary) Second Sight 2018 Gold Telly (Webseries: Documentary) Far from Home 2018 Silver Telly (Webseries: Series) Far from Home 2018 Silver Telly (Webseries: Non-scripted) Far from Home

Filmography Cole Sax's filmography:

Year Title Type Credits 2021 World Debut documentary director; creative director; executive producer 2020 Dear Class of 2020 video segment director; creative director; executive producer 2019 Second Sight documentary short director; executive producer / producer North Country short story producer 2018 Far From Home TV documentary series director; executive producer; co-editor In Searching second unit cinematographer 2017 Forward: Women's March on Washington short director; producer; editor; writer 2014 Far from Home: Uganda to the Tetons documentary additional camera 2011 88 and Sunny video short director; producer; editor; writer; cinematographer