Sara Mishara

Sara Mishara (born July 8, 1976) is an American-Canadian cinematographer. She has been a three-time Canadian Screen Award winner for Best Cinematography at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019 for her work on the film The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur), at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres), and at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023 for Viking.

She was also a dual nominee in 2019 for Allure, and was previously nominated in the same category at the 28th Genie Awards for Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait) and at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards for Felix and Meira (Félix et Meira).

She won the Prix Iris for Best Cinematography at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards for Drunken Birds, and received four previous Prix Jutra nominations for Best Cinematography for her work on Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil), The Legacy (La Donation), All That You Possess (Tout ce que tu possèdes) and You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole).

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she studied film at Concordia University and the Prague Film School.

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