Sara Mishara

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Sara Mishara is an American-Canadian cinematographer, [1] who won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019 for her work on the film The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur), [2] and at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres), [3] and the Prix Iris for Best Cinematography at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards for Drunken Birds. [4]

She was also a dual nominee in the same year for Allure , [5] and was previously nominated in the same category at the 28th Genie Awards for Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait) [6] and at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards for Felix and Meira (Félix et Meira). [7] She received four previous Prix Jutra nominations for Best Cinematography for her work on Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil), [8] The Legacy (La Donation), [9] All That You Possess (Tout ce que tu possèdes) [10] and You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole). [11]

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she studied film at Concordia University and the Prague Film School. [1] She was a cowriter with Ivan Grbovic of the films Romeo Eleven (Roméo Onze) and Drunken Birds, with the duo receiving a Jutra nomination for Best Screenplay for Romeo Eleven (Roméo Onze) at the 15th Jutra Awards in 2013, [10] and winning for Drunken Birds at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2022. [4]

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