Directed Amazon Prime & Twitch 3-day Livestream of the music and art festival with multiple stages in downtown Las Vegas. Managed production teams, edit packages & sponsorships.
Summary
SJ is a highly accomplished and multi-talented producer & director with 20+ years of experience with ESPN Studio Directing, ESPN Features Unit, espnW, and National Geographic. She has earned a Peabody, 2x Emmys, 6x Tellys, 2x Webbys, a Gracie & more.
Credits
9/23 – 9/23
Director (Broadcast Director) – Life Is Beautiful
TwitchTV — Live/Special Event — Fortress Entertainment Details
9/23 – 9/23
8/23 – 8/23
Director (Broadcast Director) – Outside Lands
TwitchTV — Live/Special Event — Fortress Entertainment Details
8/23 – 8/23
Directed Amazon Prime & Twitch 3-day Livestream integrating Host set with three stages for 80k fans in Golden Gate Park. Managed production teams, edit packages & sponsorships.
4/23 – 5/23
Director (Broadcast Director) – Something in the Water Festival (2023)
YouTube — Live/Special Event — Fortress Entertainment Details
4/23 – 5/23
Broadcast Director for the live-stream of Pharrell Williams' 3-day Something In The Water festival on YouTube. Production included two simultaneously live stages on Virginia Beach featuring big name artists like Pharrell Williams, Diddy, Busta Rhymes, Kid Cudi, Lil Wayne, Lil Uzi Vert, Mumford & Sons, Wu-Tang Clan, Maren Morris, Machine Gun Kelly & Wale, among many others.
1/23 – 1/23
Digital Producer (YouTube & Twitch) – X Games - Aspen (2023)
YouTube — Live/Special Event Details
1/23 – 1/23
Collaborated with EP to create and manage Run of Shows for 3-days of simulcasting on YouTube & Twitch; worked with Creative Director to build custom on-site set at the base of Buttermilk Mountain; oversaw camera blocking, props, lighting and placement of sponsored elements; managed pre-show meetings with co-hosts; Liaised with Live TV Broadcast Host truck and Event trunk to ensure smooth transitions between competitions, studio segments and musical performances; and directed show segments while implementing custom animated graphics and live video game play from the set throughout the event.
10/21 – 12/22
Head of Current Programming (Live Specials & Daily Shows) – Start Your day (Season 1)
Sounds True One — Digital — Sounds True One Details
10/21 – 12/22
Head of Live Programming for Sounds True One developing and producing live daily classes, weekend workshops, special events, original docuseries and documentaries with innovative AI integration and the world’s top wellness and wisdom teachers. Launched in October 2022, “Start Your Day” is a daily morning show focused on beginning the day with movement and meditation.
10/21 – 12/22
Head of Current Programming (Live Specials & Daily Shows) – The Transformation Lab (Season 1)
Sounds True One — Digital — Sounds True One Details
10/21 – 12/22
Head of Live Programming for Sounds True One developing and producing live daily classes, weekend workshops, special events, original docuseries and documentaries with innovative AI integration and the world’s top wellness and wisdom teachers. Launched in October 2022, “The Transformation Lab” is a live, 90-minute weekly show focused on a variety of transformative health and wellness practices.
10/21 – 12/22
Head of Current Programming (Live Specials & Daily Shows) – Relax & Let Go (Season 1)
Sounds True One — Digital — Sounds True One Details
10/21 – 12/22
Head of Live Programming for Sounds True One developing and producing live daily classes, weekend workshops, special events, original docuseries and documentaries with innovative AI integration and the world’s top wellness and wisdom teachers. Launched in October 2022, “Relax & Let Go” is a daily evening show focused on rest, relaxation, stress-relief, sleep hygiene, breathwork and more.
10/21 – 12/22
Head of Current Programming – Insights at the Edge
Sounds True & Sounds True One — Podcast/Audio — Sounds True One Details
10/21 – 12/22
Head of Live Programming for Sounds True One developing and producing live daily classes, weekend workshops, special events, original docuseries and documentaries. IATE is Tami Simon's franchise video podcast featuring in-depth interviews with leading spiritual teachers and luminaries who explore their latest challenges and breakthroughs – the leading edge of their work.
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Kathy DaSilva
Executive Producer (EP)
I had the privilege of working with Sara during the intense swirl of creating Live Programming for the launch of the Sounds True One digital platform. She led the charge as a talented, caring and knowledgeable creative, establishing best practices, c ...MORE...
reating workflows and production bibles, and building an entire data and document base with an incredible attention to detail.
She guided the powers-that-be to the best technologies and talent, offering options and solutions to obstacles as they arose, and effortlessly pivoting when necessary, which happened frequently. Always open and encouraging of ideas, an advocate for the team, she spearheaded the process with humor, kindness and the spirit of collaboration.
She honed in on making not just the talent we pursued for the platform, but also our team, to be a diverse group of individuals, breeding a space of inclusiveness and cooperation. Her contribution to the success of the Sounds True One launch cannot be overstated. She was a key and instrumental executive and embodied the mission of holistic health and well-being in the way she treated those around her. She helmed one of the best group of people I have ever worked with. As a boss, co-worker and as a person, she has become one of my favorite people.
Kathy DaSilva
Executive Producer/Showrunner
She guided the powers-that-be to the best technologies and talent, offering options and solutions to obstacles as they arose, and effortlessly pivoting when necessary, which happened frequently. Always open and encouraging of ideas, an advocate for the team, she spearheaded the process with humor, kindness and the spirit of collaboration.
She honed in on making not just the talent we pursued for the platform, but also our team, to be a diverse group of individuals, breeding a space of inclusiveness and cooperation. Her contribution to the success of the Sounds True One launch cannot be overstated. She was a key and instrumental executive and embodied the mission of holistic health and well-being in the way she treated those around her. She helmed one of the best group of people I have ever worked with. As a boss, co-worker and as a person, she has become one of my favorite people.
Kathy DaSilva
Executive Producer/Showrunner
- Kathy was Visual Effects Executive Producer and Sara was Head of Production on Sounds True One
Education
Class of '00
New York University
B.S. Communications, Honors Scholar
Skills
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