Director Biography – Sarah Schuessler (LIT)

This is Sarah Schuessler’s first credit as a narrative film director, though in college she created a number of non-fiction pieces through NYU’s documentary filmmaking program in Paris. She also produced her own fictional stage work through the student-run company Brand New Theatre, for which she was artistic director. Since earning a B.A. in theatre from USC and an M.F.A. in costume design from UCLA, she has remained working in Los Angeles. Her body of work spans from motion picture costuming, television and commercial design/styling, to original costume designs for theater and opera. Favorite film and television credits include set costuming for HBO’s The Newsroom and Damien Chazelle’s La La Land; and key costuming for HBO’s Togetherness, Starz’s Vida, FreeForm’s Everything’s Gonna Be Okay, and 50 Shades Darker.