Sarah Phillips // Director's Reel 2017
Sarah is a director, writer, and producer based out of Los Angeles, and is focused on musical film and television projects. She owns a production company, Phileon Productions, with her business partner, Laetitia Leon, where they make commercials, web series, short films, branded content, and are shooting their first feature in the summer of 2018.
Her short musical film, Smile: A Musical, had its world premiere at Dances With Films in June 2017, and is currently on the festival circuit. The screenplay of SMILE won Best Short Drama Screenplay at the Nashville Film Festival in 2016, Best Libretto at Moondance Film Festival, and placed in the top ten short drama screenplays at the American Gem Literary Festival in 2017.
She is passionate about musicals, women in film, and alternate forms of distribution. Her biggest directorial influences are Rob Marshall, Baz Luhrmann, Joe Wright, and Busby Berkeley.