Sara Fishko

{{Short description|Director and filmmaker}}

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Sara Fishko is an American broadcast journalist and documentary filmmaker known for her coverage of art, music, culture and media.

Career

From 1999 to 2021, she was the creator and host of Fishko Files on WNYC, producing hundreds of short-form episodes on culture and cultural history.{{Cite web |title=Fishko Files {{!}} WNYC {{!}} New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News |url=https://www.wnyc.org/shows/fishko |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=WNYC |language=en}} In 2015, she directed The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith which debuted at the New Orleans Film Festival and was a New York Times critics' pick.

Earlier, she edited numerous award-winning documentary films.{{Cite web |title=Sara Fishko {{!}} Editor, Director, Writer |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0279854/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}} Her work at WNYC also featured longer interviews with important musical figures including Keith Jarrett, Oscar Peterson and Dave Brubeck.{{Cite web |title=The Fishko Hours {{!}} WNYC {{!}} New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News |url=https://www.wnyc.org/series/fishko-hours |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=WNYC |language=en}}

Awards and honors

  • 2013 National Headliners Grand Award{{Cite web |title=2013 – TV/Radio {{!}} National Headliner Awards |url=https://www.headlinerawards.org/2013-tvradio/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=www.headlinerawards.org}}
  • 2010 Deems Taylor Multimedia Award{{Cite press release |last=ASCAP |date=2010-11-08 |title=42nd Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards Announced |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2010/11/08/1338204/0/en/42nd-Annual-ASCAP-Deems-Taylor-Awards-Announced.html |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |language=en}}
  • 1989 News and Documentary Emmy Award for Film Editing{{Cite web |title=News & Documentary Emmy Awards (1989) |url=http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000493/1989/1/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=IMDb}}

Filmography

= As Director =

  • The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith (2015){{Cite news |date=2017-06-27 |title=An Interview with Sara Fishko, director of The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith |url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/06/27/sfis-j27.html |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=World Socialist Web Site |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Scherstuhl |first=Alan |date=2016-09-20 |title='The Jazz Loft' Is a Fleeting, Marvelous Look at Lost Bohemia |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/the-jazz-loft-is-a-fleeting-marvelous-look-at-lost-bohemia/ |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=The Village Voice |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |first=Mark |last=Feeney |date=2017-06-01 |title=Photography and jazz play nice in W. Eugene Smith documentary - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/movies/2017/06/01/photography-and-jazz-play-nice-eugene-smith-documentary/WcmRbTGO1CLHwmTaWfcAaJ/story.html?outputType=amp |access-date=2024-09-28 |work=Boston Globe |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |author=T. H. R. Staff |date=2015-11-20 |title='The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith': DOC NYC Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/jazz-loft-w-eugene-smith-842577/ |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Kenny |first=Glenn |date=September 23, 2016 |title=Review: 'The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/23/movies/the-jazz-loft-according-to-w-eugene-smith-review.html |access-date=September 28, 2024 |website=The New York Times}}

= As Film Editor =

  • Jerusalem Peace (1977){{Cite news |title=TV: 'Jerusalem Peace' Tonight |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/02/28/archives/tv-jerusalem-peace-tonight-channel-13-film-presents-an.html}}
  • A Doonesbury Special (1977){{Citation |last1=Hubley |first1=Faith |title=A Doonesbury Special |date=1977-11-27 |type=Animation, Short |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075953/ |access-date=2024-12-02 |others=Richard Cox, Barbara Harris, David Grant |publisher=Hubley Studios, Universal Press Syndicate (UPI) |last2=Hubley |first2=John |last3=Trudeau |first3=Garry}}
  • In Dark Places (1978){{Citation |last=Zebrina Productions |title=In Dark Places: Remembering the Holocaust |date=1978 |url=https://archive.org/details/indarkplacesrememberingtheholocaust |access-date=2024-12-02 |others=Internet Archive |publisher=New York : Phoenix Films}}
  • Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences (1982){{Cite web |title="American Playhouse"; Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences (TV Episode 1982) - IMDb |website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280521/}}
  • The Global Assembly Line (1986){{Cite web |title=The Global Assembly Line |url=https://www.fullframefest.org/film/the-global-assembly-line/ |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=Full Frame Documentary Film Festival |language=en-US}}
  • No Applause, Just Throw Money (1989){{IMDb title|tt6660186|No Applause, Just Throw Money}}
  • Destination Mozart: A Night at the Opera with Peter Sellars (1990){{Cite web |title=Destination Mozart: A Night at the Opera With Peter Sellars |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/destination-mozart-a-night-at-the-opera-with-peter-sellars/cast/1000241788/ |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}
  • Frontline: Innocence Lost (1991){{Citation |last=Ofra Bikel |first=Ofra Bikel Productions Corporation |title=Innocence Lost |date=1991 |url=https://archive.org/details/innocenceLost |access-date=2024-12-02 |publisher=Alexandria, Va. : PBS Video}}
  • Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud (1996)

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