Biography:

Sarah Prikryl is a Korean/Czech visual artist and filmmaker based in Los Angeles.

As an AEA and SAG member for 20 years, Sarah has worked as an actress at the Tony award-winning Alley Theater for 4 seasons, starred in Shakespeare Festivals, toured a one-woman show and has had leads in independent feature films and commercials.

She simultaneously has worked for the last 20 years as a professional photographer with an emphasis in documentary, portrait, travel and food photography. (featured in Destinations, GOOP, Parsnip, LA Magazine, WAVES Magazine, Complete Weddings, Wedding Sutra, Preservation Magazine and Sirens and Scoundrels).

Sarah is the co-creator, producer, head photographer, editor, and a contributing writer for Sirens and Scoundrels, an adventure magazine and is the Visual Coordinator for The 360 Emergence, an international dance-based embodiment practice company.

As a Director and Producer Sarah has created 4 short films and a documentary short as well as commercials, music videos and promos. Sarah loves to empower womxn’s voices and perspectives. Currently she enjoys experimenting with mixing storytelling genres, and incorporating dance, magical realism and stop motion into her projects.

“Christina’s World” won the Invigorating Adaptation Award from Cascadia Dance and Cinema Festival and is being used by the Hereditary Neuropathy Foundation to raise awareness for Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disorder.

“Family: A Love Story”,  Won the Grand Jury Prize at Film Invasion Los Angeles, and Best Documentary Short at both Indie Boom Film Festival and Los Angeles Int’l Underground Film Festival. “Family” continues to be used to educate and raise awareness for the LA Foster Care System.

“Lily” won fiscal sponsorship from the To.Get.Her Initiative with the Chimaera Project, supporting female driven storytellers.

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