Sara Khaki is the Grand Jury Award winner of the World Cinema Documentary category of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for her feature documentary, Cutting Through Rocks. Her co-directed film, Our Iranian Lockdown, featured on The Guardian, was nominated for a 2020 IDA Award, which led to her co-directing contribution to the Netflix Original documentary feature, Convergence, which received a 2022 Emmy nomination. A Chicken & Egg Films and Sundance Alumni, Sara is a director, producer, and
editor with dedication to stories about gender equity.

Sara graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, with a BFA in cinematic arts and from the School of Visual Arts (SVA) with an MFA in Social Documentary Filmmaking. She is the co-founder of Gandom Films Production L.L.C. is a US-based company that collaborates with top industry professionals to create socially engaging films.