Sara Barger Adjunct Professorial Lecturer School of Communication
- Degrees
- MFA, Vermont College of Fine Arts
MA, American University BA, American University
- Bio
- Sara Barger is an award-winning documentary filmmaker based in Washington, DC. She has traveled the world producing content for the U.S. State Department, USAID, Discovery Channel, and various think tanks, non-profits, and government agencies. Her thesis film "Little but Fierce" was nominated for a 2020 Student Academy Award. Sara is currently the Executive Vice President for Women in Film and Video, where she organizes a monthly screening series. Sara is 2020 grant recipient from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and was a 2019 Docs in Progress Fellow. She previously taught filmmaking at Old Dominion University and George Washington University. She currently also teaches at George Mason University.
- For the Media
- To request an interview for a news story, call AU Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.
Teaching
Fall 2020
-
COMM-331 Film & Video Production I