Sarah Adina Smith

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Summary

Sarah Adina Smith is a director, writer, and editor whose work includes The Midnight Swim, Buster’s Mal Heart, Birds of Paradise, and television episodes of Legion and Lessons in Chemistry. Her films often mix psychological mystery and surreal or spiritual themes, with recurring interest in outsider perspectives, family, and women’s relationships. She has said she wanted an actor of color for the lead in Buster’s Mal Heart because the character felt like an outsider in a predominantly white community, and she signed an open letter supporting Jonathan Glazer’s remarks about Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. No public record of party campaigning or DEI roles is apparent.