Savannah O’Leary

Savannah is a director with a penchant for quirk, whimsy and charm. She’s known for her unique ability to capture a character’s one-of-a-kind swagger. The vérité, often spontaneous feeling of her work belies the meticulous choreography and planning she pours into every moment on screen.

Bred in Toronto and based in Brooklyn, Savannah arrived at directing through editing and still applies an editor’s discerning eye to her work on set. Whether the story is heartfelt or bizarre, epic or bite-sized, she loves to toy with an audience’s expectations.

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