Sarah Rotella has directed content for the Canadian Broadcast Corporation, Sony Pictures, and Adobe. Her work has streamed on Netflix, Prime Video, and Hulu, and has been distributed by Gravitas Ventures, Comedy Dynamics, Incendo Media, and the CFMDC.
She was named one of Adweek’s Young Influentials in 2022 and is currently in post-production on her third feature film: EXMAS, which received Script Development support from Bell Media’s Harold Greenberg Fund, and in development on LIGHT YEARS, which was selected for the Canadian Film Centre’s 2018 Telefilm Feature Comedy Exchange program and also received Script Development support from Bell Media’s Harold Greenberg Fund. She is in development on her first scripted series with North Maple Productions and is in production on her first feature length documentary.
Her debut feature length film ALMOST ADULTS, was an iTunes pre-order best seller, streamed for 2 years on Netflix in 13 countries, on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S and Canada, and is now streaming on Hulu. Her second feature film, NOBODY FAMOUS, was a recipient of Telefilm Canada’s Film Fund, premiered at the Whistler Film Festival before it’s 2018 release on 20 VOD platforms, and streamed on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S and Canada. Her directing efforts have garnered 179+ million YouTube views on her Shorty Award nominated channel UnsolicitedProject and her films have been screened in dozens of international film festivals including the Toronto International Film Festival Student Showcase, Austin Film Festival, Outfest, and in a Master Class with director Tim Burton. Sarah has directed a short film for Sony Pictures as part of the YouTube Space Director’s Lab, an interactive digital series with the Adobe Creative Residency Fund, and 2 digital series for CBC Comedy. She is a Humber College, OCAD University, Canadian Film Centre, and Tribeca Film Institute Network Alumni.