Sara Hirsh Bordo

About Sara Hirsh Bordo

Sara is a 15x award-winning filmmaker and Founder/CEO of empowerment production company Women Rising®, named \"One of the Most Innovative, Interesting, and Purpose-Driven Women Led Startups to Watch” by Inc Magazine. Sara’s directorial debut, A BRAVE HEART: THE LIZZIE VELASQUEZ STORY premiered and won the 2015 Audience Award at SXSW and awards at all 11 festivals it played, received two WEBBY Awards, and secured global distribution playing in over 35 countries via National Geographic, LifetimeTV, and Amazon Prime.In 2017, Sara’s second film, PROTECT HER, aimed at protecting girls on campus by activating the power of the locker room, premiered at Carmel Film Fest and acquired by Amazon Prime. In 2018, Sara EP\'d the animated short TIGHTLY WOUND, was acquired by Condé Nast, and most recently Sara was Executive Producer on the 2022 winning documentary feature SIGN THE SHOW and ConnectHER International Film Festival and Consulting Director of ConnectHER\'s PitchFest with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.Sara directed and produced the rally of The Women’s March of Texas, which became the largest gathering of women in Texas history, followed by the Official Women in Football Event at Super Bowl She Executive Produced March for Our Lives NYC, and directed The United State of Women Summit at the Shrine in Los Angeles, keynoted by Michelle Obama.Sara\'s client storytelling work includes national and global work for partners like Toyota, Saatchi & Saatchi, ESPN, Hiring Our Heroes, Farmhouse Fresh, and Tri Delta, as well as marketing consulting for Sony Pictures and Warner Bros.\' WONDER WOMAN franchise.Sara is a member of the Producers Guild, a 4x Juror for Best Documentary, and on the Women\'s Leadership Committee for the Global Wellness Institute. A former delegate to the UN and the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit, and 2x nominee for Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Entrepreneur. She has spoken at Apple, Google, and SXSW, and has been featured in Entrepreneur, Forbes, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, The Washington Post, and The New York Times.Sara previously held positions in media/entertainment including Executive Director of Interactive Marketing at Paramount Pictures, VP of Digital Marketing at MGM Studios, and CEO and Co-Founder of NowLive which was acquired by Live Media Group in 2013. She is currently writing her first book and is represented by Meg Thompson @ Thompson Literary.

Experience

1. Consulting Director

   Connecther

   Jul 2023 — Present

   Consulting Director for PitchFest Winning Films, Executive Produced by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Consulted as director on two short films by two young female Pakistani filmmakers. Will premiere in 2025 Film Festivals.

Education

• Texas Christian University

  B.S.

  1994 — 1998