Sabrina Doyle Bio
Sabrina Doyle is a BAFTA Brit to Watch and a graduate of the Directing program at the world-renowned American Film Institute. Her studies were supported by a Fulbright Scholarship, Mary Pickford Scholarship and BAFTA LA Scholarship. BAFTA judge Sir Alan Parker (director of Evita and The Commitments) said "Sabrina Doyle was [...] outstanding; her work was refreshingly intelligent, serious and lyrical. Much needed in tomorrow's cinema."
Sabrina recently participated in the Sony Pictures Entertainment Diverse Directors Program, one of 25 directors chosen from an applicant pool of 450. She also recently directed a short narrative called Sing Room for Procter & Gamble's Always brand.
Her AFI thesis film, a science fiction love story called 113 Degrees, is currently screening at film festivals across the world. It won the Jury Award for Excellence at the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival, the Jury Prize for Best College Filmmaker at the San Antonio Film Festival, Best Student Film at the Cine Gear Film Series at Paramount Studios, and Best Science Fiction at Dragon Con. It was a Finalist for the Directors Guild of America Student Film Awards and has been an Official Selection at 26 film festivals, including the Moscow International Film Festival, Mecal International Short Film Festival of Barcelona, and LA Shorts Fest.
Previously, Sabrina studied at Cambridge University, where she got a First in her Bachelor's and a Distinction in her Master's. She then worked as a BBC journalist for six years while writing and directing a number of award-winning short films, including Polanow, which won the First Jury Prize at the Cologne International Short Film Festival, screened at the London Short Film Festival, Bristol Brief Encounters and Leuven Kort, and was broadcast by the pan-European TV network Arte.
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Sabrina recently participated in the Sony Pictures Entertainment Diverse Directors Program, one of 25 directors chosen from an applicant pool of 450. She also recently directed a short narrative called Sing Room for Procter & Gamble's Always brand.
Her AFI thesis film, a science fiction love story called 113 Degrees, is currently screening at film festivals across the world. It won the Jury Award for Excellence at the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival, the Jury Prize for Best College Filmmaker at the San Antonio Film Festival, Best Student Film at the Cine Gear Film Series at Paramount Studios, and Best Science Fiction at Dragon Con. It was a Finalist for the Directors Guild of America Student Film Awards and has been an Official Selection at 26 film festivals, including the Moscow International Film Festival, Mecal International Short Film Festival of Barcelona, and LA Shorts Fest.
Previously, Sabrina studied at Cambridge University, where she got a First in her Bachelor's and a Distinction in her Master's. She then worked as a BBC journalist for six years while writing and directing a number of award-winning short films, including Polanow, which won the First Jury Prize at the Cologne International Short Film Festival, screened at the London Short Film Festival, Bristol Brief Encounters and Leuven Kort, and was broadcast by the pan-European TV network Arte.
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