Sahra Bhimji (nee Girshick) is an independent filmmaker, editor, producer and educator, living in Scotland.
She makes both personal documentaries and imaginative fiction short films. Her films have screened at numerous film festivals including the London Short Film Festival, the San Francisco Women’s Film Festival and the Aarhus Independent Arts Festivals and won awards from Filmmaka.com.
Sahra has worked with numerous artists and filmmakers including Miranda July, Scott Snibbe, and Gabrielle Demeestere. She has produced high-end corporate videos for leading international companies including Goldman Sachs, Bank of New York Mellon, and Unite Housing, as well as compelling documentaries for non-profit organizations including Children’s Hospital of Oakland, Council of Christians and Jews and the Holocaust Education Trust, taking her film camera to Nepal and Costa Rica. She is a skilled editor and has authored two patents on automatic video editing from her work at Hewlett Packard.
Sahra enjoys lecturing and working with students of all ages, and has taught filmmaking at San Francisco State University, Stevenson College Edinburgh, and through Fife Council. She enjoys working with community groups and has acted as a mentor to young filmmakers in Kilburn, London.
She holds an M.F.A. in film from San Francisco State University, during which time she also spent a year studying film at University of Paris (St Denis). She also has a B.S. from Stanford University in Earth Systems Science and Drama.
After living in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Paris and London, Sahra currently resides Edinburgh, Scotland. Currently she is writing a feature film script, developing a film app idea, and producing a children’s DVD.