About
Sandra Winther is a New York-based film director from Copenhagen, Denmark. Focused on capturing the stories and pulse of vibrant youth culture and climate focused issues, her work seeks to combine intimacy and lyricism in a striking vision.
Her award-winning short documentary ‘Lowland Kids’ tackles the subject of climate change through the eyes of two American teenagers on a sinking island in Louisiana. The film screened at over 30 festivals following its 2019 SXSW premiere and received the Audience Award for Best Documentary at Palm Springs Shortfest and a Cinema Eye Honors Nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short. Winther is currently developing the film into a feature with Darren Aronofsky’s Protozoa Pictures.
Her short sports documentary about South African surfer Michael February had its world premiere at DOC NYC in 2022 and is currently on the festival circuit.
Other accomplishments include the ‘Filmmaker of the Future’ Award at Rhode Island Film Festival (2019), the Nowness Award for Breakthrough Artists for Cultural Excellence in Film and Video (2020), the New York Women in Film Content Creator Award (2019) and a Silver Clio for her work with Beats By Dre (2018).
Winther’s commercial clients include Nike, Adidas, New Balance, Beats By Dre, Samsung, MTV, i-D and more.
Representation
USA I Institute Pictures I tori@institute,pictures
UK & Scandinavia I New Land I trine@newland.tv I thor@newland.tv
France I Humans I thibault@humans.tv
Germany I Iconoclast I nils@iconoclast.tv
Lowland Kids I wmcrouse@gmail.com I Rmcneily@wmeagency.com
Personal I sandra@sandrawinther.com