Sara Bourjjai

"'I hope I am exactly the woman that I want other girls to see, that other girls can look up to.'""-Sara Bourjjai, in an interview with Hidden Gems of Emerson"

Sara Bourjjai is a director, writer, and producer. Close friends and associates with Andrew Zemotel and Salwa Shuman, Sara Bourjjai joined the Apocalypso Ascendant team in December 2020. She attends Emerson College as a Visual Media Arts major.

Early Life
Sara Bourjjai was born in Boston, Massachusetts on 24 May 2002. Growing up in a Muslim Arab household and moving throughout several towns on the North Shore, Sara attributes her worldview to her upbringing. She would watch movies with her family before they had cable television, and watching movies became a family tradition. The arts had always been a focus in her life and always took them seriously, though she admits that she didn't take film seriously until she was in her sophomore year of high school. Prior to enrolling in Emerson College, she had been self-taught in filmmaking. The YouTube channels Film Courage and Will Smith's YouTube channel were some of the driving forces behind her interest in filmmaking. From the genre perspective, she says that her primary inspirations are big action movies and films about failure and success.

Early Work
"'[Photography] fueled my interest in this genre because it allowed me to capture what was before me, and translate what moments would look like as pieces of a larger story.'""Sara in an interview with Brynn O'Conner"Sara initially started out in photography, using that as a medium to visualize her work and to better understand it. Having always been a visual thinker, photography fueled her interest in filmmaking. Described as artsy by her friends, art has been a cornerstone of her passions.

Apocalypso Work
Sara worked as a producer and assistant director in the short film Apocalypso Ascendant.

Trivia

 * Sara and Andrew Zemotel share the same birthday
 * Will Smith is her idol
 * She initially sought to work for Marvel on both films and comics