Sara Lynn\\ Krupnick

I've been working in the film and television industry for about 18 years now. I'm currently a freelance producer, working on independent features, and I also serve as a line producer for Men in Blazers Media Network, which is a football media network focused on all live sports. My journey started at Temple University in Philadelphia, where I went to film school. While I was there, I made sure to get involved with a lot of the film and television events going on in the area, and I just networked. I started 18 years ago as an intern at NFL Films during college, and when I graduated, they offered me a seasonal job as a camera assistant. From there, I worked my way up the ladder from office production assistant to production coordinator, then production manager, production supervisor, line producer, and eventually when I was staff at Time Magazine for Time Studios, I was the head of production, overseeing all of their film and television shows. I left Time about two and a half years ago and became freelance again. My main area of expertise is head of production type work, where companies hire me as a consultant to come in and help them reorganize and make sure they're doing everything correctly when it comes to the precedents set in film and television. I structure shows, make sure budgets look correct, and ensure everyone is forecasting for cash flows and meeting the requirements of whoever is giving us the money, whether it's a studio, brand partner, or independent financier. I won my first Emmy in September 2024, and while I was at Time, I was head of production for Frida, a documentary that also won an Emmy. Beyond production, I'm also a screenwriter. I wrote my first feature last year, a dark fantasy comedy film loosely based on my experience living with MCAS, mast cell activation syndrome, a rare disease that basically made me allergic to everything. I'm a big advocate for the disability community because I have an invisible illness, and I'm very open about it because I want to be a shining light for other people with disabilities or invisible illnesses.