SARAH SKIBITZKE – Producer, Director, Editor
Sarah Skibitzke is a Primetime Emmy award-winning director and producer with over 15 years experience in docu-series television.
Sarah received her BA from Mills College as a double major in Sociology with an emphasis in Criminal Justice & Communications with an emphasis in Fine Art. While at Mills, she studied prison reform and directed an award-winning documentary about Alcatraz. She went on to receive her MFA in Film Production from USC focusing on Documentary Filmmaking.
In 2007, Sarah was invited to South Africa to produce the launching of the first closed-door meeting of “The Elders”, a group of independent world leaders such as Kofi Annan, Jimmy Carter and Desmond Tutu, as they worked together for global peace and human rights.
She would then go on to produce the addiction documentary series “Intervention” for A&E, winning the 2009 Primetime Emmy for Best Reality Program for an episode she directed and produced. She would then supervise A&E’s sister-addiction show called “Relapse” involving addicts getting sober with the help of a sober coach.
In 2013, Sarah and her award-winning cinematographer husband Bryan Donnell produced “One Million Bones”, a documentary short about a global art installation of the same name showcasing an effort to stop contemporary genocide in Burma, the DNC and Sudan.
This past year she developed content around mental illness interventions, gay conversion therapy maltreatment and addiction recovery. Sarah has produced series for networks such as A&E, OWN, E!, CMT, LMN, CBS and ABC Family.