Sarah Juma is a Nigerian screenwriter and prose writer who received her MFA in from Loyola Marymount University, where she held the Henry Bromell Fellowship and received the Graduate Excellence in Screenwriting award. She holds a BA in International Studies from Bryn Mawr College and previously worked in investment banking, with both academic and professional backgrounds lending themselves to the way she explores the politics of society.
She has film & television development experience from Village Roadshow, Hello Sunshine and Warner Bros. Discovery. She won the WeScreenplay Feature Lab in fall 2024, and was a finalist in Final Draft Big Break’s Pilot Contest in the same year, as well as a semifinalist in the Disney (DET) Writing Fellowship. She is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) North America, named to its selective Newcomer cohort for screenwriting in 2022. Her prose is forthcoming from or published in Swamp Pink, Chestnut Review, Brittle Paper, among other literary journals. When she’s not waking up for Premier League matches to cheer for Liverpool FC, you’ll catch her binge-watching Top Chef or Real Housewives.
Sarah Juma, Writer & Filmmaker. 