Dia Sokol Savage

Dia Sokol Savage is an American film and television producer, director and writer. She is best known as the executive producer of MTV’s hit series 16 & Pregnant and Teen Mom franchise and as a producer on Andrew Bujalski’s films “Mutual Appreciation” and “Beeswax.” She currently runs 11th Street Productions with her producing partner Morgan J. Freeman.

Sokol Savage was born in West Virginia and grew up in Denver, Colorado. She graduated from Smith College and currently resides in Brooklyn, NY with her husband Garret Savage, a film editor.

Film

After college, Dia moved to Boston and started working for documentary director Errol Morris on projects such as Mr. Death, The Fog of War and his television series, “First Person.” While there, she befriended Justin Rice who introduced her to Andrew Bujalski on the day Andrew moved back to Boston from Los Angeles. Soon after, Bujalski made “Funny Ha Ha,” a project he’d been trying to get off the ground in LA and ultimately shot in Boston. The film is credited with launching the mumblecore film movement. Dia later produced Bujalski’s “Mutual Appreciation” and “Beeswax.”

After she met Joe Swanberg at SXSW in 2005, the two decided to collaborate and joined forces with Greta Gerwig, producer Anish Savjani and cinematographer Matthias Grunsky to make “Nights and Weekends.” In 2006, Dia went to the bayou of Arkansas to produce Alex Karpovsky’s film, “Woodpecker.” In 2010, she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Awards Piaget Producers Award.

...
Wikipedia