Sandra Winther is a Danish film director and screenwriter based in New York. Her work explores themes of identity, coming-of-age, family, sports, and environmental causes, drawing inspiration from her athletic upbringing and curiosity for the natural world.

She has worked with some of the world’s most culture-defining brands such as Nike, Adidas, New Balance, Beats By Dre, Toyota, Samsung, and more. She enjoys pushing the cinematic expression in a way that is timeless, soulful and striking.

Her documentary ‘Lowland Kids’ about the last teenagers on a sinking Louisiana island premiered at SXSW in 2019 and received the audience award for Best Documentary at Palm Springs Shortfest and a Cinema Eye Honors Nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short. The film is currently being developed into a feature with Darren Aronofsky’s Protozoa Pictures.

Sandra's recent documentary ‘A New Wave’ about world-renowned South African surfer Mikey February and his father premiered at DOC NYC and was released with The New York Times in 2024 with an accompanying Op-Ed written by February. 

Award highlights include the True Award for Andel ‘Greener Future’ (2023), Filmmaker of the Future Award at Rhode Island Film Festival (2019), the Nowness Award for Breakthrough Artists for Cultural Excellence in Film and Video (2020), the New York Women in Film Content Creator Award (2019) and a Silver Clio for her work with Beats By Dre (2018). With Nowness, Sandra has created several films as one of their frequent collaborators.