B I O G R A P H YFor more than two decades, Sarba Das has operated at the highest levels of film and television, shaping projects that sit at the intersection of craft, cultural impact, and commercial viability. She carries the sense that the work is always in service of something larger. That stories are not just content — they are the infrastructure through which cultures understand themselves.
An award winning film and television executive, producer, director, and founder of 108 Pictures, Das has built an extraordinary body of work across every corner of the entertainment industry, from the executive suites of A24, Sony Pictures Television, and ABC to independent film sets and festival stages at Telluride and Cannes. What connects it all is an unwavering instinct for stories that challenge and illuminate.
Most recently, she served as Head of Nonfiction at Media Res Studio. Prior to that, she was Head of Creative for Documentaries at A24, where she helped build a slate of globally recognized films and series including the Critics Choice Award–winning VAL(Amazon), Stephen Curry: Underrated (Apple), The Deepest Breath (Netflix), HOME (Apple) and the Emmy-winning The Sixth (Amazon).
Previously, as Vice President and Head of Documentaries at Pilgrim Media Group (a Lionsgate company), she executive-produced the Peabody Award–winning High on the Hog for Netflix — a series that reshaped the narrative of American culinary history. Her feature credits while at Pilgrim also include: Executive Producer on The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story (YouTubeOriginals), Executive Producer on The Greatest Bond (PBS), Co-Producer on Soufra (Hulu) and Tre Maison Dasan (PBS/Independent Lens).
Her early executive career at Sony Pictures Television and ABC Television gave her deep fluency across broadcast, premium cable, and streaming; she served as the studio lead on multiple Emmy-winning seasons of Shark Tank and helped shepherd unscripted programming at scale. Before joining ABC, she worked as a producer on such broadcast series as the Emmy-award winning Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution and Secret Millionaire.
Sarba is also a filmmaker in her own right — co-writer, producer, and director of the independent feature Karma Calling, and a Film Independent Fellow. Her projects have premiered at Telluride, Berlinale, and leading festivals worldwide.
She is the founder of 108 Pictures, a film, television, and advisory company that partners with studios, production companies, and visionary creators to architect bold ideas from development through distribution.
A graduate of Yale University (BA in Philosophy and Film Studies) and NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts (MFA in Writing and Directing), Sarba approaches storytelling as both art and system — a discipline of attention and a mechanism for transmitting power across generations.
Sarba has studied Odissi classical dance for her entire life, performing in India, the United States, and Canada. She is fluent in Oriya, French, and Polish, and studies Vedic scripture and meditation with the same rigor she brings to a pitch meeting.
These are not separate pursuits. They are the same practice: the art of paying close attention — and building stories that endure.
She lives in Los Angeles.