ABOUT ME

Jania Sanders is an award-winning filmmaker from NYC. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Sarah Lawrence College, holding a B.A. degree in Filmmaking and Moving Image Arts. During her early entertainment career in television internships, she produced several BronxNet talk show interviews. Months later, she pitched, produced, and edited content for NBCUniversal (The Real Housewives Franchise, Project Runway, Martha’s Vineyard Summer House, Below Deck, Remy & Boo and Floogals). She was a CBS Page for “The Drew Barrymore Show” (CBS), “Last Week Tonight Starring John Oliver” (HBO, MAX) , “Have I Got News For You” (CNN). At “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS Studios), she worked heavily with producers from the Script, Talent, Research, and Production departments. In early 2025, two of her news story pitches aired on the show. 

Throughout her career, Jania has worked heavily in the indie filmmaking space as a writer, director, and editor. In 2025, her original short film, Always In My Head, was officially selected for 6 film festivals and won 5 awards, including “Best Editing”, “Best Mini-Film”, “Best Actress”. She wears other hats by running set as a 1st Assistant Director, capturing aesthetics as a Director of Photography for her peers, and provides administrative support as a production coordinator for Voirlah Productions LLC. She’s worked with Runway 7 for New York Fashion Week, Alchemy NYC, The Real Real and their podcast Real Talk,  Rocco’s Jewelry, The Actor’s Theatre Workshop and other companies in the fashion space, commercial industry, and as a videographer. 

Jania’s work embraces authenticity, transparency and vulnerability. Her work negates stereotypes about the Black experience and the Christian walk as she highlights the significance of identity and boldly professes her faith. ​