Sierra Urich is an Iranian-American ("neem-rooni"), award-winning filmmaker, and interdisciplinary visual artist based in Vermont. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration and Film/Video from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2013. She was an artist-in-residence at The Banff Centre for the Arts 2017, Sundance Nonfiction Directors Residency 2018, Points North Fellow 2018, Firelight Doc Lab Fellow 2021, Chicken & Egg Eggcelerator Lab Fellow 2022, and was twice shortlisted for a Creative Capital Award (2020, 2021). She is also a proud member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia. Urich is currently on the festival circuit with her first feature film, Joonam, which made its world premiere in competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, and recently took home the Nesnadny + Schwartz Portrait Documentary Award at the Cleveland International Film Festival, and the Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature at the Bentonville Film Festival. She works professionally as an editor and director.