ABOUT
Wild Pair Films is a Los Angeles-based production company specializing in both original and commissioned non-fiction content. Owned and operated by Mina T. Son & Sara Newens since 2011, our love of story has led us to a medium that combines artistry and empathy to illuminate issues and people that have been undervalued or ignored. Whether a character or a place, we create an emotional connection with an audience that ultimately showcases a brand, cultural experience, or a social issue.
Our films have screened at numerous festivals including SXSW, DOC NYC, AFI DOCS, Montclair, Traverse City, Sarasota, Big Sky and Rooftop Films among others. We have also created and/or produced original content for clients such as Facebook, Dropbox, WhatsApp, Instagram, Spotify and more.
WHO WE ARE
Mina T. Son is a Korean American documentary filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Mina has been awarded fellowships and funding from Independent Television Service, Film Independent, PBS/CPB Producers Academy, Bay Area Video Coalition, U.S. Japan Foundation, and Center for Cultural Innovation. Her debut feature-length documentary, Top Spin, was acquired by First Run Features and was hailed by the LA Times as “table tennis’ Hoop Dreams.” She has also worked as a producer at Facebook and WhatsApp, and is currently in production on a longitudinal documentary about the rebuilding of a small Japanese town after the 2011 tsunami. Mina holds an M.F.A. in Documentary from Stanford University and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Sara Newens is an award-winning director, producer, and editor whose work has premiered at top international festivals and received distribution by Netflix, Hulu, PBS, and HBO. As a director, she co-directed Racist Trees (IDFA 2022) with Mina T. Son, a documentary examining a racially charged neighborhood dispute and the deeper systemic inequities it reveals. The film aired nationally on PBS’s Independent Lens. Their debut feature, Top Spin (DOC NYC 2014), follows young table tennis players on their Olympic journey and was released theatrically to critical acclaim. She also directed Footprint: Where the Towers Stood, a New York Times Op-Docs short. As an editor, Sara earned a 2023 Primetime Emmy nomination for Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (Sundance 2023) for Outstanding Picture Editing, and won a Cinema Eye Honors award. She was also recognized for her work on Allen v. Farrow, which received seven Emmy nods and recognition from both the Cinema Eye Honors and ACE Eddie Awards. Most recently, she edited Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore (Sundance 2025) and co-edited The White House Effect (Telluride 2024). A graduate of Stanford University’s MFA Documentary Film Program, Sara is currently based in Los Angeles.