SARAH SIEGEL-MAGNESS IS A WRITER, DIRECTOR, AND THE PRODUCER OF THE AWARD-WINNING LIONSGATE FILM “PRECIOUS.” SHE IS ALSO THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED LEE DANIEL PRODUCED FEATURE “TENNESSEE” AND THE CO-FOUNDER, ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND GARY MAGNESS, OF SMOKEWOOD ENTERTAINMENT, THAT PRODUCES FILMS WITH POSITIVE MESSAGES FOR DIVERSE AUDIENCES.  BEFORE HER FILM CAREER, SHE GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO’S SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, AND AFTER A BRIEF CAREER IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, LAUNCHED “SO LOW,” A YOUNG WOMEN’S CLOTHING LINE, WHICH SHE STILL OPERATES TODAY.  HER EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS MIND AND SPIRIT LED HER TO BE NOMINATED FOR THE ‘YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AWARD’ AT THE AGE 30.