Known for Production
Sarah Esberg joined Drew Goddard's production firm, Goddard Textiles, as president, after working as a producer and executive for Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment. She executive produced TV shows including Netflix's "The OA" and Starz's "Sweetbitter," as well as filmmaker-driven films like Felix van Groeningen's "Beautiful Boy," Bong Joon Ho's "Okja," and Barry Jenkins' "Moonlight" and "If Beale Street Could Talk." She is developing a wide range of programs for Disney's linear and streaming platforms, including FX, Hulu, Disney+, and ABC, at Goddard Textiles. She is also producing a number of multi-genre films. Her current projects include the highly anticipated next installment of the Warner Bros. "The Matrix" franchise, which Goddard will write and direct; Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's "Project Hail, Mary," starring Ryan Gosling and Sandra Hüller, which Goddard wrote; and "High Potential," starring Kaitlin Olson. Esberg, who has degrees from Stanford University and UCLA School of Law, started her career as a low-budget indie film producer for producer/director Roger Corman's production firm.
Filmography
12 films, 2 shows


Project Hail Mary
2026 · 2h 37m
country: United States
Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction.


Kajillionaire
2020 · 1h 45m
country: United States
Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived heist, they charm a stranger into joining them, only to have their entire world turned upside down.


The Last Black Man in San Francisco
2019 · 2h 1m
country: United States
Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind.


If Beale Street Could Talk
2018 · 2h
country: United States
After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.


Beautiful Boy
2018 · 2h 1m
country: United States
After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.


Brad's Status
2017 · 1h 41m
country: United States
Although Brad has a satisfying career, a sweet wife and a comfortable life in suburban Sacramento, things aren't quite what he imagined during his college glory days. When he accompanies his musical prodigy son on a university tour, he can't help comparing his life with those of his four best college friends who seemingly have more wealthy and glamorous lives. But when circumstances force him to reconnect with his former friends, Brad begins to question whether he has really failed or if their lives are actually more flawed than they appear.


Okja
2017 · 2h
country: South Korea
A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.


War Machine
2017 · 2h 2m
country: United States
A rock star general bent on winning the “impossible” war in Afghanistan takes us inside the complex machinery of modern war. Inspired by the true story of General Stanley McChrystal.


Moonlight
2016 · 1h 52m
country: United States
The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.


Hitting the Apex
2015 · 2h 18m
country: United States
The inside story of six fighters – six of the fastest motorcycle racers of all time – and of the fates that awaited them at the peak of the sport. It's the story of what is at stake for all of them: all that can be won, and all that can be lost, when you go chasing glory at over two hundred miles an hour – on a motorcycle. But this documentary is also an opportunity to understand the passionate relationship that links the pilots, the technical teams and the legions of fans to the spirit of GP Moto.