Sara Nunes was born in Lisbon in 1985. She graduated with a degree in Architecture in 2009 from the Escola Superior Artística do Porto and the Universität Kassel. Following her studies, she worked as an architect in Madrid from 2011 to 2012 at Ensamble Studio.

In 2013, she established the architecture film company Building Pictures. Since then, the company has produced over 300 short films that have been selected for film festivals and exhibitions in Portugal and abroad, such as Encontros da Imagem, Invisible cities - International Festival of Urban Multimedia, Venice Biennale [2016 and 2021], 3rd Istanbul Design Biennale, Outdoor Cinema Nights at Selina, ADFF, and Architecture Short Films - MAAT. In 2018, she was a finalist for the Living Places - Simon Architecture Prize. In 2022, she produced the documentary "Woodstories," which was selected for the ArchFilmLund and Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Films Festival, and won the Loop Design Awards.

Currently, she is working on the feature film "The Flying Photographer" about Fernando Guerra, a documentary about Álvaro Siza Vieira, and a short film about Eduardo Souto de Moura.