Sandra Hochman (born September 11, 1936 in New York City) is an American author, poet, screenwriter, lyricist and documentary film maker.

Her film Year of The Woman was co-produced with Porter Bibb, the producer of The Rolling Stones documentary Gimme Shelter.

Her one woman play based on her memoir My father, My friend was going to be directed by Julie Arnell in June 2018.

After she and Gitlis were divorced she married Harvey Leve, a Harvard University lawyer who was the head of the treasury department in Hong Kong.

In 2016 Ariel published a critically acclaimed memoir An Abbreviated Life in which she explores the psychological consequences of physical and emotional abuse she faced in her childhood and the aftermath of survival.

Sandra Created the Foundation You're An Artist Too which was an after school program held weekly at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Her Foundation received a generous donation from the Uris Brothers Fund in the amount of 300 million dollars.