Sean Baker
Birthday: 1971-02-26
Place of Birth: Summit, New Jersey, USA
Biography: Sean Baker (born February 26, 1971) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing independent feature films about the lives of sex workers, including Take Out (2004), Starlet (2012), Tangerine (2015), The Florida Project (2017), Red Rocket (2021), and Anora (2024), the last of which won him the Palme d'Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, as well as Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing. He is also known for creating the Fox/IFC puppet sitcom Greg the Bunny (2002–2006) and its spin-offs.
Movies
Reflecting On Take Out
In this new documentary, produced by the Criterion Collection in 2022, directors Sean Baker and Shih...
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The Making of Take Out
In this documentary, produced by Sean Baker in 2009, the directors and actors of Take Out discuss ma...
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Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
In 2009, Sean Baker sat down with the Godfather of Gore himself, Herschell Gordon Lewis, to discuss ...
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Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine
A feature-length documentary going behind-the-scenes on the making of the 2015 film Tangerine....
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Cannes Uncut
Looks at the glamour, red carpets, movies, craziness, stunts, deals, parties and personalities that ...
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Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project
An interesting featurette which has some good behind the scenes footage, including early location sc...
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Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes
Joel Potrykus calls fellow indie filmmakers during the pandemic crisis to check in and see how they'...
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Stripped Down: The Making of ‘Anora’
Making of documentary surrounding the production of ‘Anora’...
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The Alex Leyba Movie II
Alex Leyba, a passionate but struggling young filmmaker, finds himself homeless and trying to reconc...
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