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Summit, New Jersey, USA
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,…
Known for
- Cannes Uncut — Self2023
- Têtàtête(s) — Self - Guest2023
- Reflecting on “Take Out” — Self2022
- Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine — Self2022
- Directors on Directors — Self2021
- Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes2020
- Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore — Self2019
- Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project — Self2018
- Marcians — Self2017
- Meet the Hustlers — Self2011
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Key facts
- Born
- Sean S. Baker , ( 1971-02-26 ) February 26, 1971 (age 55) , Summit, New Jersey , U.S.
- Education
- New York University ( BFA )
- Occupations
- Filmmaker editor
- Years active
- 2000–present
- Spouse
- Samantha Quan
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sean
- Family name
- Baker
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Summit
- Occupation
- cinematographer
- Award
- Palme d'Or
- Image
- Sean Baker at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival 2 (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1971-02-26
- Commons category
- Sean Baker
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Sean Baker
- start of work period
- 2000-00-00
- social media followers
- 65321
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
- name in native language
- Sean Baker
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Picture
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Encyclopedic overview
Sean Baker (born February 26, 1971) is an American filmmaker. He is a director, writer, editor, and producer of independent narrative feature films which are most often about the lives of marginalized people, especially immigrants and sex workers. He made his directorial film debut with Four Letter Words (2000) and co-created the television character Greg the Bunny. Baker has since directed seven feature films: Take Out (2004), Prince of Broadway (2008), Starlet (2012), Tangerine (2015), The Florida Project (2017), Red Rocket (2021), and Anora (2024).
Baker has received several accolades throughout his career. For Anora, he won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, and, alongside his wife Samantha Quan, he won the British Academy Film Award for Best Casting, before proceeding to win Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing at the 97th Academy Awards. He is the first person to individually win four Oscars for the same film in a single ceremony.
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