Sean Baker
- Directing
- February 26, 1971 · 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.
Known for
Filmography
- I Want Your Sex · Thanks
- Sandiwara · Director, Writer
- Together Forever · Thanks
- Left-Handed Girl · Editing, Producer
- Modern Whore · Executive producer
- The Last Showgirl · Thanks
- Anora · Producer, Director
- The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed · Executive producer
- Têtàtête(s) · Self
- Cannes Uncut · Self
- Love in the Time of Fentanyl · Executive producer
- Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine · Self
- Reflecting on “Take Out” · Self
- Devil In Suburbia · Post Production Supervisor
- Red Rocket · Casting, Editing
- Directors on Directors · Self
- Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes
- Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore · Self, Director
- Colours · Executive producer, Assistant Director
- Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project · Self
- Marcians · Self
- The Florida Project · Writer, Director
- Tangerine · Director, Writer
- Starlet · Director, Writer
- Meet the Hustlers · Self
- Prince of Broadway · Director, Writer
- Warren the Ape · Executive producer, Writer
- The Making of Take Out · Self
- Take Out · Director, Writer
- Stalker · Editing
- Greg the Bunny · Writer, Editing
- Four Letter Words · Director, Writer
- Hi-Fi · Director, Writer
- The Oscars · Self
- Golden Globe Awards · Self
- Ti Amo! · Director, Writer