Birth name
     Sean S. Baker
Date of birth
     26 February 1971, Summit, New Jersey, U.S.

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Sean Baker _{(February 26, 1971, Summit, New Jersey, U.S.)}

Sean Baker (born February 26, 1971) is an American film director, cinematographer, producer, screenwriter and film editor.

He is best known for the independent feature films Starlet (2012), Tangerine (2015), The Florida Project (2017), Red Rocket (2021), and Anora (2024).

He is also known for creating the Fox/IFC puppet sitcom Greg the Bunny (2002–2006) and its spin-offs.

Baker has received several film critics awards, a Filmmaker on the Edge Award and nominations for six Independent Spirit Awards, winning one in 2012.

His latest film, Anora, won the Palme d'Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in 2024.

Baker has established a reputation for portraying outcasts and characters from underrepresented and marginalized subcultures, frequently undocumented immigrants and sex workers, in decidedly humane and compassionate scenarios. He claims to have been directly inspired by exploitation films but he has been described as the archetype of a "trustworthy male director" in a post Me Too era.

His films have stirred and encouraged a debate about sexual morality. Baker stated at a Cannes press conferences in 2024 that sex work should be "decriminalized and not in any way regulated, because it’s a sex worker’s body and it’s up to them to decide how they will use it in their livelihood."

Baker's influences include Ken Loach, Spike Lee, Jim Jarmusch, Mike Leigh, Steven Spielberg, Éric Rohmer, John Cassavetes, and Hal Ashby, among others.

Filmography

Director

2000     Four Letter Words
2004     Take Out
2008     Prince of Broadway
2012     Starlet
2015     Tangerine
2017     The Florida Project
2021     Red Rocket
2023     The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed (producer)
2024     Anora

Director - Selected filmography

1. Anora (2024)
   
2. Red Rocket (2021)
   
3. The Florida Project (2017)
   
4. Tangerine (2015)