Sean Baker

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.

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Golden Globe Awards

An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Release Date1944-01-20

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Episode Count1

Vote Count17

The Oscars

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.

Release Date1953-03-19

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Episode Count1

Vote Count75

Marcians

Marcians

Release Date2017-11-16

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Episode Count1

Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine

A feature-length documentary going behind-the-scenes on the making of the 2015 film Tangerine.

Release Date2022-12-19

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Vote Count1

Variety Studio: Directors on Directors

Variety Studio: Directors on Directors

PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and T.V. shows of the past year through candid conversations with today's hottest actors. Hosted by Variety Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis and Variety Chief Correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister, each episode brings together pairs of directors engaging in intimate one-on-one discussions about their craft and work.

Release Date2021-03-03

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Episode Count1

Meet the Hustlers

Documentary on "Prince of Broadway"

Release Date2011-01-01

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Têtàtête(s)

Têtàtête(s)

Release Date2023-10-01

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Episode Count1

Cannes Uncut

Looks at the glamour, red carpets, movies, craziness, stunts, deals, parties and personalities that have been part of the Cannes Film Festival over eight decades, as well as looking to the future.

Release Date2023-06-12

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Vote Count5

The Making of Take Out

In this documentary, produced by Sean Baker in 2009, the directors and actors of Take Out discuss making the film.

Release Date2009-01-01

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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 his legendary career as an exploitation pioneer and creator of the splatter movie. In 2019, the footage formed the basis for this documentary produced by the Criterion Channel.

Release Date2019-10-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

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Vote Count1

Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project

An interesting featurette which has some good behind the scenes footage, including early location scouting, table reads and interactions with the often near out of control kids.

Release Date2018-02-20

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Vote Count3

Stripped Down: The Making of ‘Anora’

Making of documentary surrounding the production of ‘Anora’

Release Date2025-04-29

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Vote Count1

Reflecting On Take Out

In this new documentary, produced by the Criterion Collection in 2022, directors Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou and actors Charles Jang, Wang-Thye Lee, and Jeng-Hua Yu consider the making of the film and its importance in their lives since.

Release Date2022-09-13

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Anora

A young sex worker from Brooklyn gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out to get the marriage annulled.

Release Date2024-10-14

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count2674

Left-Handed Girl

A single mother and her two daughters relocate to Taipei to open a night market stall, each navigating the challenges of adapting to their new environment while striving to maintain family unity.

Release Date2025-09-17

DepartmentEditing

JobEditor

Vote Count18

The Florida Project

The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.

Release Date2017-10-06

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count2952

The Last Showgirl

When the glittering Las Vegas revue she has headlined for decades announces it will soon close, a glamorous showgirl must reconcile with the decisions she’s made and the community she has built as she plans her next act.

Release Date2024-12-13

DepartmentCrew

JobThanks

Vote Count209

The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed

A mosaic-style comedy following the life of a woman as time passes in her long-term casual BDSM relationship, low-level corporate job, and quarrelsome Jewish family.

Release Date2024-04-26

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count23

Love in the Time of Fentanyl

An intimate portrait of a community fighting to save lives and keep hope alive in a neighborhood ravaged by the overdose crisis.

Release Date2023-02-03

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Hustle

Mia Sloan is a bright yet unmotivated 29-year-old waitress who suddenly finds herself in the unenviable position of having one day to raise thousands of dollars in back-due rent in order to stave off eviction. During this memorably hectic day, Mia journeys through her hometown of Tallahassee, encountering various figures from her life while attempting to earn the funds any way she can.

Release Date2025-09-27

DepartmentCrew

JobThanks

Red Rocket

After hitting rock bottom in Los Angeles, former porn star Mikey Saber returns to his hometown in Texas to stay with his estranged wife and mother-in-law. Just as tensions begin to ease, he becomes infatuated with a young doughnut shop worker named Strawberry.

Release Date2021-12-10

DepartmentProduction

JobCasting

Vote Count571

Starlet

An unlikely friendship forms between 21 year-old Jane and the elderly Sadie after Jane discovers a hidden stash of money inside an object at Sadie's yard sale.

Release Date2012-11-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count183

Greg the Bunny

Greg the Bunny is an American television sitcom that originally aired on Fox TV in 2002. It starred Seth Green and a hand puppet named Greg the Bunny, originally invented by the team of Sean S. Baker, Spencer Chinoy and Dan Milano. Milano and Chinoy wrote and co-produced the Fox show.

Release Date2002-03-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count12

Tangerine

It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity.

Release Date2015-07-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count755

Warren The Ape

Warren the Ape is an MTV reality show parody which ran from June 14 to August 30, 2010 and aired at 10:30 p.m. The series is a spin-off of the IFC and Fox TV show Greg the Bunny, and follows the titular character's life as he tries to get his life back together following the cancellation of Greg the Bunny. Warren has paid more attention to drugs, booze, and women than his career, which has degenerated into a series of seedy exploitation films, obscure industrials, low-rent theater productions, and a regrettable string of skin flicks. With the help of his addiction specialist, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Warren tries to clean up his act, patch up his relationships, and claw his way back into the Hollywood limelight.

Release Date2010-06-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count2

Prince of Broadway

A New York street hustler specializing in name-brand knock-offs finds his highly profitable game suddenly complicated when his ex-girlfriend shows up toting the son he never knew he had.

Release Date2010-09-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count18

Four Letter Words

A study of the post-adolescent male psyche, Four Letter Words gives an often humorous but raw unadulterated look at the views, attitudes, and language of young men in suburban America.

Release Date2000-08-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count14

Take Out

An illegal Chinese immigrant falls behind on payments on an enormous smuggling debt. Ming Ding has only until the end of the day to come up with the money.

Release Date2008-06-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count35

Devil In Suburbia

The stories of ordinary folks who confront the evil that was always right in front of them. Through the lens of home archive, we journey with our insiders into shocking crimes to reveal what was missed before tragedy changed everything.

Release Date2022-08-09

DepartmentCrew

JobPost Production Supervisor

Episode Count6

Vote Count3

Stalker

A young man is haunted by a nocturnal demon who may or may not be the woman he loves.

Release Date2002-10-31

DepartmentEditing

JobEditor

Hi-Fi

A car drives through the streets and tunnels of New York City. On board, four teenagers talk, play, and flirt. An innocent joyride amongst friends? Right away the viewer understands that this is not just simple fun as the drugs get in the way.

Release Date2000-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Colours

Young Natalie tries to help her mysteriously ill best friend.

Release Date2019-06-20

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count4

Modern Whore

A hybrid documentary that reimagines popular depictions of sex work through the lived experiences of writer, performer, and sex worker Andrea Werhun. Andrea grapples with social stigma and reclaims her narrative in a series of funny, heartbreaking, and surprising stories.

Release Date2025-09-05

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes

Joel Potrykus calls fellow indie filmmakers during the pandemic crisis to check in and see how they're holding up.

Release Date2020-03-23

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