Sean Baker
Sean S. Baker･숀 베이커･辛貝克
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. He is also known for creating the Fox/IFC puppet sitcom Greg the Bunny (2002–2006) and its spin-offs.
| Known for | Directing |
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| Born | 26 Feb 1971 |
| Place of birth | Summit, New Jersey, USA |
Favorite films
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A perfect film, and one that has obviously been a major influence (Starlet).
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My favorite Cassavetes film.
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My favorite film of Leigh’s. It’s in my top ten favorite films ever made. It’s an exhausting odyssey that never gets the characters (or the viewer) home again.
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Out of all the films in this collection, Charles Kiselyak’s documentary is the film I revisit the most.
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Without this film, we wouldn’t have Sandrine Bonnaire, and the complexity of the family dynamic is like nothing I’ve ever seen before on film.
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Not only do I consider it the best of this series … but it was my introduction to La Nouvelle Vague while in my teens.
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Lee Chang-dong is a living master. … Jeon Do-yeon delivers such a powerful performance.
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Simply one of the best films ever made. An art-house film disguised as a Hollywood blockbuster.
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When people tell me I should get married, I ask, “Have you seen Scenes from a Marriage?”
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Both films [Rosetta and La promesse] are perfection. But it’s the final scene in Rosetta that made me choose this film, the relentless muffler noise of that moped that had me begging for relief and yet wanting more.
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Both films [Rosetta and La promesse] are perfection.
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… my girlfriend talked through the entire film, joked with her friends, and continually jumped up and down for cigarette breaks. I realized at that moment that I was dumping her. Thank you, Lars, for helping me see the light.
