Directing

Sean Baker

26.02.1971 Summit, New Jersey, USA 36 credits

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.

Career

2000 2026

13 Acting 15 Directing 28 Movies 8 Series

2000

2010

2020

Filmography

I Want Your Sex

Director, Editor, Writer

Together Forever

Left-Handed Girl

Editor, Producer, Screenplay

Executive Producer

The Last Showgirl

Director, Editor, Casting, Producer, Writer

The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed

Executive Producer

Series — 2023

Acting: Self - Guest

Love in the Time of Fentanyl

Executive Producer

Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine

Reflecting on “Take Out”

Devil In Suburbia

Series — 2022

Post Production Supervisor

Driver, Director, Editor, Casting, Producer, Sound Designer, Writer

Directors on Directors

Series — 2021

Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes

Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

Acting: Self, Camera Operator, Director, Producer, Sound

Assistant Director, Executive Producer

Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project

Series — 2017

The Florida Project

Director, Editor, Producer, Writer

Camera Operator, Director of Photography, Director, Editor, Casting, Casting Director, Producer, Writer

Camera Operator, Director, Editor, Producer, Writer

Meet the Hustlers

Prince of Broadway

Director of Photography, Director, Editor, Producer, Writer

Series — 2010

Creator, Director, Executive Producer, Writer

The Making of Take Out

Director of Photography, Director, Editor, Producer, Sound, Writer

Series — 2002

Director of Photography, Creator, Director, Editor, Sound Designer, Writer

Four Letter Words

Director, Editor, Writer

Director, Writer

Series — 1953

Golden Globe Awards

Series — 1944

Acting: Self - Nominee

Director, Editor, Casting, Producer, Writer