Sean Baker

DirectorEditorWriterProducerActor Feb 26 (age 55) Summit, New Jersey, USA 2000–2026 (26 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

The Florida Project

Director

Film

Anora

Casting

Film

Tangerine

Camera Operator

Film

Red Rocket

Casting

Film

Left-Handed Girl

Editor

Film

Starlet

Camera Operator

Film

The Last Showgirl

Thanks

Film

Take Out

Director

Filmography

Acting (14)

Movies (9)

Stripped Down: The Making of ‘Anora’

as Self

Cannes Uncut

as Self

Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine

2022

as Self

8.0

Reflecting on “Take Out”

2022

as Self

9.0

Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes

2020

Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

2019

as Self

1.0

Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project

2018

as Self

8.3

Meet the Hustlers

2011

as Self

The Making of Take Out

2009

as Self

Television (5)

Têtàtête(s)

2023

as Self - Guest

Directors on Directors

2021

as Self

Marcians

2017

as Self

The Oscars

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Crew (83)

Movies (74)

Sandiwara

2026

Director

Sandiwara

2026

Editor

Sandiwara

2026

Writer

Left-Handed Girl

Editor

Left-Handed Girl

Producer

Left-Handed Girl

Screenplay

Left-Handed Girl

Writer

Modern Whore

Executive Producer

Stripped Down: The Making of ‘Anora’

2025

Camera Operator

8.0

Hustle

2025

Thanks

Anora

Casting

Anora

Director

Anora

Editor

Anora

Producer

Anora

Writer

The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed

Executive Producer

The Last Showgirl

Thanks

Love in the Time of Fentanyl

2023

Executive Producer

Red Rocket

Casting

Red Rocket

Director

Red Rocket

Driver

Red Rocket

Editor

Red Rocket

Producer

Red Rocket

Sound Designer

Red Rocket

Writer

Colours

Assistant Director

Colours

Executive Producer

Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

2019

Camera Operator

1.0

Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

2019

Director

1.0

Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

2019

Producer

1.0

Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore

Sound

The Florida Project

Director

The Florida Project

Editor

The Florida Project

Producer

The Florida Project

Writer

Snowbird

Casting

Snowbird

2016

Director

Snowbird

2016

Editor

Snowbird

2016

Producer

Snowbird

2016

Writer

Tangerine

Camera Operator

Tangerine

Casting

Tangerine

Casting Director

Tangerine

Director

Tangerine

Director of Photography

Tangerine

Editor

Tangerine

Producer

Tangerine

Writer

Starlet

Camera Operator

Starlet

Director

Starlet

Editor

Starlet

Producer

Starlet

Writer

Prince of Broadway

Director

Prince of Broadway

Director of Photography

Prince of Broadway

Editor

Prince of Broadway

Producer

Prince of Broadway

Writer

Take Out

Director

Take Out

Director of Photography

Take Out

Editor

Take Out

Producer

Take Out

Sound

Take Out

Writer

Stalker

Editor

Hi-Fi

Director

Hi-Fi

Writer

Four Letter Words

Director

Four Letter Words

Editor

Four Letter Words

Writer

Untitled Sean Baker Sex Comedy

Director

Untitled Sean Baker Sex Comedy

Editor

Untitled Sean Baker Sex Comedy

Producer

Untitled Sean Baker Sex Comedy

Writer

Television (9)

Devil In Suburbia

2022

Post Production Supervisor

Warren the Ape

Director

Warren the Ape

Executive Producer

Warren the Ape

Writer

Greg the Bunny

Director

Greg the Bunny

Director of Photography

Greg the Bunny

Editor

Greg the Bunny

Sound Designer

Greg the Bunny

Writer