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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 [2] [3], including Starlet (2012), Tangerine (2015), The Florida Project (2017), Red Rocket (2021), and Anora (2024), the last of which won the Palme d'Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
8 hours ago · Sean Baker, right, receiving the Palme D’Or for “Anora,” presented by George Lucas during the closing ceremony at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival on Saturday.
Sean Baker is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He is an award-winning writer/director/producer known for Take Out (2004), Prince of Broadway (2008), Starlet (2012), Tangerine (2015), and The Florida Project (2017). Sean's latest feature, Red Rocket, premiered at Cannes on July 14, 2021.
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13 hours ago · Sean Baker's "Anora," a comic but devastating Brooklyn odyssey about a sex worker who marries the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch, has won the Cannes Film Festival' s top award, the Palme d'Or.
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Dec 16, 2021 · By Ben Kenigsberg. Dec. 16, 2021. The leading man in “Red Rocket” made his name as a comic rapper and an MTV video jockey. His character’s wife is played by a longtime theater actress with ...
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1 day ago · Ben Kenigsberg May 25, 2024. Tweet. Sean Baker's "Anora," starring Mikey Madison as a Brighton Beach sex worker who gains a shot at wealth and happiness when she meets the son of a Russian oligarch, won the Palme d'Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday night. Baker, accepting the award directly after the festival gave an honorary ...
Jan 30, 2022 · Why ‘Red Rocket’ Director Sean Baker Prefers to Examine Life’s “Moral Gray Areas” The indie auteur’s latest, starring Simon Rex as a washed-up porn actor, reflects on his desire to tell...