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Sean Baker
Director 55 years old

Sean Baker

Summit, New Jersey, USA

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),... Read full bio →

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Anora

Anora

Sean Baker 2024 2h 19m 7.3

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.

Red Rocket

Red Rocket

Sean Baker 2021 2h 10m 7.0

Finding himself down and out in Los Angeles, ex porn star Mikey Saber decides to crawl back to his hometown of Texas City, Texas, where his estranged wife and mother-in-law are living. Just as this dysfunctional family seems to be making things work, Mikey meets a young woman named Strawberry working the cash register at a local doughnut shop.

The Florida Project

The Florida Project

Sean Baker 2017 1h 52m 7.8

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.

Tangerine

Tangerine

Sean Baker 2015 1h 27m 6.5

A hooker tears through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve searching for the pimp who broke her heart.

Starlet

Starlet

Sean Baker 2012 1h 43m

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.

Prince of Broadway

Prince of Broadway

Sean Baker 2010 1h 42m

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.

Take Out

Take Out

Tsou Shih-ching, Sean Baker 2008 1h 28m

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.

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