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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 , [1] [2] 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 ...
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.
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 almost no film...
Tangerine is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed by Sean Baker, and written by Baker and Chris Bergoch, starring Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, and James Ransone. The story follows a transgender sex worker who discovers her boyfriend and pimp has been cheating on her.
Dec 17, 2021 · RogerEbert.com interviewed Baker about the making of “Red Rocket,” dashing his own dreams of directing a “Fast & Furious” movie, his favorite movies of 2021, and more. Has the film settled in your brain more since when it premiered at Cannes this past year?
Jan 30, 2022 · Baker spoke to THR about how audiences have received the film, the power of smart casting and location scouting, and why he’s so interested in characters who can’t resist the hustle.
May 25, 2024 · May 25, 2024. The Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival was awarded on Saturday to “Anora,” a giddily ribald picaresque from the American director Sean Baker about a sex worker who marries the...
Dec 10, 2021 · Red Rocket Director Sean Baker on the Beauty of the Industrial Suburb, the Fear of Homelessness, and the Influence of Lolita. By Erik Morse. December 10, 2021. Suzanna Son and Simon Rex in Red...
The audacious new film from writer-director Sean Baker (The Florida Project, Tangerine), starring Simon Rex in a magnetic, live-wire performance, Red Rocket is a darkly funny and humane portrait of a uniquely American hustler and a hometown that barely tolerates him.
Dec 8, 2021 · Sean Baker’s World of Outcasts. The director of ‘Tangerine,’ ‘The Florida Project,’ and most recently ‘Red Rocket’ trains his lens on people who are often overlooked by Hollywood. And most of...
