A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Sean S. Baker
션 베이커
숀 베이커
Birthplace:
Summit, New Jersey, USA
Born:
February 26, 1971
Sean Baker (born February 26, 1971; Summit) is an American film director, cinematographer, producer, screenwriter, and editor. He is best known for the independent feature films Tangerine, The Florida Project, and Red Rocket, as well as his involvement in the Fox/IFC puppet sitcom Greg the Bunny and its spin-offs. Baker has received several film critics awards, a Filmmaker on the Edge Award and nominations for six Independent Spirit Awards, winning one in 2012. Baker has established a reputation for portraying outcasts and characters from underrepresented and marginalized subcultures, frequently undocumented immigrants and sex workers, in decidedly humane and compassionate scenarios. He claims to have been directly inspired by exploitation films but he has been described as the archetype of a "trustworthy male director" in a post Me Too era. His films have stirred and encouraged a debate about sexual morality. Baker's influences include Ken Loach, Spike Lee, Jim Jarmusch, Mike Leigh, Steven Spielberg, Éric Rohmer, John Cassavetes, and Hal Ashby, among others.
Assistant Director:
2019 Colours
Camera Operator:
2012 Starlet
2015 Tangerine
2019 Colours
2019 Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
Casting:
2012 Starlet
2015 Tangerine
2019 Colours
2019 Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
2021 Red Rocket
Casting Director:
2012 Starlet
2015 Tangerine
2019 Colours
2019 Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
2021 Red Rocket
Director:
2000 Four Letter Words
2001 Hi-Fi
2004 Take Out
2010 Prince of Broadway
2012 Starlet
2015 Tangerine
2017 The Florida Project
2019 Colours
2019 Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
2021 Red Rocket
2024 Anora
Director of Photography:
2000 Four Letter Words
2001 Hi-Fi
2004 Take Out
2010 Prince of Broadway
2012 Starlet
2015 Tangerine
2017 The Florida Project
2019 Colours
2019 Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
2021 Red Rocket
2024 Anora
Driver:
2000 Four Letter Words
2001 Hi-Fi
2004 Take Out
2010 Prince of Broadway
2012 Starlet
2015 Tangerine
2017 The Florida Project
2019 Colours
2019 Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
2021 Red Rocket
2024 Anora
Editor:
2000 Four Letter Words
2001 Hi-Fi
2002 Stalker
2004 Take Out
2010 Prince of Broadway
2012 Starlet
2015 Tangerine
2017 The Florida Project
2019 Colours
2019 Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
2021 Red Rocket
2024 Anora
Executive Producer:
2000 Four Letter Words
2001 Hi-Fi
2002 Stalker
2004 Take Out
2010 Prince of Broadway
2012 Starlet
2015 Tangerine
2017 The Florida Project
2019 Colours
2019 Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
2021 Red Rocket
2023 Love in the Time of Fentanyl
2024 Anora
2024 The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed
???? Modern Whore
Producer:
2000 Four Letter Words
2001 Hi-Fi
2002 Stalker
2004 Take Out
2010 Prince of Broadway
2012 Starlet
2015 Tangerine
2017 The Florida Project
2019 Colours
2019 Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
2021 Red Rocket
2023 Love in the Time of Fentanyl
2024 Anora
2024 The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed
???? Modern Whore
Screenplay:
2000 Four Letter Words
2001 Hi-Fi
2002 Stalker
2004 Take Out
2010 Prince of Broadway
2012 Starlet
2015 Tangerine
2017 The Florida Project
2019 Colours
2019 Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
2021 Red Rocket
2023 Love in the Time of Fentanyl
2024 Anora
2024 The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed
???? Left-Handed Girl
???? Modern Whore
Sound:
2000 Four Letter Words
2001 Hi-Fi
2002 Stalker
2004 Take Out
2010 Prince of Broadway
2012 Starlet
2015 Tangerine
2017 The Florida Project
2019 Colours
2019 Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
2021 Red Rocket
2023 Love in the Time of Fentanyl
2024 Anora
2024 The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed
???? Left-Handed Girl
???? Modern Whore
Sound Designer:
2000 Four Letter Words
2001 Hi-Fi
2002 Stalker
2004 Take Out
2010 Prince of Broadway
2012 Starlet
2015 Tangerine
2017 The Florida Project
2019 Colours
2019 Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
2021 Red Rocket
2023 Love in the Time of Fentanyl
2024 Anora
2024 The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed
???? Left-Handed Girl
???? Modern Whore
Writer:
2000 Four Letter Words
2001 Hi-Fi
2002 Stalker
2004 Take Out
2010 Prince of Broadway
2012 Starlet
2015 Tangerine
2017 The Florida Project
2019 Colours
2019 Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore
2021 Red Rocket
2023 Love in the Time of Fentanyl
2024 Anora
2024 The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed
???? Left-Handed Girl
???? Modern Whore
Creator:
2002 Greg the Bunny
Director:
2002 Greg the Bunny
2010 Warren The Ape
Director of Photography:
2002 Greg the Bunny
2010 Warren The Ape
Editor:
2002 Greg the Bunny
2010 Warren The Ape
Executive Producer:
2002 Greg the Bunny
2010 Warren The Ape
Post Production Supervisor:
2002 Greg the Bunny
2010 Warren The Ape
2022 Devil In Suburbia
Sound Designer:
2002 Greg the Bunny
2010 Warren The Ape
2022 Devil In Suburbia
Writer:
2002 Greg the Bunny
2010 Warren The Ape
2022 Devil In Suburbia
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