Sean Baker
American director
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| April 2025 | Baker planned to begin location scouting for his next film about a sex worker, though no official details were provided. |
| 2025 | Baker served as a producer and editor on Left-Handed Girl, directed by Shih-Ching Tsou, which is set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in the Critics' Week section. |
| February 22 2025 | Nominated for Best Feature and Best Director at the Independent Spirit Awards for Anora |
| February 15 2025 | Won Best Original Screenplay at Writers Guild of America Awards |
| February 8 2025 | Won Outstanding Director - Feature Film at Directors Guild of America Awards |
| February 8 2025 | Won Outstanding Director – Feature Film at Directors Guild of America Awards and Best Theatrical Motion Picture at Producers Guild of America Awards |
| January 8 2025 | Won Best Screenplay at the New York Film Critics Circle for 'Anora'. |
| January 2025 | Baker was nominated for and won four Academy Awards for Anora: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Editing. He matched Walt Disney's record for most Oscars won by a single person in one night and became the first person to win four Oscars for a single film. |
| January 5 2025 | Nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay at the Golden Globe Awards |
| January 2 2025 | Won Best Original Screenplay at Capri Hollywood International Film Festival |
| January 2 2025 | Baker won the Best Original Screenplay award at the Capri Hollywood International Film Festival for his upcoming work. |
| 2024 | Sean Baker is set to direct, write, produce, and edit the film 'Anora' |
| 2024 | Receives nominations for four Academy Awards, two Golden Globes, and five BAFTA Awards for Anora, marking a pinnacle of critical acclaim. |
| 2024 | At the Cannes Film Festival, Baker spoke about intimacy coordinators during the premiere of Anora. |
| 2024 | Sean Baker received two Golden Globe nominations for Best Director and Best Screenplay for 'Anora'. |
| December 8 2024 | Named Runner-up for Best Director and Best Screenplay at Los Angeles Film Critics Association for Anora |
| November 2 2024 | Sean Baker won the Silver Scream Award at the Imagine Film Festival. |
| May 2024 | At a press conference during the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, Sean Baker expressed his belief that sex work should be decriminalized and not regulated, advocating for the autonomy of sex workers over their bodies and livelihoods. |
| May 25 2024 | Baker won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for his film 'Anora'. |
| January 8 2024 | Sean Baker won the Best Screenplay award from the New York Film Critics Circle for his upcoming film 'Anora'. |
| 2023 | Sean Baker took on the role of executive producer for the film 'The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed'. |
| October 2023 | Baker's next feature film Anora was officially announced after distribution rights were acquired by FilmNation. |
| July 2023 | Baker expressed a career goal of working with erotic film actress Laura Gemser, wanting to bring her back into the limelight and potentially cast her as a lead in one of his films. |
| 2022 | Directed a Taco Bell commercial. |
| 2022 | Sean Baker served as the executive producer for the film 'Love in the Time of Fentanyl'. |
| May 2022 | Love in the Time of Fentanyl documentary premiered at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival. |
| 2021 | Sean Baker directed the fashion film 'Khaite FW21'. |
| 2021 | Sean Baker directed 'Red Rocket'. |
| 2021 | Red Rocket, Baker's seventh feature film, received a standing ovation at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. |
| December 10 2021 | Red Rocket was released in the US by A24. |
| December 6 2021 | Nominated for Best Director by the Detroit Film Critics Society for Red Rocket |
| May 2021 | Baker's documentary Love in the Time of Fentanyl premiered at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival. |
| 2020 | Baker's ambitious film project about drug activism was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which required large street protest scenes that could not be filmed during the pandemic. |
| August 2020 | Baker was reportedly preparing a potential television series spinoff of his 2015 film Tangerine, inspired by a desire to help advance the career of trans actress Mya Taylor. |
| August 2020 | Actress Bella Thorne announced Baker would direct a documentary about her OnlyFans experience, which Baker quickly denied. |
| October 2018 | Sean Baker served as the head of the film jury at the Mumbai International Film Festival. |
| August 2018 | Baker considered shooting a project about drug activism, planned to be written with co-collaborator Chris Bergoch, potentially set outside the U.S. as a commentary on American issues. |
| June 2018 | Invited to be a member of the directors and writers branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. |
| June 2018 | Sean Baker was invited to be a member of the directors and writers branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. |
| June 16 2018 | Sean Baker was awarded the Filmmaker on the Edge Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival for his film 'Life's Work'. |
| March 3 2018 | Nominated for Best Director at the Independent Spirit Awards for the film 'The Florida Project'. |
| March 3 2018 | Nominated for Best Feature at Independent Spirit Awards for 'The Florida Project' |
| March 3 2018 | Baker was nominated for Best Director at the Independent Spirit Awards for his film 'The Florida Project'. |
| February 11 2018 | Nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay at Satellite Awards for The Florida Project |
| January 28 2018 | Won Director of the Year at London Film Critics' Circle |
| January 28 2018 | Baker won the Director of the Year award from the London Film Critics' Circle. |
| 2017 | Directed The Florida Project, further establishing his reputation for telling stories of marginalized communities. |
| 2017 | Premiered 'The Florida Project' in the Directors' Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival, a film about a 6-year-old girl and her mother living in a motel in Greater Orlando. |
| December 12 2017 | Won Best Editing for 'The Florida Project' at the Chicago Film Critics Association |
| December 7 2017 | Sean Baker won the Director of the Year award from the Detroit Film Critics Society. |
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