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), the last of which won him the Palme d'Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, as well as Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing. He is also known for creating the Fox/IFC puppet sitcom Greg the Bunny (2002–2006) and its spin-offs.

Filmography

• 2026I Want Your Sex — Thanks
• 2026Sandiwara — Director, Writer, Editor
• 2026Together Forever — Thanks
• 2025Left-Handed Girl — Editor, Producer, Screenplay
• 2025Modern Whore — Executive Producer
• 2024Anora — Producer, Director, Writer, Editor, Casting
• 2024The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed — Executive Producer
• 2024The Last Showgirl — Thanks
• 2023Love in the Time of Fentanyl — Executive Producer
• Devil In Suburbia — Post Production Supervisor
• 2021Red Rocket — Casting, Editor, Sound Designer, Driver, Director, Writer, Producer
• 2020Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes
• 2019Colours — Executive Producer, Assistant Director
• 2019Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore — Self, Director, Producer, Camera Operator, Sound
• 2017The Florida Project — Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
• 2015Tangerine — Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Casting, Producer, Camera Operator, Casting Director
• 2012Starlet — Director, Writer, Editor, Camera Operator, Producer
• 2010Prince of Broadway — Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
• Warren the Ape — Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2008Take Out — Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Sound
• Greg the Bunny — Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Writer, Sound Designer, Creator
• 2002Stalker — Editor
• 2000Four Letter Words — Director, Writer, Editor
• 2000Hi-Fi — Director, Writer
• Ti Amo! — Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Casting

Appearances as themselves (12)

• 2025Anora: Stripped Down — Self
• 2023Cannes Uncut — Self
• Têtàtête(s) — Self - Guest
• 2022Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine — Self
• 2022Reflecting on “Take Out” — Self
• Directors on Directors — Self
• 2018Under the Rainbow: Making The Florida Project — Self
• Marcians — Self
• 2011Meet the Hustlers — Self
• 2009The Making of Take Out — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee