Ira Sachs

8 wins & 32 nominations. See more awards »

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Keep the Lights On Director

(2012)

Love Is Strange Director

(2014)

Little Men Director

(2016)

Forty Shades of Blue Director

(2005)

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Director (14 credits)

Christodora (TV Mini-Series) (announced)

2019 30/30 Vision: 3 Decades of Strand Releasing

2019/I Frankie

2016 Little Men

2014 Love Is Strange

2012 Keep the Lights On

2010 Last Address (Documentary short)

2007 Married Life

2005 Forty Shades of Blue

2002 Underground Zero (Documentary) (segment "Untitled")

1996 Boy-Girl, Boy-Girl

1996 The Delta

1993 Lady (Short)

1991 Vaudeville

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Writer (9 credits)

Christodora (TV Mini-Series) (writer) (announced)

2019/I Frankie (screenplay)

2016 Little Men (written by)

2014 Love Is Strange (written by)

2012 Keep the Lights On (written by)

2007 Married Life (screenplay)

2005 Forty Shades of Blue (written by)

1996 The Delta

1991 Vaudeville (co-writer)

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Producer (7 credits)

2016 Little Men (producer)

2014 Love Is Strange (producer)

2012 In Search of Avery Willard (Documentary short) (executive producer)

2012 Keep the Lights On (producer)

2011 Woman's Picture (executive producer)

2007 Married Life (producer)

2005 Forty Shades of Blue (producer)

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Additional Crew (2 credits)

2005 Away (A)wake (additional funding)

1989 Longtime Companion (assistant to director)

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Cinematographer (1 credit)

2020 Film About a Father Who (Documentary)

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Thanks (47 credits)

2020 Minyan (very special thanks)

2019 Tu me manques (special thanks)

2019 Port Authority (special thanks)

2019/I Share (special thanks)

2018 Duck Butter (thanks)

2018 Monsters and Men (special thanks)

2017 The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (Documentary) (thanks)

2017 Easy Living (special thanks)

2017 Discreet (special thanks)

2017/I The Dinner (special thanks)

2016 Elvis & Nixon (special thanks)

2016 Cameraperson (Documentary) (very special thanks)

2015 Desire Will Set You Free (special thanks)

2015 The Royal Road (Documentary) (thanks)

2014 Time Out of Mind (special thanks)

2014 Dirty Boots (Short) (special thanks)

2014 Futuro Beach (special thanks)

2014 Appropriate Behavior (special thanks)

2013 Surviving Cliffside (Documentary) (thanks)

2013 Hateship Loveship (special thanks)

2013 Night Moves (thanks)

2013 The Happy Sad (special thanks)

2013 Computer Chess (special thanks)

2013 Interior. Leather Bar. (thanks)

2012/IV Jackpot (Short) (special thanks)

2012 Long Days (Short) (special thanks)

2012 I Want Your Love (thanks)

2012 Beasts of the Southern Wild (special thanks)

2011 Vito (Documentary) (special thanks)

2011 Rampart (special thanks)

2011 About Sunny (director wishes to thank)

2011/I I Remember (Short) (special thanks)

2011 Avé (thanks)

2011 Martha Marcy May Marlene (thanks)

2010/I Away (Short) (special thanks)

2010 My New Song Is Coming Along Great (Documentary short) (special thanks)

2010 Rio Sex Comedy (special thanks)

2010 The Slope (TV Series short) (very special thanks - 2 episodes)

- Pretty People (2010) ... (very special thanks)

- Miserable Animals (2010) ... (very special thanks)

2009/I The Messenger (special thanks)

2008 Uncertainty (the filmmakers wish to thank)

2008 Wendy and Lucy (special thanks)

2006 Old Joy (special thanks)

2005 I Am a Sex Addict (thank you)

2004 Mondovino (Documentary) (special thanks)

2003 Abby Singer (special thanks)

2002 Laurel Canyon (special thanks)

1999 Afraid of Everything (thanks)

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Self (11 credits)

2020 Deauville et le rêve américain (Documentary)
Self

2020 Dick Johnson Is Dead (Documentary)
Self

2020 Film About a Father Who (Documentary)

2018 Criterion Collection: Under the influence (TV Series documentary)
Self

2017 Film Hawk (Documentary)
Self

2014-2016 Cinema 3 (TV Series)
Self - Interviewee

- Episode dated 22 October 2016 (2016) ... Self - Interviewee

- Episode dated 6 November 2014 (2014) ... Self - Interviewee

2016 Días de cine (TV Series)
Self - Interviewee

- Episode dated 20 October 2016 (2016) ... Self - Interviewee

- Episode dated 22 September 2016 (2016) ... Self - Interviewee

2016 Indie Cinema New York: ICNY (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Ira Sachs (2016) ... Self - Guest

2014 Wie ich lernte, die Zahlen zu lieben (Documentary)
Self

2014 Today (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Episode dated 18 August 2014 (2014) ... Self - Guest

2013 The 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards (TV Special)
Self - Nominee

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[press conference for Frankie (2019) at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival] I'm 53, and for whatever reasons, until I was in my late forties, I wasn't that close to death and in the last five years I have been in a way that was very surprising, very difficult, but also what I noticed - and I was with three different women at different ages in times at which they were facing the end of their life - I ... See more »

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His father is Ira Sachs Jr. who fathered nine children by six women. He hid two of them from his mother who threatened to cut him out of his will if he had any more children. See more »

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