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Ira Sachs

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer / Writer | * 11/21/1965 (58) | Memphis, Tennessee (United States of America (USA))
Ira Sachs (born November 21, 1965) is an American filmmaker. Sachs started his career directing short films such as Vaudeville (1991) and Lady (1993) before making his feature film debut with The Delta (1997). Sachs later won acclaim for his dramatic independent films Forty Shades of Blue (2005), Keep the Lights On (2012), Love Is Strange (2014), Little Men (2016), and Passages (2023). ()
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Ira Sachs is a New York-based American filmmaker. He has directed many acclaimed independent films that have screened at festivals like Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, and Toronto. As a 2013 Guggenheim recipient, Sachs is also the founder and Executive Director of Queer/Art, a non-profit arts organization based in NYC that provides support for LGBTQ artists across disciplines and generations.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Tomas and Martin are a gay couple living in Paris whose marriage is thrown into crisis when Tomas impulsively begins a passionate affair with young schoolteacher Agathe. But when Martin begins an affa ...

Passages

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2023 | 3.3/5 | 1h 31min
Romance / Love, Drama
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Jake is a quiet, sensitive middle schooler with dreams of being an artist. He meets the affably brash Tony at his grandfather's funeral, and the unlikely pair soon hit it off. The budding friendship i ...

Little Men

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2016 | 3.3/5 | 1h 25min
Drama
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After 39 years together, Ben and George finally tie the knot, but George loses his job as a result, and the newlyweds must sell their New York apartment and live apart, relying on friends and family t ...

Love Is Strange

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2014 | 3.2/5 | 1h 38min
Drama
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Documentary filmmaker Erik and closeted lawyer Paul meet through a casual encounter, but they find a deeper connection and become a couple. Individually and together, they are risk takers — compulsi ...

Keep the Lights On

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2012 | 3.0/5 | 1h 41min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Ira Sachs

Grand Jury Prize Dramatic Guggenheim Fellowship Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Director Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay Independent Spirit Award for Best Director
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Movies with Ira Sachs as Actor(4)

as himself2020 Dick Johnson Is Dead
as himself2020 Film About a Father Who
as himself2020 Deauville et le rêve américain
as himself2014 How I Learned to Love the Numbers

Movies with Ira Sachs as Crew(32)

Directing/Director2023 Passages
Writing/Writer2023 Passages
Writing/Writer2023 Monty Clift
Directing/Director2023 The Second Wife
Camera/Director of Photography2020 Film About a Father Who
Directing/Director2019 Frankie
Writing/Screenplay2019 Frankie
Directing/Director2019 30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
Directing/Director2016 Little Men
Production/Producer2016 Little Men
Writing/Writer2016 Little Men
Directing/Director2014 Love Is Strange
Production/Producer2014 Love Is Strange
Writing/Writer2014 Love Is Strange
Directing/Director2012 Keep the Lights On
Production/Producer2012 Keep the Lights On
Writing/Writer2012 Keep the Lights On
Production/Executive Producer2012 In Search of Avery Willard
Production/Executive Producer2011 Woman's Picture
Directing/Director2010 Last Address
Directing/Director2007 Married Life
Production/Producer2007 Married Life
Writing/Screenplay2007 Married Life
Directing/Director2005 Forty Shades of Blue
Production/Producer2005 Forty Shades of Blue
Writing/Writer2005 Forty Shades of Blue
Directing/Director2002 Underground Zero
Directing/Director1997 The Delta
Writing/Writer1997 The Delta
Directing/Director1993 Lady
Directing/Director1992 Vaudeville
Writing/Writer1992 Vaudeville

Additional Information

Full Name: Ira Sachs
Born: Sunday, 11/21 1965 (November) in Memphis, Tennessee (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 58 years + 157 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Yale University
Ira Sachs frequently works together with these people:
Mauricio Zacharias (6x, Crew)
Lucas Joaquin (6x, Crew)
Affonso Gonçalves (6x, Crew)
Avy Kaufman (5x, Crew)
Oliver Sechting (5x, Crew)
Kirsten Johnson (5x, Crew)
Dickon Hinchliffe (4x, Crew)
Lynne Sachs (4x, Crew)
Jay Van Hoy (3x, Crew)
Sophie Mas (3x, Crew)
Cary Kehayan (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:610887, Added: 10/18/2018, Last updated: 03/29/2024