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Sean Baker

American film director

4.16body-of-work score · ranked #265 of 2631 directors · 5 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
February 26, 1971 · Summit
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, screenwriter, film producer, film editor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Sean Baker
Frank Sun · CC BY-SA 4.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    AnoraMust-See #144

    2024 · United States · comedy, drama

    Palme d'Or winner 2024 · Oscar Best Picture winner 2024 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2025 #2

    3.085 citations
  2. 2
    The Florida Project

    2017 · United States · drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2017 #13 · Rolling Stone 100 Best of the 21st Century #63

    0.512 citations
  3. 3
    Tangerine

    2015 · United States · comedy, drama

    Film Comment year-end poll 2015 #17

    0.241 citation
  4. 4
    Take Out

    2004 · United States · drama

    Criterion Collection spine #1149

    0.161 citation
  5. 5
    Prince of Broadway

    2008 · United States · drama

    Criterion Collection spine #1258

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

All 8 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.