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Ira Sachs

Directing

Born November 21, 1965 · Memphis, Tennessee, USA

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Biography

Ira Sachs 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 (1996). 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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Awards & recognition

  • Guggenheim Fellowship · 2013
  • Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award · 2005
  • Independent Spirit Award — Best Screenplay · 2013 · nominated
  • Independent Spirit Award — Best Director · 2013 · nominated
  • Open Palm Award · 1997 · nominated

Filmography13 titles

Plainclothes

2025Thanks

Dick Johnson Is Dead

2020as Self

Little Men

2016Director, Producer, Writer

Passages

2023Director, Writer

Love Is Strange

2014Director, Producer, Writer

Film About a Father Who

2020as Self

Married Life

2007Director, Producer, Screenplay

Keep the Lights On

2012Director, Producer, Writer

Peter Hujar's Day

2025Director, Screenplay

The Delta

1996Director, Writer

Frankie

2019Director, Screenplay

Forty Shades of Blue

2005Director, Producer, Writer

Film Hawk

2016as Self