Ira Sachs

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Ira Sachs

Directing 60 November 21, 1965

Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Ira Sachs (born November 21, 1965) is an American filmmaker. Sachs began his career directing short films, including Vaudeville (1991) and Lady (1993), before making his feature f…

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Love Is Strange

Love Is Strange

6.3 2014 Movie
Passages

Passages

6.3 2023 Movie
Married Life

Married Life

5.8 2008 Movie
Little Men

Little Men

6.4 2016 Movie
Dick Johnson Is Dead

Dick Johnson Is Dead

7.1 2020 Movie
Plainclothes

Plainclothes

7.4 2025 Movie
Keep the Lights On

Keep the Lights On

5.7 2012 Movie
Frankie

Frankie

4.8 2019 Movie
Peter Hujar's Day

Peter Hujar's Day

5.6 2025 Movie
The Delta

The Delta

5.2 1997 Movie
Forty Shades of Blue

Forty Shades of Blue

4.5 2005 Movie
Lady

Lady

5.8 1993 Movie

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Ira Sachs (born November 21, 1965) is an American filmmaker. Sachs began his career directing short films, including Vaudeville (1991) and Lady (1993), before making his feature film debut with The Delta (1997). Sachs later won acclaim for his dramatic independent films, including Forty Shades of Blue (2005), Keep the Lights On (2012), Love Is Strange (2014), Little Men (2016), and Passages (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ira Sachs, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2027
    The Man I Love

    Movie Director

  2. 2026
    Images: Making "Peter Hujar's Day"

    Movie Self

  3. 2025
    Peter Hujar's Day

    Movie Director

  4. 2025
    Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus

    Movie Self

  5. 2025
    Plainclothes

    Movie Thanks

  6. 2023
    Passages

    Movie Director

  7. 2020
    Deauville et le rêve américain

    Movie Self

  8. 2020
    Film About a Father Who

    Movie Self

  9. 2020
    Dick Johnson Is Dead

    Movie Self

  10. 2019
    30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing

    Movie Director

  11. 2019
    Before I Forget

    Movie Director

  12. 2019
    Frankie

    Movie Screenplay

  13. 2016
    Little Men

    Movie Director

  14. 2016
    Film Hawk

    Movie Self

  15. 2014
    How I Learned to Love the Numbers

    Movie Self

  16. 2014
    Love Is Strange

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 2012
    Keep the Lights On

    Movie Writer

  2. 2012
    In Search of Avery Willard

    Movie Executive Producer

  3. 2011
    Woman's Picture

    Movie Executive Producer

  4. 2010
    Last Address

    Movie Director

  5. 2008
    Married Life

    Movie Producer

  6. 2005
    Forty Shades of Blue

    Movie Director

  7. 2002
    Underground Zero

    Movie Director

  8. 2002
    Get It While You Can

    Movie Director

  9. 2002
    Untitled

    Movie Director

  10. 2000
    10/26/00

    Movie Director

  11. 1997
    The Delta

    Movie Director

  12. 1993
    Lady

    Movie Self (voice)

  13. 1992
    Vaudeville

    Movie Writer

  14. —
    Monty Clift

    Movie Writer