Ira Sachs

Directing

Born: 1965-11-21
From: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.2

Biography

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.

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Awards & Nominations2 won · 3 nominated

🏆 Won

Guggenheim Fellowship

2013
Nominated

Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay

Keep the Lights On

2013
Nominated

Independent Spirit Award for Best Director

Keep the Lights On

2013
🏆 Won

Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award

Forty Shades of Blue

2005
Nominated

Open Palm Award

The Delta

1997

Acting6 titles

Directing19 titles

Writing11 titles

Production7 titles

Camera1 title

Crew1 title