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Ira Sachs

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Ira Sachs

Born November 21, 1965 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA19 films

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).

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Little Men posterFirst watchLittle Men20166.4Jake 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.View film

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19 films as director
  1. 2027The Man I LoveDirector
  2. 2025Peter Hujar's DayDirector
  3. 2023PassagesDirector
  4. 201930/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand ReleasingDirector
  5. 2019Before I ForgetDirector
  6. 2019FrankieDirector
  7. 2016Little MenDirector
  8. 2014Love Is StrangeDirector
  9. 2012Keep the Lights OnDirector
  10. 2010Last AddressDirector
  11. 2008Married LifeDirector
  12. 2005Forty Shades of BlueDirector
  13. 2002Underground ZeroDirector
  14. 2002Get It While You CanDirector
  15. 2002UntitledDirector
  16. 200010/26/00Director
  17. 1997The DeltaDirector
  18. 1993LadyDirector
  19. 1992VaudevilleDirector