Sean Baker Biography

Awards

• 2004Grand Prix-: nominated
• 2004Golden Maile Award-Narrative Feature: nominated
• 2004Dreammaker Award-Narrative Competition: winner
• 2004Dreammaker Award-Best Film: winner
• 2008Audience Award-: winner
• 2008Golden Leopard - Filmmakers of the Present-: nominated
• 2008Special Mention - Filmmakers of the Present-: winner
• 2008Filmmaker Award-Best Narrative Feature: winner
• 2008Golden Star-: nominated
• 2008Special Jury Prize-Feature Film: winner
• 2008Prize of the City of Torino-Best Feature Film: nominated
• 2008Jury Prize-Best Feature Film: winner
• 2009BIFF Award-Best New Filmmaker - Narrative Competition: winner
• 2009Politiken's Audience Award-: nominated
• 2009Best American Independent Feature Film-: winner
• 2009John Cassavetes Award-: nominated
• 2009John Cassavetes Award-: nominated
• 2009Grand Jury Award-Best Narrative Feature Film: winner
• 2009Best Feature-Narrative Competition: winner
• 2009Jury Award-Best Director: winner
• 2009First Prize-Audience Choice Award: winner
• 2012Junior Jury Award-International Competition: winner
• 2012Golden Leopard-: nominated
• 2012Best Film-International Competition: nominated
• 2012German Independence Award - Audience Award-: nominated
• 2012Fipresci Award-: winner
• 2012SXSW Competition Award-Grand Jury - Best Narrative Feature: nominated
• 2013John Cassavetes Award-: nominated
• 2013Robert Altman Award-: winner
• 2013Audience Award-Best Film: winner
• 2015Best Film-Official Competition: nominated
• 2015Audience Award-: winner
• 2015Adolph Zukor Prize-: winner
• 2015Grand Prix International-Best Feature Film: winner
• 2015Grand Special Prize-: nominated
• 2015Jury Prize-: winner
• 2015DFCS Award-Breakthrough Artist: nominated
• 2015DFCC-Best Director: nominated
• 2015Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Feature: nominated
• 2015Audience Award-: winner
• 2015Independent Camera-: winner
• 2015Prix Nouvelles Vagues Acuitis-: winner
• 2015Best Film-International Competition: nominated
• 2015ADF Cinematography Award-: winner
• 2015Sunny Bunny Prize-Best LGBTQ Film: nominated
• 2015German Independence Award - Audience Award-: nominated
• 2015Directors to Watch-: winner
• 2015Felix Award: Prêmio Félix-Best Fiction Film: winner
• 2015SDFCS Award-Breakthrough Artist: nominated
• 2015SFFCC Award-Best Screenplay, Original: nominated
• 2015Audience Award-Best of Next!: nominated
• 2015Sydney Film Prize-Best Film: nominated
• 2015Stanley Kubrick Award-: winner
• 2016Tops-: nominated
• 2016Tops-: nominated
• 2016Black Reel-Outstanding Independent Feature: winner
• 2016COFCA Award-Breakthrough Film Artist: nominated
• 2016Chlotrudis Award-Best Cinematography: winner
• 2016Heterodox Award-: nominated
• 2016Dorian Award-Director of the Year: nominated
• 2016Independent Spirit Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2016Independent Spirit Award-Best Feature: nominated
• 2016ICS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2016Audience Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2017Special Jury Award-Special Jury Award: winner
• 2017Honorable Mentions (The Next Ten Best Picture Contenders)-Honorable Mentions: winner
• 2017C.I.C.A.E. Award-: nominated
• 2017CFCA Award-Best Editing: nominated
• 2017Trailblazer Award-: nominated
• 2017DFCS Award-Best Director: winner
• 2017DFCC-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2017DFCC-Best Director: nominated
• 2017Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Feature: nominated
• 2017Audience Award-: nominated
• 2017Art Cinema Award-Best Feature: nominated
• 2017Critics Award-: winner
• 2017Truly Moving Picture Award-: winner
• 2017ICP Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2017NYFCC Award-Best Director: winner
• 2017NTFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2017PCC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2017SFFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2017Audience Award-City of Donostia Audience Award: nominated
• 2017SFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2017The Best Film-The 50 best films of 2017 in the UK: nominated
• 2017VVFP Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2018Amanda-Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm): nominated
• 2018Gemas Award-Best Film (Mejor Película): nominated
• 2018Heterodox Award-: winner
• 2018Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year: nominated
• 2018COFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2018Dorian Award-Director of the Year: nominated
• 2018Independent Spirit Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2018Independent Spirit Award-Best Feature: nominated
• 2018Gold Derby Film Award-Motion Picture: nominated
• 2018INOCA-Best Director: nominated
• 2018Audience Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2018ALFS Award-Director of the Year: winner
• 2018NCFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2018NCFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2018OFTA Film Award-Best Picture: nominated
• 2018Satellite Award-Best Screenplay, Original: nominated
• 2018Satellite Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2019Silver Condor-Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera): nominated
• 2019Bodil-Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film): winner
• 2019CinEuphoria-Best Director - International Competition: winner
• 2019CinEuphoria-Best Film - International Competition: nominated
• 2019CinEuphoria-Top Ten of the Year - International Competition: winner
• 2019Robert-Best English Language Film (Årets engelsksprogede film): nominated
• 2019Días de Cine Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
• 2021Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 2021CFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2021Emeric Pressburger Prize-Best Feature Film: nominated
• 2021Critics Award-: winner
• 2021Jury Prize-: winner
• 2021Grand Special Prize-: nominated
• 2021DFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2021Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2021IFJA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2021Critics' Choice Award-: winner
• 2021Best Film Award-: nominated
• 2022CinEuphoria-Best Screenplay - International Competition: nominated
• 2022Dublin Film Critics Award-Best Editor: winner
• 2023Bodil-Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film): nominated
• 2023CACF Award-Hall of Fame: winner
• 2024Astra Award-Best Editing: nominated
• 2024Astra Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2024Astra Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2024AFCC Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2024BOFCA Award-Best Screenplay: winner
• 2024BSFC Award-Best Director: winner
• 2024BSFC Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2024British Independent Film Award-Best International Independent Film, Sponsored by Champagne Taittinger: winner
• 2024Palme d'Or-: winner
• 2024Capri Original Screenplay Award-: winner
• 2024CFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2024CFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2024CFCA Award-Best Editing: nominated
• 2024Emeric Pressburger Prize-Best Feature Film: nominated
• 2024DFWFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2024DFWFCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2024DFCC-Best Director: nominated
• 2024DFCC-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2024Film Comment's Year-End Critics' Poll-Best Film: nominated
• 2024FFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2024FFCC Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2024Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2024Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Feature: nominated
• 2024GWNYFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2024GWNYFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2024Silver Scream-Audience Award: winner
• 2024IFJA Award-Best Editing: nominated
• 2024ICP Award-Best Screenplay: winner
• 2024ICP Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2024IFC Award-Best Director: winner
• 2024Sierra Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2024LAFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2024LAFCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2024MMCG Award-Best Screenplay (Adapted or Original): winner
• 2024MMCG Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2024NMFC Award-Best Director: winner
• 2024NYFCC Award-Best Screenplay: winner
• 2024NYFCO Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2024NYFCO Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2024NTFCA Award-Best Screenplay: winner
• 2024NTFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2024OAFFC Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2024OAFFC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2024PFCC Award-Best Director: winner
• 2024PFCC Award-Best Script: winner
• 2024PCC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2024PCC Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2024PFCS Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2024SDFCS Award-Best Editing: nominated
• 2024SDFCS Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2024SFBAFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2024SFBAFCC Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2024SFBAFCC Award-Best Film Editing: winner
• 2024SFCS Award-Best Director: winner
• 2024SFCS Award-Best Picture: nominated
• 2024SFCS Award-Best Ensemble: winner
• 2024SFCS Award-Best Editing: nominated
• 2024SFCS Award-Best Screenplay: winner
• 2024SEFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2024SEFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2024SLFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2024TFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2024TFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2024People's Choice Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2024VHS Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2024VHS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2024VHS Award-Best Editing: winner
• 2024WAFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2024WAFCA Award-Best Editing: winner
• 2024WAFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2024WAFCA Award-Best Acting Ensemble: nominated
• 2025AACTA International Award-Best Screenplay in Film: nominated
• 2025Oscar-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2025Oscar-Best Achievement in Directing: winner
• 2025Oscar-Best Achievement in Film Editing: winner
• 2025Oscar-Best Motion Picture of the Year: winner
• 2025EDA Award-Best Ensemble Cast: nominated
• 2025EDA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2025EDA Award-Best Film Editing: nominated
• 2025EDA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025Eddie-Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy, Theatrical: nominated
• 2025AFCA Award-Best Film Editing: nominated
• 2025AFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2025AFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2025BAFTA Film Award-Best Casting: winner
• 2025BAFTA Film Award-Best Editing: nominated
• 2025BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay (Original): nominated
• 2025BAFTA Film Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025BAFTA Film Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2025Bodil-Best English Language Film (Bedste engelsksprogede film): nominated
• 2025BOFA-Best Director: nominated
• 2025BOFA-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2025BOFA-Best Editing: nominated
• 2025Windie-Best Independent Film: nominated
• 2025Windie-Best Director: nominated
• 2025Windie-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2025CEC Award-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): nominated
• 2025COFCA Award-Best Film Editing: nominated
• 2025COFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2025CACF Award-Best Screenplay: winner
• 2025Critics Choice Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2025Critics Choice Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025Critics Choice Award-Best Editing: nominated
• 2025César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): nominated
• 2025Robert-Best English Language Film (Årets engelsksprogede film): nominated
• 2025David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): winner
• 2025DFCS Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2025DFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film: winner
• 2025DFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2025DFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025DFCA Award-Best Film Editing: nominated
• 2025Dorian Award-Screenplay of the Year: nominated
• 2025Independent Spirit Award-Best Director: winner
• 2025Independent Spirit Award-Best Feature: winner
• 2025Fotogramas de Plata-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
• 2025GAFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025GAFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2025Girls on Film Award-Girls on Film Ally Award sponsored by IMDb: nominated
• 2025Gold Derby Film Award-Film Editing: nominated
• 2025Gold Derby Film Award-Director: nominated
• 2025Gold Derby Film Award-Motion Picture: nominated
• 2025Gold Derby Film Award-Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2025Golden Globe-Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: nominated
• 2025Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
• 2025Golden Horse Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2025Golden Horse Award-Best Film Editing: nominated
• 2025Golden Schmoes-Best Screenplay of the Year: nominated
• 2025Golden Schmoes-Best Director of the Year: nominated
• 2025HFCS Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2025Hochi Film Award-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
• 2025HFCS Award-Best Screenplay: winner
• 2025HFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025ICFCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2025ICS Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2025Audience Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2025KCFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025KCFCC Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2025LEJA Award-Best Ensemble Casting: nominated
• 2025LEJA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025LEJA Award-Best Picture: nominated
• 2025LEJA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2025LEJA Award-Best Editing: nominated
• 2025ALFS Award-Director of the Year: nominated
• 2025ALFS Award-Screenwriter of the Year: nominated
• 2025MNFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2025MNFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025MCFCA Award-Best Editing: nominated
• 2025MCFCA Award-Best Screenplay: winner
• 2025NSFC Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2025NSFC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025NMFC Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2025Nikkan Sports Film Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
• 2025NCFCA Award-Best Editing: nominated
• 2025NCFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2025NDFS Award-Best Picture: winner
• 2025NDFS Award-Best Director: winner
• 2025NDFS Award-Best Editing: nominated
• 2025NDFS Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2025OFCC Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2025OFTA Film Award-Best Casting: nominated
• 2025OFTA Film Award-Best Film Editing: nominated
• 2025OFTA Film Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2025OFTA Film Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025OFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025OFCS Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2025OFCS Award-Best Editing: nominated
• 2025Darryl F. Zanuck Award-Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: winner
• 2025PFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2025Critically Acclaimed Film-: nominated
• 2025PCA Award-Best Film Editing: nominated
• 2025PCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2025Rosa de Sant Jordi Audience Award-Best Foreign Film (Millor pel·lícula estrangera): nominated
• 2025Satellite Award-Best Screenplay, Original: nominated
• 2025Satellite Award-Best Film Editing: nominated
• 2025Satellite Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025Pinoy Rebyu Award-Best International Film: nominated
• 2025UFCA Award-Best Achievement in Directing: nominated
• 2025VFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2025VFCC Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2025WGA Award (Screen)-Original Screenplay: winner
• 2026Blue Ribbon Award-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated