Directing
Ira Sachs
Born 1965-11-21
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Department: Directing
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.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Ira Sachs
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Love Is Strange
2014
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Passages
2023
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Married Life
2008
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Little Men
2016
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Dick Johnson Is Dead
2020
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Plainclothes
2025
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Keep the Lights On
2012
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Frankie
2019
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The Delta
1997
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Peter Hujar's Day
2025
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (48 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Man I Love | Director | Movie | 2027 |
| The Man I Love | Writer | Movie | 2027 |
| Images: Making "Peter Hujar's Day" | Self | Movie | 2026 | |
 | Peter Hujar's Day | Director | Movie | 2025 |
| Peter Hujar's Day | Screenplay | Movie | 2025 |
 | Velvet Vision: The Story of James Bidgood and the Making of Pink Narcissus | Self | Movie | 2025 |
 | Plainclothes | Thanks | Movie | 2025 |
 | Passages | Director | Movie | 2023 |
| Passages | Writer | Movie | 2023 |
 | Deauville et le rêve américain | Self | Movie | 2020 |
 | Film About a Father Who | Self | Movie | 2020 |
| Film About a Father Who | Director of Photography | Movie | 2020 |
 | Dick Johnson Is Dead | Self | Movie | 2020 |
 | 30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing | Director | Movie | 2019 |
 | Before I Forget | Director | Movie | 2019 |
 | Frankie | Screenplay | Movie | 2019 |
| Frankie | Director | Movie | 2019 |
 | Little Men | Director | Movie | 2016 |
| Little Men | Writer | Movie | 2016 |
| Little Men | Producer | Movie | 2016 |
| Film Hawk | Self | Movie | 2016 | |
 | How I Learned to Love the Numbers | Self | Movie | 2014 |
 | Love Is Strange | Director | Movie | 2014 |
| Love Is Strange | Writer | Movie | 2014 |
| Love Is Strange | Producer | Movie | 2014 |
 | Keep the Lights On | Writer | Movie | 2012 |
| Keep the Lights On | Director | Movie | 2012 |
| Keep the Lights On | Producer | Movie | 2012 |
 | In Search of Avery Willard | Executive Producer | Movie | 2012 |
 | Woman's Picture | Executive Producer | Movie | 2011 |
 | Last Address | Director | Movie | 2010 |
 | Married Life | Producer | Movie | 2008 |
| Married Life | Director | Movie | 2008 |
| Married Life | Screenplay | Movie | 2008 |
 | Forty Shades of Blue | Director | Movie | 2005 |
| Forty Shades of Blue | Writer | Movie | 2005 |
| Forty Shades of Blue | Producer | Movie | 2005 |
 | Underground Zero | Director | Movie | 2002 |
 | Get It While You Can | Director | Movie | 2002 |
 | Untitled | Director | Movie | 2002 |
 | 10/26/00 | Director | Movie | 2000 |
 | The Delta | Director | Movie | 1997 |
| The Delta | Writer | Movie | 1997 |
 | Lady | Self (voice) | Movie | 1993 |
| Lady | Director | Movie | 1993 |
 | Vaudeville | Writer | Movie | 1992 |
| Vaudeville | Director | Movie | 1992 |
| Monty Clift | Writer | Movie | — |