Sean Baker

Making of documentary surrounding the production of ‘Anora’

Alex Leyba, a passionate but struggling young filmmaker, finds himself homeless and trying to reconcile with old friends who are frustrated with his ego, excuses, and obsessions. They accuse him of using people, of seeing everyone as props for his “masterpiece.”

Looks at the glamour, red carpets, movies, craziness, stunts, deals, parties and personalities that have been part of the Cannes Film Festival over eight decades, as well as looking to the future.

In this new documentary, produced by the Criterion Collection in 2022, directors Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou and actors Charles Jang, Wang-Thye Lee, and Jeng-Hua Yu consider the making of the film and its importance in their lives since.

A feature-length documentary going behind-the-scenes on the making of the 2015 film Tangerine.

Joel Potrykus calls fellow indie filmmakers during the pandemic crisis to check in and see how they're holding up.

In 2009, Sean Baker sat down with the Godfather of Gore himself, Herschell Gordon Lewis, to discuss his legendary career as an exploitation pioneer and creator of the splatter movie. In 2019, the footage formed the basis for this documentary produced by the Criterion Channel.

An interesting featurette which has some good behind the scenes footage, including early location scouting, table reads and interactions with the often near out of control kids.

Documentary on "Prince of Broadway"

In this documentary, produced by Sean Baker in 2009, the directors and actors of Take Out discuss making the film.