Ira Sachs

Ira Sachs

Birthdate
November 21, 1965 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Known For
Directing

Details

Birthdate
November 21, 1965 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Known For
Directing

Biography

Ira Sachs is a New York-based American filmmaker. He has directed many acclaimed independent films that have screened at festivals like Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, and Toronto. As a 2013 Guggenheim recipient, Sachs is also the founder and Executive Director of Queer/Art, a non-profit arts organization based in NYC that provides support for LGBTQ artists across disciplines and generations.

Ira Sachs's LGBTQ+ Titles

Keep the Lights On
Keep the Lights On
Director
Love Is Strange
Love Is Strange
Director

Acting (6)

2020
Deauville et le rêve américain as Self
2020
Film About a Father Who as Self
2020
Dick Johnson Is Dead as Self
2016
Film Hawk as Self
2014
How I Learned to Love the Numbers as Self
1993
Lady as Self (voice)

Directing (19)

The Second Wife • Director
• Director
Peter Hujar’s Day • Director
• Director
2023
Passages • Director
• Director
2019
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing • Director
• Director
2019
Before I Forget • Director
• Director
2019
Frankie • Director
• Director
2016
Little Men • Director
• Director
2014
Love Is Strange • Director
• Director
2012
Keep the Lights On • Director
• Director
2010
Last Address • Director
• Director
2008
Married Life • Director
• Director
2005
Forty Shades of Blue • Director
• Director
2002
Underground Zero • Director
• Director
2002
Get It While You Can • Director
• Director
2002
Untitled • Director
• Director
2000
10/26/00 • Director
• Director
1997
The Delta • Director
• Director
1993
Lady • Director
• Director
1992
Vaudeville • Director
• Director

Production (7)

2016
Little Men • Producer
• Producer
2014
Love Is Strange • Producer
• Producer
2012
Keep the Lights On • Producer
• Producer
2012
In Search of Avery Willard • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2011
Woman's Picture • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2008
Married Life • Producer
• Producer
2005
Forty Shades of Blue • Producer
• Producer

Writing (11)

Monty Clift • Writer
• Writer
Peter Hujar’s Day • Screenplay
• Screenplay
2023
Passages • Writer
• Writer
2019
Frankie • Screenplay
• Screenplay
2016
Little Men • Writer
• Writer
2014
Love Is Strange • Writer
• Writer
2012
• Writer
2008
Married Life • Screenplay
• Screenplay
2005
Forty Shades of Blue • Writer
• Writer
1997
The Delta • Writer
• Writer
1992
Vaudeville • Writer
• Writer

Camera (1)

2020
Film About a Father Who • Director of Photography
• Director of Photography