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.
Sundance Film Festival
U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award
Known For
Passages
(2023)
Director
Little Men
(2016)
Director
Married Life
(2007)
Director
Love Is Strange
(2014)
Director
Frankie
(2019)
Director
Keep the Lights On
(2012)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Vaudeville
(1992)
Director
Lady
(1993)
Director
The Delta
(1997)
Director
10/26/00
(2000)
Director
Underground Zero
(2002)
Director
Untitled
(2002)
Director
Get It While You Can
(2002)
Director
Forty Shades of Blue
(2005)
Director
Married Life
(2007)
Director
Last Address
(2010)
Director
Keep the Lights On
(2012)
Director
Love Is Strange
(2014)
Director
Little Men
(2016)
Director
Frankie
(2019)
Director
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
(2019)
Director
Before I Forget
(2019)
Director
Passages
(2023)
Director
Acting
How I Learned to Love the Numbers
(2014)
Self
Film Hawk
(2016)
Self
Deauville et le rêve américain
(2020)
Self
Film About a Father Who
(2020)
Self
Dick Johnson Is Dead
(2020)
Self
Writing
Vaudeville
(1992)
Writer
The Delta
(1997)
Writer
Forty Shades of Blue
(2005)
Writer
Married Life
(2007)
Screenplay
Keep the Lights On
(2012)
Writer
Love Is Strange
(2014)
Writer
Little Men
(2016)
Writer
Frankie
(2019)
Screenplay
Passages
(2023)
Writer
Production
Forty Shades of Blue
(2005)
Producer
Married Life
(2007)
Producer
Woman's Picture
(2011)
Executive Producer
Keep the Lights On
(2012)
Producer
In Search of Avery Willard
(2012)
Executive Producer
Love Is Strange
(2014)
Producer
Little Men
(2016)
Producer
Camera