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Sean Baker, the writer/director of Anora, tells us about the connection between his new movie and an erotic lesbian vampire film from In the end, the year’s big winner was Anora, Sean Baker’s indie about the eponymous sex worker whose Cinderella story became a real-life Cinderella story at the Oscars, taking home a total of.

He suggested Vache [Tovmasyan]. Karren Karagulian, who plays Toros, in the film, and I have been trying to make this film for a long time. I have heard the story of how Mikey got cast, but I am very curious about the Armenian casting process.

He is Armenian-American, but married to a Russian-American. He is a director, writer, editor, and producer of independent narrative feature films which are most often about the lives of marginalized people, especially immigrants and sex workers.

Lana, his wife, actually plays his wife in the church scene! He knew a lot of stories from that world and that is how it came about. Latest Posts. Sean Baker (born February 26, ) is an American filmmaker. Why this location, and generally, when did the inception of this story begin?

Sean Baker Height Age : The film was made on a very low budget of $3, and told the story of an undocumented Chinese immigrant struggling to repay a smuggling debt in one day

HTN : Casting is also so essential to your films. Hammer To Nail : Location is always so essential to your films. Here the setting is Brighton Beach. I think that was the real inspiration to get back there. James Grey, Aronofsky, Walter Hill etc. SB: Karren has been in all of my films.

How did this work? He was precast. It was a fashion film I made over Covid that was an homage to The Warriors. I was trying to find other ways to shoot it. Few American filmmakers have shown as consistent a dedication to portraying marginalized communities with dignity and complexity as Sean Baker.

That is when we finally figured out the hook: young sex worker marries the son of a Russian Oligarch. I shot a short Khaite fashion film in Coney Island that sparked the desire to shoot in that area. That was automatic. Sean Baker: There have been other films set in Brighton Beach.

Anora is one of the best movies of the year, truly recommendable to all, and I implore everyone to seek it out in a theater NOW! It was so great to speak with Sean in the following conversation edited for length and clarity. We did not have the actual plot of Anora until after Red Rocket.