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Ira Sachs

1965 - Today

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Ira Sachs (born November 21, 1965) is an American filmmaker. Sachs started his career directing short films such as Vaudeville (1991) and Lady (1993) before making his feature film debut with The Delta (1997). Sachs later won acclaim for his dramatic independent films Forty Shades of Blue (2005), Keep the Lights On (2012), Love Is Strange (2014), Little Men (2016), and Passages (2023). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Ira Sachs is the 1,875th most popular film director (down from 1,666th in 2024), the 15,130th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,532nd in 2019) and the 550th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ira Sachs ranks 1,875 out of 2,041Before him are Billy Ray, Stephen Gaghan, Carla Simón, Farah Khan, Tommy Wirkola, and Lukas Dhont. After him are Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Jake Kasdan, Samuel Bayer, Thomas Langmann, Paul Weitz, and Philippe de Chauveron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Ira Sachs ranks 812Before him are Mike Henry, Alexander Zhuravlyov, Dmitri Kuznetsov, Farah Khan, András Sike, and Jon Inge Kjørum. After him are Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Agneta Eriksson, J. B. Smoove, Andrey Shuvalov, Samuel Bayer, and Paul Weitz.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Ira Sachs ranks 550Before him are Kelly Asbury (1960), Drew Goddard (1975), J. C. Chandor (1973), Dean Devlin (1962), Billy Ray (2000), and Stephen Gaghan (1965). After him are Jake Kasdan (1974), Samuel Bayer (1965), Paul Weitz (1965), Gary Winick (1961), Bruce Cohen (1961), and Sam Esmail (1977).