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Even the Most Successful Indie Directors Can’t Make a Living. Why?
Producer Alex Saks analyzes the financials of indie film, and why Sean Baker ('Anora') and Brady Corbet ('The Brutalist') ...
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Brady Corbet and Sean Baker on Why It's Hard Shooting Movies Like ‘The Brutalist' and ‘Anora' in America and Why Obsessing Over Box Office Is Trump Coded
Sean Baker: Brady, you said "The Brutalist" was harder for you than your previous feature film, "Vox Lux," but you had a bigger budget. Brady Corbet: "Vox" was made in a very American, standard way.
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‘The Brutalist' Director Brady Corbet Celebrates This Year's Oscar Nominees as "Very Radical, Daring, Original Movies"
This year's five best director Oscar nominees - Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), Sean Baker (Anora), Brady Corbet (The Brutalist), Coralie Fargeat (The Substance) and James Mangold (A Complete ...
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Oscars 2025: Anora's Sean Baker issues 'battle cry' to save cinemas as he wins Best Director
Sean Baker urged for the preservation of traditional ... Sean won in the Best Director category, where Brady Corbet with The Brutalist, James Mangold for A Complete Unknown, Jacques Audiard ...
Best Director expert slugfest: Brady Corbet may be the Oscar ‘frontrunner,' but Jacques Audiard is ‘overdue'
The Best Director race at the 2025 Oscars has come down to five filmmakers: Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), Sean Baker (Anora ...
Oscars 2025: Sean Baker Wins Best Director For Anora As He Continues His Winning Streak; Pleads 'Make Movies For Big Screens'
Sean Baker won the 2025 Academy Award for Best Director for Anora, besting Brady Corbet (The Brutalist), James Mangold (A ...
Indie darling Sean Baker wins Best Director for ‘Anora'
Sean Baker won Best Director at the Oscars for Anora.He defeated Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), Brady Corbet (The Brutalist) ...
Sean Baker Urges Filmmakers To "Keep Making Movies For The Big Screen" With Theaters Under Threat In Accepting Directing Oscar
An exhuberant Sean Baker urged filmmakers to keep movie theaters ... Baker bested fellow nominees Brady Corbet for The ...
Sean Baker Uses Best Director Speech to Advocate for the Theatrical Experience
Anora filmmaker Sean Baker used his 2025 Oscars speech ... Film Festival and has been an awards frontrunner ever since. Brady ...