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My Take
Ira Sachs is a filmmaker I return to when I want intimacy over spectacle. A Memphis native with a Yale education, he makes small, exacting dramas about love, aging, and the quiet erosions of ordinary life. His Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Guggenheim Fellowship signal serious craft, but the films themselves are what convince me. Love Is Strange and Little Men show a director willing to sit with tenderness and disappointment without ever raising his voice. I trust artists who choose honesty over fireworks, and Sachs is one of the steadiest practitioners of that quiet, durable kind of American independent cinema.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ira Sachs
- Name (Japanese)
- アイラ・サックス
- Reading
- あいら・さっくす
- Born
- November 21, 1965 (age 60)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Snake
- Origin
- Memphis, Tennessee, United States
- Occupation
- film director / screenwriter / film producer / writer / film screenwriter
2. Background
- University
- Yale University
Awards & achievements
- 2005 Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award
- 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Ira Sachs born?
Born November 21, 1965 (age 60).
Where is Ira Sachs from?
Ira Sachs is from Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
What does Ira Sachs do?
Ira Sachs works as film director, screenwriter, film producer, writer, film screenwriter.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.