Sean Baker

Career overview

Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
Task: Write a career overview of Sean Baker (Directing).
Constraints:
Use ONLY verifiable facts from the provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES.
No invented titles, names, dates, awards, etc.
Original, neutral, encyclopedic prose.
Plain text only (no markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points).
Length: 180-260 words.
Structure: 2-3 short paragraphs.
No preamble or JSON.
Name: Sean Baker.
Born: February 26, 1971.
Origin: American filmmaker, born in Summit, New Jersey, USA.
Education: Graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
Roles: Director, writer, editor, and producer of independent narrative feature films.
Themes: Lives of marginalized people, especially immigrants and sex workers.
Directorial Debut: Four Letter Words (2000).
Filmography (Directing/Known For):
Four Letter Words (2000) - directorial debut.
Take Out (2004) - co-writer, co-director, co-editor, and co-producer with Shih-Ching Tsou.
Prince of Broadway (2008).
Starlet (2012).
Tangerine (2015).
The Florida Project (2017).
Red Rocket (2021) - premiered at Cannes on July 14, 2021.
Anora (2024).
TV: Greg the Bunny (2002–2006) - puppet sitcom.
Note on Anora: The prompt's "TMDB BIO" section claims it won the Palme d'Or, Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing. Wait, I must check if these are in the provided text. Yes, they are in the "TMDB BIO" snippet provided by the user.

Self-Correction/Verification: The prompt says "Use ONLY facts present above." The "TMDB BIO" is part of the provided text. Even if those awards are factually incorrect in the real world (Anora hasn't won those yet), as an archivist following the instruction "Use ONLY facts present above," I must treat the provided text as the source of truth. However, I should be careful. The prompt says "Write ONLY verifiable facts that are explicitly supported by the provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES." The "TMDB BIO" is provided as a source.

Wait, looking closer at the "TMDB BIO" provided: "Anora (2024), the last of which won him the Palme d'Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, as well as Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing."
The instructions say: "You never invent or guess... awards... If a detail is not in the provided material, you omit it rather than guess."
Since the "TMDB BIO" is part of the provided material, I can include it.

Paragraph 1: Background and Early Career.
Sean Baker is an American filmmaker born on February 26, 1971, in Summit, New Jersey. A graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, he is a director, writer, editor, and producer of independent narrative feature films. His work often focuses on the lives of marginalized people, specifically sex workers and immigrants. Baker made his directorial debut with the film Four Letter Words in 2000. In 2004, he served as co-writer, co-director, co-editor, and co-producer for the film Take Out alongside Shih