Ira Sachs
Ira Sachs
Ira Sachsis an American filmmaker. His first film was the acclaimed short Lady...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth21 November 1965
CountryUnited States of America
honesty design feelings
I try to keep feeling what's going on and try to use the camera, the actors and the design to enhance those feelings. There's something really emotionally direct and honest about how I put the material with the images. You hope that the strength of mise-en-scene comes from an honesty towards the material. You also hire really well.
biggest heroes kids last people realize suddenly
One of the biggest things that happens to many people when they have kids is that you suddenly realize that you're not going to last forever. You know there is another generation who are the heroes of their own stories, and that is humbling.
catching life middle thrown
I like a film that makes the audience feel like they are in the middle of life as it is moving, and in a way, they are catching up. They are thrown into things.
discovered early few movies paris stay three watched
I started making movies in the early '90s, a few years after I discovered 'the cinema' during a three month stay in Paris during which I watched 100s of films.
effect experience
I think it's interesting: What is the generational effect of the experience of being a gay person in America? For my generation, it was very difficult.
aspects exciting good hidden life movies revealing secrets truths
Secrets make for good drama, and revealing the hidden truths and contradictions of life is, for me, one of the most exciting aspects of making movies.
based history places realize
As a filmmaker, you realize that places have character based on their history as much as a face does or an actor does.
hard interested
I've always been interested in how the individual comes to know and accept him or herself, which I think has been hard for me.
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Working on the Obama campaign was a life-changer for me. I realized during that campaign that structure is the name of the game, and so, soon after the election, filmmaker Adam Baran and I started Queer/Art/Film, a monthly series at the IFC Film Center in downtown New York that invites queer artists to present the films they love to an audience.
belong needs wants
Everyone wants to belong, and everyone needs to belong in order to make a career on some level.
close
I've been close to two or three couples, gay and straight, who have been together for 45 years.
queer
My films might have been queer - because I was - but they were not gay.
life
What's interesting to me is the distinction between my old life and my present life.
queer
Without community events like NewFest, I don't think we'd have a queer cinema in America.