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
pain conflict
To come to change, there had to be conflict and pain.
dad happened present staying
I happened to be staying with my dad and his present 19-year-old girlfriend. So that was really fascinating ? it was a mirror-image kind of experience.
film conflict self-discovery
My early films were about self discovery, and films of internal conflict. At that level, they were very personal.
applied decided instead
I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student.
chorus downtown event lived memphis theater
Seeing the road show of 'A Chorus Line' in 1977 at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Memphis was a life-changing event for me: there were gay people, on the stage, and they all lived in New York.
coming films iran stuff taiwan
I find the stuff that is exciting to me are the films coming out of Taiwan and Iran and France. So I have the feeling I'm not making the films that American distributors want to make.
best cannot survive
'How to Survive a Plague' is history-telling at its best. It's a film I'll show my two children, now toddlers, when they are old enough to understand. It's a movie that I cannot forget.
conflict continue conversation director influenced
I have been very influenced by the director Maurice Pialat, who I continue to be in conversation and conflict with and get inspiration from.
embracing instead realize strength
I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same.
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.
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.