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.
almost capturing close excites interested intimacy inviting meaningful movies obscene personally
Capturing intimacy is pretty much the only thing I'm interested in. That's what excites me and what I find beautiful in movies personally - that almost obscene sense that we shouldn't be this close to these people. I find that very inviting and meaningful as an audience member.
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.
affects almost based communication fable films gives plot suspense
Suspense films are often based on communication problems, and that affects all of the plot points. It almost gives it kind of a fable feeling.
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.
life
As a gay person, my life has been marginalized.
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.
age filmmaking opportunity order personal seems
I got into filmmaking in order to tell very personal stories, and in this day and age, the opportunity seems all the more precious.
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.
gay cinema stories
Everything encourages you not to tell stories of gay lives. There is no economy yet for that kind of cinema.