Ira Sachs is a New York–based filmmaker. He made his feature debut with The Delta (1996), filmed in his hometown of Memphis. After winning the Sundance Film Festival′s U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize for Forty Shades of Blue (2005), he went on to direct Keep the Lights On (2012), Love Is Strange (2014), Little Men (2016), Frankie (2019), and Passages (2023), with his films invited to major festivals including Cannes, Sundance, and Berlin. His latest film, The Man I Love, is an official selection in the Competition section of the Cannes Film Festival.
From Busan International Film Festival 2026, No. 31
