Sean Baker

Sean Baker is a writer-director and cocreator of the television show Greg the Bunny. His movies include Prince of Broadway (2008), Starlet (2012), and Tangerine (2015). He says, “Writing this list was a little like Sophie’s choice for me. And I’m surprised that my picks are for the most part contemporary. I feel oddly guilty for not including older titles that shaped cinema as a whole, but in the end, I decided to go with those films that have the strongest impact on my own work.”

Biography via Criterion.