Sean Baker wins Best Director Oscar for Anora

Anora helmer Sean Baker won the Oscar for Best Director at the 97th Academy Awards, besting Brady Corbet (The Brutalist), James Mangold (A Complete Unknown), Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), and Coralie Fargeat (The Substance). Earlier in the night, he also won Best Achievement in Editing, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Picture as he wrote, directed, edited, and produced Anora.While a previous Baker film, The Florida Project,earned an Oscar nomination for Willem Dafoe's terrific perfor