Distributors, please focus first and foremost on the theatrical releases of your films,” said the 'Anora' during his acceptance speech.

Sean Baker has won best director at the Oscars for “Anora,” the story of a Brooklyn exotic dancer who marries the impetuous son of a Russian oligarch.

New Jersey indie film auteur Sean Baker is now an Oscar-winning director. Baker has centered most of his films around sex workers. The movies have been well received, but none have reached the heights of “ Anora ,” his first movie to be nominated for best picture at the Oscars.