Ira Sachs
1999 Fellow
New York, NY
Forty Shades of Blue (2005)
A feature film set in contemporary Memphis about a misguided affair that leads to one woman’s awakening.
Selected Works
Film
Married Life (2007)
Forty Shades of Blue (2005)
Get It While You Can (2001)
The Delta (1997)
Lady (1994)
Vaudeville (1991)
Accomplishments
Participant, Sundance Screenwriter’s Lab, 1998

Winner, Emerging Talent Award, LA Outfest, 1997

Script reader for Martin Scorsese, 1990-1991

Assistant to the director, Longtime Companion, 1989
Education
1987 BA, Literature, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Web Site
News
April, May, June 2008
Ira SachsMarried Life was shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. This narrative feature provides a comic and at times harrowing look at the pitfalls and pathologies of marriage.
January, February, March 2008
Ira SachsMarried Life was released theatrically by Sony Pictures Classics, in March. It was also included in the Miami International Film Festival. This narrative feature provides a comic and at times harrowing look at the pitfalls and pathologies of marriage.
October, November, December 2007
Ira SachsMarried Life was shown at the New York Film Festival, in October. His latest narrative feature provides a comic and at times harrowing look at the pitfalls and pathologies of marriage.