Anora director Sean Baker made a unique record at Oscars 2025 that no one saw coming

Anora director Sean Baker has made a unique record at the Oscars 2025, that no one saw coming. Within a span of one single night, Sean Baker has made history by winning 4 Awards at the Oscars for Anora.

Anora has won a total number of 5 Oscar Awards, with Sean Baker winning in 4 categories including Best Picture, Best Editing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Directing, and Mikey Madison winning the Best Actress award at the Oscars.

Sean Baker has worn multiple hats in the making of Anora, which includes direction, screenplay, and editing. He has also joined as one of the producers of Anora. Along with Mikey Madison, the film stars Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, and many others.

Anora follows the plot of Anora "Ani" Mikheeva, an exotic dancer whose life is in havoc after an extremely wealthy young man Ivan asks her to marry him. The film serves as a unique, nuanced lens based on themes of patriarchy, class disparity, and power.

Let us uncover more details about Sean Baker's unique record at Oscars 2025, for Anora.

Anora director Sean Baker makes a unique record at the Oscars 2025

Sean Baker has made a unique record at the Oscars for winning a massive total of 4 Oscars, that too for one film.

According to Collider, around 70 years ago, the only person who had set the same record as Sean Baker was none other than the iconic Walt Disney, at the Oscars in 1954.

Walt Disney too won 4 Oscars that year, for his films including 'The Alaskan Eskimo', 'Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom', 'Bear Country' and 'The Living Desert'. Walt Disney's record was unmoved until the arrival of Sean Baker, with Anora.

Before Anora, Sean Baker has previously made films including Prince of Broadway (2008), The Florida Project (2017), Four Letter Words (2000), Starlet (2012), Take Out (2004), Tangerine (2015), and Red Rocket (2021).

In his Oscar-winning acceptance speech, Sean Baker first thanked legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, as he had cast Mikey Madison in his 2019 film Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood. He also expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the Academy, as well as to his fellow nominees.

Along with that, he weaves an urgent, powerful, and impactful message that focuses on the importance of watching films at the theaters. He shed light on the cultural significance of cinema watching as a community experience, especially in relation to recovering from the losses during the pandemic.

Baker ends the speech on a warm note, where he expresses his love and gratitude to his mother on her birthday.