‘Anora’ Director Sean Baker Is First Person to Win 4 Oscars in One Night Since Walt Disney

Sean Baker once made a movie set in the hometown of Walt Disney World and now the multi-hyphenate filmmaker shares an extraordinary piece of Oscar history with Walt himself.

Baker and Disney are the only individuals to win four Oscars in one ceremony. For “Anora” on Sunday night, Baker won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing. He’s the third director to win the editing award and the first as a solo editor.

And more than 70 years ago, in 1954, Disney won in four separate categories, for Best Documentary Feature, Best Documentary (Short Subject), Best Short Subject (Cartoon) and Best Short Subject (Two Reel).

In 2020, Bong Joon-ho accepted four Oscars for “Parasite” – winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best International Feature. But the international prize is awarded to the nation, not the individual filmmaker, and thus does not count as one of his personal Oscar wins.

Like “Parasite,” “Anora” also won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The two film, both released by Neon, are among the four films to have done the Palme d’Or/Best Picture double win, along with “Marty” and “The Lost Weekend.”

“Anora” is the eighth feature by the 54-year-old Baker, long a beloved figure on the independent film scene for his live-wire human comedies like “Tangerine” and “Red Rocket.” His 2017 “The Florida Project – that’s the one set just outside Disney World in Orlando – was the only previous Baker movie to garner Oscar attention, receiving a single nomination for Willem Dafoe’s performance.

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