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Sean Baker wins best original screenplay Oscar for Anora

Academy Award goes to writer-director of film starring Mikey Madison as a dancer who gets married to a Russian playboy

It is Baker’s eighth feature, having made his debut with the microbudget indie Four Letter Words in 2000, and his fourth film since making a breakthrough in 2015 with Tangerine, a drama about trans sex workers shot on iPhones. Baker had to overcome a strong lineup to take the prize, defeating Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold for The Brutalist, Jesse Eisenberg for A Real Pain, and Coralie Fargeat for The Substance. Anora has already picked up a number of awards this season, including the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival and the best original screenplay prize from the Writers Guild of America.

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