Portrait of Lynne Sachs

Directing

Lynne Sachs

Career

Active from 1983 to 2025, busiest in 2018 with 4 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for A Month of Single Frames
A Month of Single Frames
GoodWatch score65/100

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Experimental Film 5
  • Avant-Garde 4
  • Personal Documentary 2
  • Experimental Cinema 2
  • Non-Narrative 2
  • Everyday Life 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

50
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Visit to Bernadette Mayer’s Childhood Home
Visit to Bernadette Mayer’s Childhood Home

Director

2020s

10 titles
Every Contact Leaves a Trace
Every Contact Leaves a Trace (2025)

Director of Photography, Producer

Contractions
Contractions (2024)

Director, Producer

This Side of Salina
This Side of Salina (2024)

Director

The Jitters
The Jitters (2023)

Director

Swerve
Swerve (2022)

Director

E•pis•to•lar•y: letter to Jean Vigo
E•pis•to•lar•y: letter to Jean Vigo (2021)

Producer, Director

Maya at 24
Maya at 24 (2021)

Director

Figure and I
Figure and I (2021)

Director

Film About a Father Who
Film About a Father Who (2020)

Writer, Director

Girl Is Presence
Girl Is Presence (2020)

Director of Photography, Director

2010s

16 titles · average score 63
A Month of Single Frames
A Month of Single Frames (2019)
GoodWatch score 65

Writer, Director

Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor
Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor (2018)
GoodWatch score 61

Director

The Washing Society
The Washing Society (2018)

Director, Writer

¡Despertar!
¡Despertar! (2018)

Director, Cinematography

Tip of my Tongue
Tip of my Tongue (2017)

Director

A Year in Notes and Numbers
A Year in Notes and Numbers (2017)

Director

Starfish Aorta Colossus
Starfish Aorta Colossus (2015)

Director

Your Day Is My Night
Your Day Is My Night (2014)

Director, Producer

Drift and Bough
Drift and Bough (2014)

Director

Same Stream Twice
Same Stream Twice (2012)

Director

Sound of a Shadow
Sound of a Shadow (2011)

Director

The Task of the Translator
The Task of the Translator (2010)

Director

2000s

13 titles
The Last Happy Day
The Last Happy Day (2009)

Editor, Writer

Georgic for a Forgotten Planet
Georgic for a Forgotten Planet (2009)

Director

Cuadro por cuadro
Cuadro por cuadro (2009)

Director

Atalanta: 32 Years Later
Atalanta: 32 Years Later (2006)

Director

The Small Ones
The Small Ones (2006)

Director

Noa, Noa
Noa, Noa (2006)

Director

States of UnBelonging
States of UnBelonging (2005)

Director, Sound Editor

Investigation of a Flame
Investigation of a Flame (2002)

Director

Tornado
Tornado (2002)

Director

First Steps in a Terra Incognita
First Steps in a Terra Incognita (2002)

Director

Photograph of Wind
Photograph of Wind (2001)

Director

Window Work
Window Work (2000)

Director

1990s

3 titles
A Biography of Lilith
A Biography of Lilith (1997)

Director

Which Way Is East: Notebooks from Vietnam
Which Way Is East: Notebooks from Vietnam (1994)

Director, Writer

The House of Science: A Museum of False Facts
The House of Science: A Museum of False Facts (1991)

Director

1980s

7 titles
Sermons and Sacred Pictures
Sermons and Sacred Pictures (1989)

Director

The Randy Band Film
The Randy Band Film (1988)

Director

Following the Object to Its Logical Beginning
Following the Object to Its Logical Beginning (1987)

Director

Still Life with Woman and Four Objects
Still Life with Woman and Four Objects (1986)

Director

Drawn and Quartered
Drawn and Quartered (1986)

Director

Fossil
Fossil (1986)

Director

The Tarot
The Tarot (1983)

Director