Lynne Sachs

Lynne Sachs

Directing

Born August 10, 1961 · Memphis, Tennessee, USA

50 films as director · Active 1983–2025

Lynne Sachs makes films, performances, installations and web projects that explore the intricate relationship between personal observations and broader historical experiences by weaving together poetr…

Known for

Film Hawk

2016

States of UnBelonging

States of UnBelonging

2005

The House of Science: A Museum of False Facts

The House of Science: A Museum of False Facts

1991

Window Work

Window Work

2000

Every Contact Leaves a Trace

Every Contact Leaves a Trace

2025

Tomorrow Doesn't Exist

Tomorrow Doesn't Exist

Film About a Father Who

Film About a Father Who

2020

Which Way Is East: Notebooks from Vietnam

Which Way Is East: Notebooks from Vietnam

1994

Directed(50)

Every Contact Leaves a Trace

2025Every Contact Leaves a Trace

Contractions

2024Contractions

2024This Side of Salina

2023The Jitters

Swerve

E•pis•to•lar•y: letter to Jean Vigo

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

Maya at 24

Figure and I

2021Figure and I

Film About a Father Who

2020Film About a Father Who★ 6.0

Girl Is Presence

2020Girl Is Presence

A Month of Single Frames

2019A Month of Single Frames★ 6.8

Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor

2018Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor★ 5.6

The Washing Society

2018The Washing Society

A Morning with Jack Waters

2018A Morning with Jack Waters

¡Despertar!

2018¡Despertar!

Tip of my Tongue

2017Tip of my Tongue

And Then We Marched

2017And Then We Marched

A Year in Notes and Numbers

2017A Year in Notes and Numbers

Day Residue

2016Day Residue

Starfish Aorta Colossus

2015Starfish Aorta Colossus

Drift and Bough

2014Drift and Bough

Your Day Is My Night

2014Your Day Is My Night★ 5.5

Same Stream Twice

2012Same Stream Twice

Sound of a Shadow

2011Sound of a Shadow

The Task of the Translator

2010The Task of the Translator

Wind in Our Hair

2010Wind in Our Hair

2009Cuadro por cuadro

Georgic for a Forgotten Planet

2009Georgic for a Forgotten Planet

The Last Happy Day

2009The Last Happy Day★ 5.0

XY Chromosome Project

2007XY Chromosome Project

The Small Ones

2006The Small Ones

Atalanta: 32 Years Later

2006Atalanta: 32 Years Later

Noa, Noa

States of UnBelonging

2005States of UnBelonging

Tornado

Investigation of a Flame

2002Investigation of a Flame★ 7.0

First Steps in a Terra Incognita

2002First Steps in a Terra Incognita

Photograph of Wind

2001Photograph of Wind

Window Work

2000Window Work★ 4.0

A Biography of Lilith

1997A Biography of Lilith

Which Way Is East: Notebooks from Vietnam

1994Which Way Is East: Notebooks from Vietnam★ 6.0

The House of Science: A Museum of False Facts

1991The House of Science: A Museum of False Facts

Sermons and Sacred Pictures

1989Sermons and Sacred Pictures

The Randy Band Film

1988The Randy Band Film

Following the Object to Its Logical Beginning

1987Following the Object to Its Logical Beginning

Fossil

Drawn and Quartered

1986Drawn and Quartered★ 6.0

Still Life with Woman and Four Objects

1986Still Life with Woman and Four Objects

The Tarot

Visit to Bernadette Mayer’s Childhood Home

—Visit to Bernadette Mayer’s Childhood Home

Acting(8)

2025Every Contact Leaves a TraceSelf

2020Film About a Father WhoSelf

2016Film HawkSelf

2005States of UnBelongingSelf

2000Window Work

1994Which Way Is East: Notebooks from Vietnam

1991The House of Science: A Museum of False Facts

Tomorrow Doesn't ExistSelf (Voice)

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