India, March 8 -- Sean Baker has been consistently making films for over a decade. With Anora, which won the American filmmaker a record-making four Oscars last Sunday, he has ascended to mainstream culture in a way where the world will also discover his more underrated works. His films are often about the people who are in the margins, taking an empathetic look at the everyday humanity in their lives. (Also read: Anora director Sean Baker makes Oscars history with 4 wins for the same movie)

I love the director's breakout work in Tangerine (2015), a film shot entirely on an iPhone, revolving around a day in the lives of two trans sex workers. There's a daring and fearlessness in that film, which descends into more chaos and screwball ene...