The now-four-time Oscar winner told Tarantino casting Madison in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" led to her casting in "Anora." Sean Baker gave Oscars presenter and fellow filmmaker Quentin Tarantino a shout-out on stage at the Academy Awards when accepting the honor of Best Director for Anora.

Sean Baker picked up his third prize of the night for 'Anora', after wins for Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing, to take the statuette ahead of Brady Corbet, James Mangold, Jacques Audiard and

Also in the Best Director Oscar category were the filmmakers behind ‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘The Substance’ and ‘A Complete Unknown’ Anora filmmaker Sean Baker is this year’s directing champion at the Oscars.