Playwright Annie Baker is considered by many to be one of our most celebrated modern playwrights. She won a Pulitzer Prize ...

Annie Baker, Julianne Nicholson and Zoe Ziegler speak onstage with Dennis Lim after a ‘Janet Planet’ screening at the 61st New York Film Festival Theo Wargo/Getty Images for FLC.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker has been hailed as one of the preeminent voices of her generation, but the movies have long lingered in her mind and in her work.

The playwright Annie Baker shares the artistic influences behind her feature film debut. By Robert Ito Annie Baker’s debut feature film is a tiny masterpiece — a perfect coming-of-age story ...

So, Annie Baker writes “theater of the absurd,” or “theater of the mundane,” or “theater of the uncomfortable.” Yup. All of that, and a whole lot more that went over my head.

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker's stunning "Infinite Life" has its world premiere off-Broadway at the Atlantic Theatre Company in a co-production with Britain's National Theatre.

Annie Baker’s debut feature film, ‘Janet Planet,’ is set in a world all its own — the Pioneer Valley ‘I think one of the reasons I made the movie is that I don’t know how to describe ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker tells NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben about her screenplay and directorial debut, "Janet Planet." ...

The playwright Annie Baker shares the artistic influences behind her feature film debut. By Robert Ito Annie Baker’s debut feature film is a tiny masterpiece — a perfect coming-of-age story ...

FILE - Annie Baker, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, poses for a photo during the award's ceremony at Columbia University in New York on May 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File) ...

The playwright Annie Baker shares the artistic influences behind her feature film debut. By Robert Ito Annie Baker’s debut feature film is a tiny masterpiece — a perfect coming-of-age story ...