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  Baker was born in Summit, New Jersey. He grew up in the Short Hills area of Millburn and in Branchburg, New Jersey. His mother was a teacher and his father was a patent attorney, who once represented Baker and his production company in a dispute over the title of his film Take Out. Baker has a sister who is a professional synth-pop musician and a production designer, who has contributed to his films in both capacities.
  
  Baker became obsessed with homemade movies at a young age after his mother took him to see Universal Monster films being shown at the local library. While attending Gill St. Bernard's High School ('89) in Somerset and Morris counties, Baker worked as a projectionist at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair. He also worked as a taxi driver during his college years. He received his BFA degree in film studies from New York University through the Tisch School of the Arts. He was scheduled to receive his degree in 1992, but dropped out to get experience making industrial films and TV commercials before returning to graduate in 1998. He also studied non-linear editing at The New School in Greenwich Village in Manhattan.
  
  Baker was born in Summit, New Jersey. He grew up in the Short Hills area of Millburn and in Branchburg, New Jersey. His mother was a teacher and his father was a patent attorney, who once represented Baker and his production company in a dispute over the title of his film Take Out. Baker has a sister who is a professional synth-pop musician and a production designer, who has contributed to his films in both capacities.
  
  Baker became obsessed with homemade movies at a young age after his mother took him to see Universal Monster films being shown at the local library. While attending Gill St. Bernard's High School ('89) in Somerset and Morris counties, Baker worked as a projectionist at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair. He also worked as a taxi driver during his college years. He received his BFA degree in film studies from New York University through the Tisch School of the Arts. He was scheduled to receive his degree in 1992, but dropped out to get experience making industrial films and TV commercials before returning to graduate in 1998. He also studied non-linear editing at The New School in Greenwich Village in Manhattan.