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Todd Haynes
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn January 2, 1961 (65 years)
Todd Haynes (/heɪnz/; born January 2, 1961; Los Angeles) is an American filmmaker. His films span four decades with themes examining the personalities of well-known musicians, dysfunctional and dystopian societies, and blurred gender roles.
Haynes first gained public attention with his controversial short film Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987), which chronicles singer Karen Carpenter's life and death, using Barbie dolls as actors. Superstar became a cult classic. Haynes's feature directorial debut, Poison (1991), a provocative exploration of AIDS-era queer perceptions and subversions, established him as a figure of a new transgressive cinema. Poison won the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize and is regarded as a seminal work of New Queer Cinema.
Haynes received further acclaim for his second feature film, Safe (1995), a symbolic portrait of a housewife who develops multiple chemical sensitivity. Safe was later voted the best film of the 1990s by The Village Voice Film Poll. His next feature, Velvet Goldmine (1998), is a tribute to the 1970s glam rock era. The film received the Special Jury Prize for Best Artistic Contribution at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
Haynes gained acclaim and a measure of mainstream success with Far from Heaven (2002) earning his first Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. He continued to direct critically lauded films such as I'm Not There (2007), Carol (2015), Wonderstruck (2017) and Dark Waters (2019). He directed his first feature-length documentary, The Velvet Underground (2021). Haynes directed and co-wrote the HBO mini-series Mildred Pierce (2011) for which he was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards.
Haynes first gained public attention with his controversial short film Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987), which chronicles singer Karen Carpenter's life and death, using Barbie dolls as actors. Superstar became a cult classic. Haynes's feature directorial debut, Poison (1991), a provocative exploration of AIDS-era queer perceptions and subversions, established him as a figure of a new transgressive cinema. Poison won the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize and is regarded as a seminal work of New Queer Cinema.
Haynes received further acclaim for his second feature film, Safe (1995), a symbolic portrait of a housewife who develops multiple chemical sensitivity. Safe was later voted the best film of the 1990s by The Village Voice Film Poll. His next feature, Velvet Goldmine (1998), is a tribute to the 1970s glam rock era. The film received the Special Jury Prize for Best Artistic Contribution at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
Haynes gained acclaim and a measure of mainstream success with Far from Heaven (2002) earning his first Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. He continued to direct critically lauded films such as I'm Not There (2007), Carol (2015), Wonderstruck (2017) and Dark Waters (2019). He directed his first feature-length documentary, The Velvet Underground (2021). Haynes directed and co-wrote the HBO mini-series Mildred Pierce (2011) for which he was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Todd Haynes Filmography
| 2023 | |
| 2021 | |
| 2019 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2011 | Enlightened (TV Series) |
| 2011 | Mildred Pierce (TV Series) |
| 2007 | |
| 2002 | |
| 1998 | |
| 1995 | |
| 1993 | |
| 1991 | |
| 1991 | |
| 1987 | |
| 1978 |
| 2021 | |
| 2007 | I'm Not There · as Screenplay |
| 2002 | |
| 1998 | Velvet Goldmine · as Screenplay |
| 1995 | |
| 1993 | |
| 1991 | |
| 1987 | Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story · as Screenplay |
| 1978 | The Suicide · as Screenplay |
| 2023 | Earthlings · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | |
| 2016 | Certain Women · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | Night Moves · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | The Last of Robin Hood · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | Mildred Pierce (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2010 | Meek's Cutoff · as Executive Producer |
| 2008 | Wendy and Lucy · as Executive Producer |
| 2006 | Quinceañera · as Executive Producer |
| 2006 | Old Joy · as Executive Producer |
| 1987 | |
| 1978 |
| 2024 | Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | Douglas Sirk - Hope as in Despair · as Self |
| 2019 | Dark Waters: The Cost of Being a Hero · as Self |
| 2019 | At the Video Store · as Self |
| 2017 | Quan arribin els marcians (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2016 | Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible · as Self |
| 2016 | The Oscars · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2016 | 73rd Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2016 | The VICE Guide to Film (TV Series) · as Self - Director, Carol, Far From Heaven |
| 2012 | The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2011 | The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2009 | Great Directors · as Self |
| 2008 | 40 x 15 · as Self |
| 2007 | Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema · as Self |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2002 | Last Call with Carson Daly (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2001 | Anatomy of a Scene (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | ARTE Journal Clips (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | At Sundance · as Self |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1998 | SexTV (TV Series) |
| 1992 | Swoon · as Phrenology Head |
| 1987 | Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story · as Todd Donovan |
| 2011 | Mildred Pierce (TV Series) · as Teleplay |
| 1997 | Office Killer · as Co-Writer |