Todd Haynes
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.
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DirectingBirthday
January 2, 1961Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
54Place of birth
Los Angeles, California, USAAlso known as
토드 헤인즈, 托德·海因斯, Тодд Гейнс, Тодд ХейнсCast credits
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
SelfAt the Video Store
SelfSuperstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
Todd DonovanGreat Directors
SelfAt Sundance
SelfAssassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
Swoon
Phrenology HeadInfinite Pleasure: Todd Haynes on Max Ophuls' Le Plaisir
IntervieweeXavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
SelfDouglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair
SelfEine Zärtlichkeit wie bei Sirk - Todd Haynes über Fassbinder und das Melodram
SelfCrew credits
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
Screenplay, Director, Producer, EditorVelvet Goldmine
Director, Screenplay, StoryI'm Not There
Screenplay, DirectorFar from Heaven
Director, ScreenplayWendy and Lucy
Executive ProducerSafe
Writer, DirectorPoison
Writer, Director, EditorDottie Gets Spanked
Writer, DirectorCarol
DirectorSix by Sondheim
DirectorThe Suicide
Director, Screenplay, ProducerGoo VHS
DirectorCertain Women
Executive ProducerWonderstruck
DirectorAssassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
DirectorAnemone Me
ProducerThe Velvet Underground
Producer, Director, WriterDark Waters
DirectorEarthquake Bird
ThanksOld Joy
Executive Producer