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Todd Haynes

Actor / Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer / Television Director | * 01/02/1961 (63) | Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
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Todd Haynes (born January 2, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. 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. His 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. ()
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Todd Haynes (born January 2, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Music

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Awards & Nominations for Todd Haynes

Grand Jury Prize Dramatic New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director GLAAD Stephen F. Kolzak Award Satellite Award for Best Director Independent Spirit Award for Best Director Grand Jury Prize (Venice Film Festival) Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature 5x Independent Spirit Award for Best Director National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay Satellite Award for Best Director Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie European Film Award for Best Non-European Film
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Movies with Todd Haynes as Actor(11)

TV Shows/Series with Todd Haynes as Actor(1)

1998 SexTV

Movies with Todd Haynes as Crew(49)

Directing/Director2023 Fever
Directing/Director2023 May December
Directing/Director2021 The Velvet Underground
Production/Producer2021 The Velvet Underground
Writing/Writer2021 The Velvet Underground
Crew/Thanks2019 Earthquake Bird
Directing/Director2019 Dark Waters
Directing/Director2017 Wonderstruck
Production/Executive Producer2016 Certain Women
Directing/Director2015 Carol
Crew/Thanks2014 Still Alice
Production/Executive Producer2014 Night Moves
Directing/Director2013 Six by Sondheim
Production/Executive Producer2013 Buoy
Production/Executive Producer2010 Meek's Cutoff
Production/Executive Producer2008 Wendy and Lucy
Directing/Director2007 I'm Not There
Writing/Screenplay2007 I'm Not There
Production/Executive Producer2006 Quinceañera
Production/Executive Producer2006 Old Joy
Crew/Thanks2002 Madame Satã
Directing/Director2002 Far from Heaven
Writing/Screenplay2002 Far from Heaven
Directing/Director1998 Velvet Goldmine
Writing/Screenplay1998 Velvet Goldmine
Writing/Story1998 Velvet Goldmine
Writing/Writer1997 Office Killer
Directing/Director1995 Safe
Writing/Writer1995 Safe
Crew/Thanks1994 Totally F***ed Up
Directing/Director1993 Dottie Gets Spanked
Writing/Writer1993 Dottie Gets Spanked
Directing/Director1991 Poison
Editing/Editor1991 Poison
Writing/Writer1991 Poison
Directing/Director1991 Goo
Production/Producer1989 He Was Once
Production/Production Manager1989 He Was Once
Directing/Assistant Director1989 La Divina
Production/Co-Producer1989 La Divina
Production/Producer1987 Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
Production/Producer1985 Tommy's
Directing/Director1978 The Suicide
Production/Producer1978 The Suicide
Writing/Screenplay1978 The Suicide

Full Name: Todd Haynes
Born: Monday, 01/02 1961 (January) in Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 63 years + 87 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Brown University, Bard College, Oakwood School, Los Angeles
Other names for Todd Haynes (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"토드 헤인즈"
Todd Haynes frequently works together with these people:
Christine Vachon (22x, Crew)
Kelly Reichardt (21x, Crew)
Laura Rosenthal (9x, Crew)
Pamela Koffler (9x, Crew)
James Lyons (9x, Crew)
Edward Lachman (8x, Crew)
Barry Ellsworth (7x, Crew)
Julianne Moore (6x, Actress)
Leslie Shatz (6x, Crew)
Eliza Paley (6x, Crew)
David Cronenberg (2x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:103517, Added: 06/23/2018, Last updated: 03/13/2024