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Todd Haynes‌

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Todd Haynes

Los Angeles, California, USA

Todd Haynes

Los Angeles, California, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1961-01-02

Popularity

star3.1

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair

Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair‌
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calendar 2022

Notes on the Death of Kodachrome

Notes on the Death of Kodachrome‌
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calendar 2006

Eine Zärtlichkeit wie bei Sirk - Todd Haynes über Fassbinder und das Melodram

Eine Zärtlichkeit wie bei Sirk - Todd Haynes über Fassbinder und das Melodram‌
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calendar 2006

Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible

Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible‌
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calendar 2016

At the Video Store

At the Video Store‌
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calendar 2019

He Was Once

He Was Once‌
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calendar 1989

Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story‌
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calendar 1987

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema‌
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calendar 2006

Great Directors

Great Directors‌
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calendar 2009

Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud

Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud‌
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calendar 1985

At Sundance

At Sundance‌
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calendar 1995

Swoon

Swoon‌
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calendar 1992

Infinite Pleasure: Todd Haynes on Max Ophuls' Le Plaisir

Infinite Pleasure: Todd Haynes on Max Ophuls' Le Plaisir‌
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calendar 2006

Dark Waters: The Cost of Being a Hero

Dark Waters: The Cost of Being a Hero‌
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calendar 2019

Natural History

Natural History‌
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calendar 1989

Tv Credits

Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter‌
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calendar 2023

SexTV

SexTV‌
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calendar 1998

Marcians

Marcians‌
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calendar 2017