Todd Haynes

Todd Haynes

  • Birthday: 1961-01-02
  • Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Also know as: 토드 헤인즈

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.

Filmography

Production

Earthquake Bird

2019

As Thanks

Madame Satã

2002

As Thanks

Still Alice

2014

As Thanks

Totally Fucked Up

1994

As Thanks

Velvet Goldmine

1998

As Director

Far from Heaven

2002

As Director

I'm Not There

2007

As Director

Safe

1995

As Director

Poison

1991

As Director

Dottie Gets Spanked

1993

As Director

Carol

2015

As Director

Six by Sondheim

2013

As Director

The Suicide

1978

As Director

Goo VHS

1991

As Director

Wonderstruck

2017

As Director

La Divina

1989

As Assistant Director

The Velvet Underground

2021

As Director

Dark Waters

2019

As Director

May December

2023

As Director

Image Book

2023

As Director

Goo

1991

As Director

Poison

1991

As Editor

Wendy and Lucy

2009

As Executive Producer

Certain Women

2016

As Executive Producer

La Divina

1989

As Co-Producer

Anemone Me

1990

As Producer

The Velvet Underground

2021

As Producer

Old Joy

2006

As Executive Producer

Days Are Numbered

1986

As Producer

He Was Once

1989

As Producer

He Was Once

1989

As Production Manager

The Suicide

1978

As Producer

Night Moves

2014

As Executive Producer

Buoy

2013

As Executive Producer

Meek's Cutoff

2011

As Executive Producer

Quinceañera

2006

As Executive Producer

Tommy's

1985

As Producer

Earthlings

2023

As Executive Producer

Cause and Effect

1988

As Producer

Far from Heaven

2002

As Screenplay

I'm Not There

2007

As Screenplay

Velvet Goldmine

1998

As Screenplay

Safe

1995

As Writer

Poison

1991

As Writer

Dottie Gets Spanked

1993

As Writer

The Suicide

1978

As Screenplay

Velvet Goldmine

1998

As Story

The Velvet Underground

2021

As Writer

Office Killer

1997

As Co-Writer

Untitled Todd Haynes Project

0000

As Screenplay

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