About

Known credits:
72
Birthday:
1961-01-02
Place of birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Website:
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Todd Haynes

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2022 Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair Actor Self 59
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2019 Dark Waters: The Cost of Being a Hero Actor Self 59
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2019 At the Video Store Actor Self 59
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2016 Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible Actor Self 58
Average
2009 Great Directors Actor Self 59
Average
2006 Infinite Pleasure: Todd Haynes on Max Ophuls' Le Plaisir Actor Interviewee N/A
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2006 Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema Actor Self 58
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2006 Notes on the Death of Kodachrome Actor Self N/A
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2006 Eine Zärtlichkeit wie bei Sirk - Todd Haynes über Fassbinder und das Melodram Actor Self N/A
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1995 At Sundance Actor Self 59
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1992 Swoon Actor Phrenology Head 59
Average
1989 He Was Once Actor Randy 59
Average
1989 Natural History Actor Child N/A
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1987 Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story Actor Todd Donovan 60
Fair
1985 Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud Actor N/A
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Directing
2023 May December Directing Director 63
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2023 Image Book Directing Director N/A
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2021 The Velvet Underground Directing Director 60
Fair
2019 Dark Waters Directing Director 71
Good
2017 Wonderstruck Directing Director 59
Average
2015 Carol Directing Director 73
Good
2013 Six by Sondheim Directing Director 59
Average
2007 I'm Not There Directing Director 62
Fair
2002 Far from Heaven Directing Director 64
Fair
1998 Velvet Goldmine Directing Director 63
Fair
1995 Safe Directing Director 63
Fair
1993 Dottie Gets Spanked Directing Director 59
Average
1991 Goo Directing Director 58
Average
1991 Poison Directing Director 59
Average
1989 La Divina Directing Assistant Director N/A
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1987 Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story Directing Director 60
Fair
1985 Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud Directing Director N/A
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1978 The Suicide Directing Director 59
Average
Trust Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2021 The Velvet Underground Writing Writer 60
Fair
2011 Mildred Pierce Writing Writer 69
Fair
2007 I'm Not There Writing Screenplay 62
Fair
2002 Far from Heaven Writing Screenplay 64
Fair
1998 Velvet Goldmine Writing Screenplay 63
Fair
1998 Velvet Goldmine Writing Story 63
Fair
1997 Office Killer Writing Co-Writer 58
Average
1995 Safe Writing Writer 63
Fair
1993 Dottie Gets Spanked Writing Writer 59
Average
1991 Poison Writing Writer 59
Average
1987 Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1978 The Suicide Writing Screenplay 59
Average

Production
2023 Earthlings Production Executive Producer N/A
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2021 The Velvet Underground Production Producer 60
Fair
2016 Certain Women Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2014 Night Moves Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2013 Buoy Production Executive Producer N/A
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2011 Meek's Cutoff Production Executive Producer 61
Fair
2011 Mildred Pierce Production Executive Producer 69
Fair
2008 Wendy and Lucy Production Executive Producer 62
Fair
2006 Quinceañera Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2006 Old Joy Production Executive Producer 60
Fair
1990 Anemone Me Production Producer N/A
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1989 La Divina Production Co-Producer N/A
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1989 He Was Once Production Production Manager 59
Average
1989 He Was Once Production Producer 59
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1988 Cause and Effect Production Producer N/A
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1987 Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story Production Producer 60
Fair
1986 Days Are Numbered Production Producer N/A
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1985 Tommy's Production Producer N/A
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1978 The Suicide Production Producer 59
Average

Crew
2021 Cal State Long Beach, CA, January 2020 Crew Thanks 58
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2019 Earthquake Bird Crew Thanks 58
Average
2014 Still Alice Crew Thanks 72
Good
2002 Madame Satã Crew Thanks 60
Fair
1994 Totally F***ed Up Crew Thanks 60
Fair

Editing
1991 Poison Editing Editor 59
Average
1987 Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story Editing Editor 60
Fair