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Todd Haynes

American film director and screenwriter · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1961 · age 65

Todd Haynes is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer whose work is known for its engagement with melodrama, historical pastiche, and queer cinema.

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2026All We Do Is Watch MoviesFilm2023Off Script with The Hollywood ReporterSeries2022Douglas Sirk - Hope as in DespairFilm2019At the Video StoreFilm2017MarciansSeries2016Certain WomenFilm, Producer2014Night MovesFilm, Producer2011EnlightenedSeries, DirectorMildred PierceSeries, 2011Director, WriterMeek's CutoffFilm, 2011Producer2008Wendy and LucyFilm, Producer2007Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film FestivalAward2003GLAAD Stephen F. Kolzak AwardAwardIndependent Spirit Award for Best DirectorAwardSatellite Award for Best DirectorAwardFar from Heaven: "Making of"Film2002New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best DirectorAwardNew York Film Critics Circle Award for Best FilmAwardSan Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best DirectorAward1998SexTVSeriesVelvet GoldmineFilm, 1998Director, Writer1993Dottie Gets SpankedFilm, Director, Writer1991Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize AwardAwardGooFilm, 1991Director1989He Was OnceFilm, Producer1985Assassins: A Film Concerning RimbaudFilm, Director1978The SuicideFilm, Director, Writer1961Born2 January 1961

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  • Dark Waters 2019
  • Carol 2015
  • Far from Heaven 2002
  • Safe 1995
  • Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story 1987

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Filmography 40

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Television 5

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Awards

Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival2007
GLAAD Stephen F. Kolzak Award2003
Satellite Award for Best Director2003
Independent Spirit Award for Best Director2003
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film2002
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director2002
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director2002
Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award1991

About this person

Across four decades, his films frequently explore the emotional and psychological consequences of social repression, particularly as they relate to sexuality, identity, illness, and conformity. Haynes is often associated with the New Queer Cinema movement of the early 1990s and is noted for reworking classical Hollywood forms - such as the woman’s picture and the biopic - to examine marginalized experiences and unspoken desire.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1961 · age 65

In the same film or series as Todd

Will PattonAlso in Wendy and Lucy (2008)Jessica HarperAlso in Safe (1995)Bruce GreenwoodAlso in I'm Not There (2007)Alia ShawkatAlso in Night Moves (2014)Lily GladstoneAlso in Certain Women (2016)Adam ArkinAlso in Dottie Gets Spanked (1993)