
Todd Haynes
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 ForDirecting
- Born2 January 1961 (age 64)
- Place of BirthLos Angeles, California, USA
Todd Haynes

- Known ForDirecting
- Born2 January 1961 (age 64)
- Place of BirthLos Angeles, California, USA

May December
2023

Image Book
2023

Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair
2022

The Velvet Underground
2021

Dark Waters
2019

At the Video Store
2019
Dark Waters: The Cost of Being a Hero
2019

Wonderstruck
2017

Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
2016

Carol
2015

Six by Sondheim
2013

Great Directors
2009

I'm Not There
2007
Notes on the Death of Kodachrome
2006

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

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
2006

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

Far from Heaven
2002

Velvet Goldmine
1998

Safe
1995

At Sundance
1995

Dottie Gets Spanked
1993

Swoon
1992

Poison
1991

Goo
1991

Anemone Me
1990
He Was Once
1989

Natural History
1989

Cause and Effect
1988
Muddy Hands
1988

Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
1987

Days Are Numbered
1986

Tommy's
1985

Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
1985

A Man in Your Room
1984
