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Todd Haynes
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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…
Known for
- Barbara Forever — Self (archive footage)2026
- All We Do Is Watch Movies — Self2026
- Art-House America: Austin Film Society — Self2023
- Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter — Self2023
- Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair — Self2022
- At the Video Store — Self2019
- Dark Waters: The Cost of Being a Hero — Self2019
- Marcians — Self - Interviewee2017
- Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible — Self2016
- Great Directors — Self2009
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1961-01-02 ) January 2, 1961 (age 65) , Los Angeles , California, U.S.
- Education
- Brown University ( BA ), Bard College ( MFA )
- Occupation
- Filmmaker
- Years active
- 1985–present
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Todd
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Encino
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Image
- Todd Haynes MFF 2023.jpg
- Height
- 1.78
- Residence
- Portland
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- Todd Haynes
- date of birth
- 1961-01-02
- nominated for
- European Film Award for Best Non-European Film
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- described by source
- UbuWeb
- start of work period
- 1985-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Todd Haynes
- has works in the collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- writing language
- English language
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
- name in native language
- Todd Haynes
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Encyclopedic overview
Todd Haynes (/heɪnz/; born January 2, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer whose work is known for its engagement with melodrama, historical pastiche, and queer cinema. 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.
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. His feature directorial debut, Poison (1991), a provocative exploration of AIDS-era perceptions and subversions, established him as a figure of a new transgressive cinema. Poison won the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize.
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