Director
Todd Haynes
January 2, 1961 · 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 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.
Notable work
Often works with
Julianne Moore
5 titles together
May December, I'm Not There, Far from Heaven
Cory Michael Smith
3 titles together
Carol, May December, Wonderstruck
Susan Norman
3 titles together
Safe, Poison, He Was Once
Rob LaBelle
3 titles together
Poison, Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, He Was Once
Cate Blanchett
2 titles together
Carol, I'm Not There
Kevin Crowley
2 titles together
Carol, Dark Waters
Full filmography · 26
May December
Director
20236.6
Image Book
Director
2023
The Velvet Underground
Writer and Director
20216.8
Dark Waters
Director
20197.5
Wonderstruck
Director
20176.1
Carol
Director
20157.5
Six by Sondheim
Director
20137.1
I'm Not There
Director
20076.5
Infinite Pleasure: Todd Haynes on Max Ophuls' Le Plaisir
as Interviewee
2006
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost (The Videos: 1990-2002)
Director
2004
Far from Heaven
Director and Writer
20027.1
Velvet Goldmine
Director
19986.9