Todd Haynes
Todd Haynes 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.
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Barbara Forever
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2026
May December
director
2023
The Velvet Underground
writer
2021
The Velvet Underground
director
2021
Dark Waters
director
2019
Wonderstruck
director
2017
Carol
director
2015
Six by Sondheim
director
2013
Great Directors
actor
2009
I'm Not There
director
2007
I'm Not There
writer
2007
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
actor
2006
Far from Heaven
writer
2002
Far from Heaven
director
2002
Velvet Goldmine
director
1998
Velvet Goldmine
writer
1998
Office Killer
writer
1997
Safe
writer
1995
Safe
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1995
At Sundance
actor
1995
Swoon
actor
1992
Poison
director
1991
Poison
writer
1991
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
writer
1987
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
actor
1987
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
director
1987
De Noche
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De Noche
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