Cast & creator
Todd Haynes
Best known for Marcians, Dark Waters, May December
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.
Also known as: 托德·海因斯
81
film credits
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television credits
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1978–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (89)
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Marcians
Self - Interviewee
2017
Dark Waters
Director
2019
May December
Director
2023
Mildred Pierce
Director
2011Mildred Pierce
Executive Producer
2011Mildred Pierce
Teleplay
2011Mildred Pierce
Writer
2011
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2023
Still Alice
Thanks
2014
Enlightened
Director
2011
Carol
Director
2015
I'm Not There
Director
2007I'm Not There
Screenplay
2007I'm Not There
Story
2007SexTV
1998
Night Moves
Executive Producer
2014
Certain Women
Executive Producer
2016
Velvet Goldmine
Director
1998Velvet Goldmine
Screenplay
1998Velvet Goldmine
Story
1998
Totally F***ed Up
Thanks
1994
Far from Heaven
Director
2002Far from Heaven
Writer
2002
Meek's Cutoff
Executive Producer
2011
Wendy and Lucy
Executive Producer
2008
Earthquake Bird
Thanks
2019
Safe
Writer
1995Safe
Director
1995
Poison
Director
1991Poison
Writer
1991Poison
Editor
1991
Office Killer
Co-Writer
1997
Wonderstruck
Director
2017
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Self
2006Dark Waters: The Cost of Being a Hero
Self
2019Maternal Overdrive
Self
2006
Barbara Forever
Self (archive footage)
2026
Six by Sondheim
Director
2013
Madame Satã
Thanks
2002
The Velvet Underground
Writer
2021The Velvet Underground
Director
2021The Velvet Underground
Producer
2021
Old Joy
Executive Producer
2006
Dottie Gets Spanked
Director
1993Dottie Gets Spanked
Writer
1993
Art-House America: Austin Film Society
Self
2023
Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
Todd Donovan
1987Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
Screenplay
1987Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
Director
1987Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
Producer
1987Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
Editor
1987
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
Self
2016
At the Video Store
Self
2019
Muddy Hands
Producer
1988De Noche
Director
De Noche
Writer
All We Do Is Watch Movies
Self
2026
At Sundance
Self
1995
American Lunch
Producer
1988
Great Directors
Self
2009
Tommy's
Producer
1985
Natural History
Child
1989Natural History
Producer
1989
Cal State Long Beach, CA, January 2020
Thanks
2021
Quinceañera
Executive Producer
2006
Swoon
Phrenology Head
1992
Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair
Self
2022
A Man in Your Room
Producer
1984
Earthlings
Executive Producer
2025
Cause and Effect
Producer
1988Cause and Effect
Assistant Director
1988Notes on the Death of Kodachrome
Self
2007He Was Once
Randy
1989He Was Once
Production Manager
1989He Was Once
Producer
1989
Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
1985Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
Director
1985
Eine Zärtlichkeit wie bei Sirk - Todd Haynes über Fassbinder und das Melodram
Self
2006
Anemone Me
Producer
1990
Buoy
Executive Producer
2013
Infinite Pleasure: Todd Haynes on Max Ophuls' Le Plaisir
Interviewee
2006Far from Heaven: "Making of"
2003
Goo
Director
1991
La Divina
Co-Producer
1989La Divina
Assistant Director
1989
Image Book
Director
2023
The Suicide
Director
1978The Suicide
Screenplay
1978The Suicide
Producer
1978