Todd Haynes

Director

Born: January 2, 1961 (age 65)
From: 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…

Filmography (35)

Barbara Forever (2026)
Self (archive footage)
May December (2023)
Director
Art-House America: Austin Film Society (2023)
Self
Image Book (2023)
Director
Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair (2022)
Self
The Velvet Underground (2021)
Director
Dark Waters: The Cost of Being a Hero
Dark Waters: The Cost of Being a Hero (2019)
Self
Dark Waters (2019)
Director
At the Video Store (2019)
Self
Wonderstruck (2017)
Director
Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible (2016)
Self
Carol (2015)
Director
Six by Sondheim (2013)
Director
Great Directors (2009)
Self
I'm Not There (2007)
Director
Notes on the Death of Kodachrome
Notes on the Death of Kodachrome (2007)
Self
Infinite Pleasure: Todd Haynes on Max Ophuls' Le Plaisir (2006)
Interviewee
Maternal Overdrive
Maternal Overdrive (2006)
Self
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006)
Self
Eine Zärtlichkeit wie bei Sirk - Todd Haynes über Fassbinder und das Melodram (2006)
Self
Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost (The Videos: 1990-2002) (2004)
Director
Far from Heaven (2002)
Director
Velvet Goldmine (1998)
Director
Safe (1995)
Director
At Sundance (1995)
Self
Dottie Gets Spanked (1993)
Director
Swoon (1992)
Phrenology Head
Goo (1991)
Director
Poison (1991)
Director
He Was Once
He Was Once (1989)
Randy