Christine Vachon
Christine Vachon . (* 1962 in Manhattan , New York City ) is an American film director and film producer .
Life
Vachon graduated from Brown University in 1983. As a film director, she made and produced various films. Among others, Far From Heaven (nominated for four Academy Awards), Boys Don't Cry (Academy Award winner), One Hour Photo, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Happiness, Velvet Goldmine, SAFE, I Shot Andy Warhol, Go Fish, Swoon , I'm Not There, Gigantic, Cracks and Cairo Time . Together with the film producer Pamela Koffler , she runs the company Killer Films .
With the production of independent films with queer themes in the early 1990s, she is considered one of the triggers of New Queer Cinema .
Vachon lives in New York City with her partner Marlene McCarty and has a daughter. Her father was the photographer John Vachon .
Filmography (selection)
- 1985: Tommy's (short film)
- 1991: Poison
- 1997: Office Killer
- 1998: One Hour Photo
- 1998: Velvet Gold Mine
- 1999: Boys Don't Cry
- 2001: The Gray Zone (The Gray Zone)
- 2001: storytelling
- 2001: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- 2001: Chelsea Walls
- 2001: The Safety of Objects
- 2002: Far from Heaven (Far from Heaven)
- 2003: Party Monster
- 2003: The Company - Das Ensemble (The Company)
- 2006: Cold Blood - In the footsteps of Truman Capote (Infamous)
- 2007: An American Crime
- 2007: Then She Found Me
- 2007: Wild Innocence (Savage Grace)
- 2007: I'm Not There
- 2008: Gigantic
- 2009: New York Mom (Motherhood)
- 2009: cracks
- 2012: At Any Price (At Any Price)
- 2013: Kill Your Darlings - Junge Wilde (Kill Your Darlings)
- 2013: My Life with Robin Hood (The Last of Robin Hood)
- 2015: Carol
- 2016: Goat
- 2017: Where's Kyra? (Where Is Kyra?)
- 2017: Beatriz at Dinner
- 2017: First Reformed
- 2017: My Days of Mercy
- 2017: Wonderstruck
- 2018: Colette
- 2018: Vox Lux
- 2019: Poisoned Truth (Dark Waters)
- 2020: Zola
- 2020: Shirley
Prizes and awards (selection)
- Gotham Award / Best Producer, 1999 - Christine Vachon
- Independent Spirit Awards , 2000 for Boys Don't Cry
- Teddy Award , 2016 - Special TEDDY
Web links
- Christine Vachon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- New York Times: Asked and answered: Christine Vachon (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Daryl Chin: New Queer Cinema. (PDF) In: GLBTQ Archive. 2002, accessed October 6, 2016 .
- ↑ New York Times: Asked and answered: Christine Vachon (English)
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SURNAME | Vachon, Christine |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film director |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1962 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Manhattan , New York City, United States |