Todd Haynes

Passionate about the visual arts since childhood, Todd Haynes studied art and semiotics at Brown University. In 1987, he created the medium-length film "Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story" with Barbie dolls. Since then, he has tirelessly continued to address questions of gender and identity. His first feature film "Poison", was released in 1991 and won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. After "Safe" (1995), he conjured David Bowie during the Ziggy Stardust period in "Velvet Goldmine" (1998), then paid homage to Douglas Sirk in "Far from Heaven" (2002). In 2006, he had six actors play Bob Dylan in "I’m Not There" then directed the mini series "Mildred Pierce" (2011) before returning to film in 2015 with "Carol", then his Cannes selected film "Wonderstruck" (2017), followed by "Dark Waters" (2019), his award-winning music documentary T"he Velvet Underground", and his newest release, "May December" (2023).