Todd Haynes

Career Overview

Todd Haynes has 83 screen credits in a career dating back to 1978. Signature works include I'm Not There, May December, Dark Waters. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Directing
Gender: male
Known Credits: 83
Birth Date: 1961-01-02
Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA

Known For

Frequent Collaborators

Julianne Moore (4 collaborations)
Cate Blanchett (2 collaborations)
Peter Friedman (2 collaborations)
Cory Michael Smith (2 collaborations)
Kevin Crowley (2 collaborations)
Michael Haney (2 collaborations)
Greg Violand (2 collaborations)
Michael Joseph Thomas Ward (2 collaborations)
Amy Warner (2 collaborations)
Linnea Bond (2 collaborations)

Credits

directing (22 credits)
- De Noche
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- May December
  director
  
  directing
  
  2023
- Image Book
  director
  
  directing
  
  2023
- The Velvet Underground
  director
  
  directing
  
  2021
- Dark Waters
  director
  
  directing
  
  2019
- Wonderstruck
  director
  
  directing
  
  2017
- Carol
  director
  
  directing
  
  2015
- Six by Sondheim
  director
  
  directing
  
  2013
- Mildred Pierce
  
  - Part 5 (2011) ... director directing
  
  - Part 4 (2011) ... director directing
  
  - Part 3 (2011) ... director directing
  
  - Part 2 (2011) ... director directing
  
  - Part 1 (2011) ... director directing
  
  2011
- I'm Not There
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- Sonic Youth: Corporate Ghost (The Videos: 1990-2002)
  director
  
  directing
  
  2004
- Far from Heaven
  director
  
  directing
  
  2002
- Velvet Goldmine
  director
  
  directing
  
  1998
- Safe
  director
  
  directing
  
  1995
- Dottie Gets Spanked
  director
  
  directing
  
  1993
- Goo
  director
  
  directing
  
  1991
- Poison
  director
  
  directing
  
  1991
- La Divina
  assistant director
  
  directing
  
  1989
- Cause and Effect
  assistant director
  
  directing
  
  1988
- Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
  director
  
  directing
  
  1987
- Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
  director
  
  directing
  
  1985
- The Suicide
  director
  
  directing
  
  1978
writing (12 credits)
- De Noche
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2026
- The Velvet Underground
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2021
- Mildred Pierce
  
  - Part 5 (2011) ... teleplay writing
  
  - Part 4 (2011) ... teleplay writing
  
  - Part 3 (2011) ... teleplay writing
  
  - Part 2 (2011) ... teleplay writing
  
  - Part 1 (2011) ... teleplay writing
  
  2011
- I'm Not There
  story
  
  writing
  
  2007
- Far from Heaven
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2002
- Velvet Goldmine
  story
  
  writing
  
  1998
- Office Killer
  co-writer
  
  writing
  
  1997
- Safe
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1995
- Dottie Gets Spanked
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1993
- Poison
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1991
- Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1987
- The Suicide
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1978
actors (21 credits)
- Barbara Forever
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- All We Do Is Watch Movies
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Art-House America: Austin Film Society
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- Douglas Sirk – Hope as in Despair
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Dark Waters: The Cost of Being a Hero
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- At the Video Store
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Xavier Dolan: Bound to Impossible
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Great Directors
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Notes on the Death of Kodachrome
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Maternal Overdrive
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Infinite Pleasure: Todd Haynes on Max Ophuls' Le Plaisir
  Interviewee
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Eine Zärtlichkeit wie bei Sirk - Todd Haynes über Fassbinder und das Melodram
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Far from Heaven: "Making of"
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- SexTV
  
  - Pilot: Season 1, Episode 1 (1998) ... actor actors
  
  1998
- At Sundance
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1995
- Swoon
  Phrenology Head
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1992
- He Was Once
  Randy
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1989
- Natural History
  Child
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1989
- Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
  Todd Donovan
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1987
- Assassins: A Film Concerning Rimbaud
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1985
production (21 credits)
- Earthlings
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2025
- The Velvet Underground
  producer
  
  production
  
  2021
- Certain Women
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2016
- Night Moves
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2014
- Buoy
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2013
- Meek's Cutoff
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2011
- Mildred Pierce
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  - Part 5 (2011) ... executive producer production
  
  - Part 4 (2011) ... executive producer production
  
  - Part 3 (2011) ... executive producer production
  
  - Part 2 (2011) ... executive producer production
  
  - Part 1 (2011) ... executive producer production
  
  2011
- Wendy and Lucy
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2008
- Quinceañera
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2006
- Old Joy
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2006
- Anemone Me
  producer
  
  production
  
  1990
- La Divina
  co-producer
  
  production
  
  1989
- He Was Once
  production manager
  
  production
  
  1989
- Natural History
  producer
  
  production
  
  1989
- Muddy Hands
  producer
  
  production
  
  1988
- Cause and Effect
  producer
  
  production
  
  1988
- American Lunch
  producer
  
  production
  
  1988
- Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
  producer
  
  production
  
  1987
- Tommy's
  producer
  
  production
  
  1985
- A Man in Your Room
  producer
  
  production
  
  1984
- The Suicide
  producer
  
  production
  
  1978
crew (5 credits)
- Cal State Long Beach, CA, January 2020
  thanks
  
  crew
  
  2021
- Earthquake Bird
  thanks
  
  crew
  
  2019
- Still Alice
  thanks
  
  crew
  
  2014
- Madame Satã
  thanks
  
  crew
  
  2002
- Totally F***ed Up
  thanks
  
  crew
  
  1994
editing (2 credits)
- Poison
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1991
- Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1987