Todd Haynes
Todd Haynes ( born January 2, 1961 in Los Angeles ) is an American actor, director, screenwriter and producer.
Life
Todd Haynes turned in his early childhood home movies. He studied art and semiotics at Brown University and after graduating went to New York. There he turned his very controversial short film Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story. His first film Poison earned him the 1991 Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival a.
With the fictional Bob Dylan biography I'm Not There, he won the 2007 Grand Prize of the Jury of the 64th Venice Film Festival, while Actress Cate Blanchett was honored with the Volpi Cup. Five years earlier, Haynes had already helped Julianne Moore Far from Heaven (2002 ) for Best Actor Award in Venice. He won the 2003 Award for this film the Chlotrudis Award for Best Director.
In 2011 he was appointed to the jury of the 68th International Film Festival of Venice. In the same year he shot the five -part TV series Mildred Pierce with Kate Winslet on the novel by James M. Cain.