
Birthday:
11-21-1962
(62 years)
Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Christine Vachon (born November 21, 1962) is an American film producer active in the American independent film sector. Vachon produced Todd Haynes' first feature, Poison (1991), which was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Since then, she has gone on to produce many acclaimed independent films, including Far from Heaven (nominated for four Academy Awards), Boys Don't Cry (Academy Award winner), One Hour Photo, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Velvet Goldmine, Safe, Go Fish, Swoon, I'm Not There, and Carol. She also produced the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce.
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Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery
Act like Self
event2013
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A documentary about the influential independent film production company The Shooting Gallery.
Zero Budget
Act like Self
event1996
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Looks at the emergence of lesbian feature filmmakers in the U.S. and how they produce films on a small budget. Interviews with directors Rose Troche (Go Fish); Sharon Pollack (Everything Relative); and Alex Sichel (All Over Me) as well as producer Dolly Hall, executive producer Christine Vachon and writers Sylvia Sichel and Guinevere Turner.
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Act like Self
event2006 star_border 5.7
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A chronological look at films by, for, or about gays and lesbians in the United States, from 1947 to 2005, Kenneth Anger's "Fireworks" to "Brokeback Mountain". Talking heads, anchored by critic and scholar B. Ruby Rich, are interspersed with an advancing timeline and with clips from two dozen films. The narrative groups the pictures around various firsts, movements, and triumphs: experimental films, indie films, sex on screen, outlaw culture and bad guys, lesbian lovers, films about AIDS and dying, emergence of romantic comedy, transgender films, films about diversity and various cultures, documentaries and then mainstream Hollywood drama. What might come next?
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
Act like Self
event2016 star_border 3.3
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Explores the hot-button issues around the striking gender gap in Hollywood. Both women and men in the entertainment industry share first-person insights, questions, and anecdotes about the place of women in Hollywood.
Solace in the Dark
Act like Self
event2011
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A retrospective documentary on 9/11 in connection with the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival.
Dark Waters: The Cost of Being a Hero
Act like Self
event2019 star_border 7.6
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This piece examines real-life Rob Bilott’s sacrifices to take down a powerful corporation and how a single individual can impact an entire community. Cast and filmmakers discuss the importance of telling this story and empowering whistle-blowers.
Deauville et le rêve américain
Act like Self
event2020
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Reflection of the society and vector of the occidental culture, American cinema influences the entire world since its debuts.
Pride
Act like Self (6 ep.)
event2021 star_border 7.1
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Six renowned LGBTQ+ directors explore heroic and heartbreaking stories that define America as a nation. The limited series spans the FBI surveillance of homosexuals during the 1950s Lavender Scare to the “Culture Wars” of the 1990s and beyond, exploring the queer legacy of the Civil Rights movement and the battle over marriage equality.
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2023 star_border 7
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THR’s famed Roundtables are reimagined for broadcast and offer a fresh perspective on a classic, showcasing the collective brilliance of the entertainment industry's finest and funniest minds as never before.
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2015 star_border 5.7
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Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.
Anatomy of a Scene
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2001 star_border 6
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Anatomy of a Scene is a television series produced by and aired regularly on Sundance Channel since 2001. As a tagline for the series notes, each 30-minute episode "dissects the art of filmmaking" of a scene from a specific film, often a film previously showcased at a Sundance Film Festival.
An episode examines the scene from multiple perspectives, such as production design, costume design, cinematography, storyboards, writing, music, acting, and directing. Interviews with the cast and crew are interspersed with snippets from the film.
Episodes of the show are often included on the DVD release of the films they study.
Boys Don't Cry
Producer (1 ep.)
event1999 star_border 7.4
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A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.
Party Monster
Producer (1 ep.)
event2003 star_border 5.9
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The New York club scene of the 80s and 90s was a world like no other. Into this candy-colored, mirror ball playground stepped Michael Alig, a wannabe from nowhere special. Under the watchful eye of veteran club kid James St. James, Alig quickly rose to the top... and there was no place to go but down.
Six by Sondheim
Producer (1 ep.)
event2013 star_border 7.1
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This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through six of his best-known songs.
I'm Not There
Producer (1 ep.)
event2007 star_border 6.5
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Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.
Far from Heaven
Producer (1 ep.)
event2002 star_border 7
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In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.
Cairo Time
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2009 star_border 5.9
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In Cairo on her own as she waits for her husband, Juliette finds herself caught in a whirlwind romance with his friend Tareq, a retired cop. As Tareq escorts Juliette around the city, they find themselves in the middle of a brief affair that catches them both unawares.
Infamous
Producer (1 ep.)
event2006 star_border 6.5
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While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.
One Hour Photo
Producer (1 ep.)
event2002 star_border 6.6
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Sy "the photo guy" Parrish has lovingly developed photos for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually believes he's part of their family. When "Uncle" Sy's picture-perfect fantasy collides with an ugly dose of reality, what happens next "has the spine-tingling elements of the best psychological thrillers!"
A Good Person
Producer (1 ep.)
event2023 star_border 7.1
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Allison's life falls apart following her involvement in a fatal accident. The unlikely relationship she forms with her would-be father-in-law helps her live a life worth living.
A Man in Your Room
Director (1 ep.)
event1984
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A priest wakes repeatedly from a dream in which he sees attractive, partially-disrobed man in his room. The hypnotic repetition and anxiety of his vision gains tension from the minimalist score.
Cracks
Producer (1 ep.)
event2009 star_border 6.7
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Jealousy flares after the headmistress of an elite boarding school for girls becomes obsessed with a new student.
Shut Up and Play the Hits
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2012 star_border 6.9
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An intimate portrait of Brooklyn-based electronic rock band LCD Soundsystem's then-final live show on April 2, 2011, capturing both the exuberant, three-hour farewell concert at New York City's Madison Square Garden and frontman James Murphy's introspective 48 hours surrounding it.
Dragonslayer
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2011 star_border 6.1
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Dragonslayer documents the transgressions of a lost skate punk falling in love in the stagnant suburbs of Fullerton, California in the aftermath of America's economic collapse. Taking the viewer through a golden SoCal haze of broken homes, abandoned swimming pools and stray glimpses of unusual beauty, Dragonslayer captures the life and times of Josh 'Skreech' Sandoval, a local skate legend and new father, as his endless summer finally collides with the future. Set to the alternately roaring and dreamy soundtrack of bands from the indie labels Mexican Summer and Kemado Records including Best Coast, Bipolar Bear, Children, Dungen, Eddy Current and the Suppression Ring, Golden Triangle, Jacuzzi Boys, Little Girls, Real Estate, The Soft Pack, Saviours, as well as DEATH and Thee Oh Sees. Dragonslayer is a punk-rock manifesto to youth, love and learning to survive after the decline of western civilization.
May December
Producer (1 ep.)
event2023 star_border 6.6
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Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under the pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.
Deep Powder
Producer (1 ep.)
event2013 star_border 5.3
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When a teen from the wrong side of the tracks falls in love with a wealthy girl at the local boarding school, he agrees to help her smuggle drugs from Ecuador for the benefit of her upper crust friends. But when the plan unravels and he becomes the fall guy for their crimes, he is forced to decide how far he will go for the girl he loves.
Past Lives
Producer (1 ep.)
event2023 star_border 7.7
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Nora and Hae Sung, two childhood friends, are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.
Carol
Producer (1 ep.)
event2015 star_border 7.5
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In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
A Different Man
Producer (1 ep.)
event2024 star_border 7.1
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Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare, as he loses out on the role he was born to play and becomes obsessed with reclaiming what was lost.
Magic Magic
Producer (1 ep.)
event2013 star_border 5.1
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In remote Chile, a vacationing young woman begins to mentally unravel; meanwhile, her friends ignore her claim until it's too late.
He Was Once
Producer (1 ep.)
event1989 star_border 7
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This bizarre parody of the animated religious children’s show Davey and Goliath uses actors but looks like Claymation because of the stop motion, distorted voices, giant prosthetic ears and hair and sets that make Pee-Wee’s Playhouse look realistic. Davey’s father whips him with a belt for saying that he saw a bear, though he really did see a bear, while his sister looks on in glee. His dog Goliath, actually a leopard-skin footrest with a grotesque tail, tries to help but gets whipped too. Oedipal dream sequences and Davey’s revenge are also highlights in this unforgettable and darkly hilarious suburban nightmare.
Love Child
Producer (1 ep.)
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A woman is stuck in a loveless marriage to a brutish husband, but when a handsome vagabond stranger appears, her precocious 11-year-old hatches a plan to get rid of his father so that his mother can marry him instead. But things end up backfiring, so he comes up with yet another plan, this one even more devious, with more disastrous and unexpected consequences.
Camp
Producer (1 ep.)
event2003 star_border 5.5
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Misfits in their lives back home, a group of young people live it up at musical-theater camp. While the sports counselor is completely ignored, the kids' spend all their time in rehearsal for a grueling schedule that involves a new show every two weeks. Several personal stories come to the fore.
Virginia
Producer (1 ep.)
event2010 star_border 5.4
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A sheriff sees his state senate bid slide out onto the ice when his daughter begins to date the son of a charming but psychologically disturbed woman with whom the sheriff has engaged in a two-decade-long affair.
Wildlike
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2015 star_border 6.2
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Fourteen-year-old Mackenzie is sent to live with her uncle in Juneau when her mother can’t care for her anymore. The living situation quickly takes a turn for the worse, and she runs away to rejoin her mother in Seattle. While on her dangerous journey of sleeping in cars and breaking into hotel rooms, she’s drawn to Rene, a lonesome backpacker looking for tranquility in the wilderness.
Motherhood
Producer (1 ep.)
event2009 star_border 5
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In Manhattan, a mother of two preparing for her daughter's sixth birthday party has no idea of the challenges she's about to face in order to pull off the event.
Nasty Baby
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2015 star_border 5.2
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A gay couple enlists the help of their friend Polly to create a baby. Meanwhile, they must also contend with their homophobic neighbour who becomes a big nuisance.
She Came to Me
Producer (1 ep.)
event2023 star_border 6.2
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Composer Steven Lauddem is plagued by a creative block which leaves him unable to finish the score for his big comeback opera. When his former therapist-turned-wife Patricia suggests he rekindle his creativity by getting lost in the city, Steven sets out in search of inspiration. His epiphany comes after he meets a spirited woman named Katrina and discovers his life has much more potential than he bargained for, or ever could have imagined.
Safe
Producer (1 ep.)
event1995 star_border 7
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Carol White, a Los Angeles housewife in the late 1980s, comes down with a debilitating illness with no clear diagnosis.
Bleeding Love
Producer (1 ep.)
event2024 star_border 6.1
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In an effort to reunite with his daughter after a period of absence, a father takes her on a road trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Along the way they encounter some interesting characters and obstacles while sorting out their relationship.
Dottie Gets Spanked
Producer (1 ep.)
event1993 star_border 6.3
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A six-year-old boy in pre-hippie 1960s United States endures ridicule from his schoolmates and worry from his father over his fixation with a TV star named Dottie.
The Notorious Bettie Page
Producer (1 ep.)
event2005 star_border 6.3
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Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography, and transformed her into an erotic icon who continues to enthrall fans to this day.
Then She Found Me
Producer (1 ep.)
event2007 star_border 5.6
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A New York schoolteacher hits a midlife crisis when, in quick succession, her husband leaves, her adoptive mother dies and her biological mother, an eccentric talk show host, materializes and turns her life upside down as she begins a courtship with the father of one of her students.
I Shot Andy Warhol
Producer (1 ep.)
event1996 star_border 6.2
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Based on the true story of Valerie Solanas who was a 1960s radical preaching hatred toward men in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a film that she wanted Andy Warhol to produce, but he continued to ignore her. So she shot him. This is Valerie's story.
Kiss Me, Guido
Producer (1 ep.)
event1997 star_border 5.1
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When he discovers his girlfriend having sex with his brother, Frankie decides to head to Manhattan, leaving his Bronx pizza shop forever for the fame and fortune of show business. But before stardom, he needs a place to stay. Looking in the personals, he notices GWM. And thinking it "Guy with Money," he heads to the Village and the apartment of gay actor Warren, who's in desperate need of this month's rent.
I'm Losing You
Producer (1 ep.)
event1998 star_border 4.9
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A wealthy businessman Perry Krohn attempts to juggle the needs of his dedicated wife, demanding mistress and grown children while facing his own certain death from lung cancer.
Bluebird
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2014 star_border 6
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On a freezing January evening, school bus driver Lesley completes her route, but her final inspection abruptly ends when a bluebird comes into view. What happens next shakes her small Maine logging town, proving that even the slightest actions have enormous consequences.
Mala Mala
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2015 star_border 6.1
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In a celebration of the trans community in Puerto Rico, the fissure between internal and external is an ever-present battle. A unique exploration of self-discovery and activism, featuring a diverse collection of subjects that include LGBTQ advocates, business owners, sex workers, and a boisterous group of drag performers who call themselves The Doll House, Mala Mala portrays a fight for personal and community acceptance paved with triumphant highs and devastating lows.
Wiener-Dog
Producer (1 ep.)
event2016 star_border 5.6
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A dachshund passes from oddball owner to oddball owner, whose radically dysfunctional lives are all impacted by the pooch.
Under the Influence
Producer (1 ep.)
event2022
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When Casey Neistat first sat down to interview YouTube sensation, David Dobrik, neither of them knew they were about to capture one of the most precipitous rise and falls in the history of the internet... in real-time. David, protected by the belief that he’s just a kid with a camera, has constantly assumed risks. Even as a story of a sexual assault breaks, he’s busy covering up a near-lethal accident caught on film, intended to be entertainment. In the real world, these kinds of actions have life-changing consequences, but in the gold rush ecosystem of Social Media influence, the audience decides who succeeds, and who gets banished forever.
A Home at the End of the World
Producer (1 ep.)
event2004 star_border 6.5
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Three friends form a bond over the year, Johnathan is gay, Clare is straight and Bobby is neither, instead he loves the people he loves. As their lives go on there is tension and tears which culminate in a strong yet fragile friendship between the three.
Mrs. Harris
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2006 star_border 6
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Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean Harris.
Tommy's
Production Manager (1 ep.)
event1985
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A state employee tasked with photographing road conditions tracks a mysterious man (played by Steve Buscemi) who leaves suspiciously large garbage bags along a snowy country road.
The Last of Robin Hood
Producer (1 ep.)
event2013 star_border 5.6
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Errol Flynn, the swashbuckling Hollywood star and notorious ladies man, flouted convention all his life, but never more brazenly than in his last years when, swimming in vodka and unwilling to face his mortality, he undertook a liaison with an aspiring actress, Beverly Aadland. The two had a high-flying affair that spanned the globe and was enabled by the girl's fame-obsessed mother, Florence. It all came crashing to an end in October 1959, when events forced the relationship into the open, sparking an avalanche of publicity castigating Beverly and her mother - which only fed Florence's need to stay in the spotlight.
The Grey Zone
Producer (1 ep.)
event2001 star_border 6.6
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The story of Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando — one of the thirteen consecutive "Special Squads" of Jewish prisoners placed by the Nazis in the excruciating moral dilemma of assisting in the extermination of fellow Jews in exchange for a few more months of life.
Don't Look up My Skirt Unless You Mean It (or How Butch Are You Really?)
Director (1 ep.)
event1994
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Title says it all.
Office Killer
Producer (1 ep.)
event1997 star_border 5.3
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When Dorine Douglas' job as proofreader for Constant Consumer magazine is turned into an at-home position during a downsizing, she doesn't know how to cope. But after accidentally killing one of her co-workers, she discovers that murder can quench the loneliness of her home life, as a macabre office place forms in her basement, populated by dead co-workers.
Goo
Producer (1 ep.)
event1991 star_border 4.8
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In 1991, a long-form music video version of Goo was released on VHS and LaserDisc. A music video for each song from the album was included; the track listing was identical to that of the original album.
A Kind of Murder
Producer (1 ep.)
event2016 star_border 5.3
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In 1960s New York, Walter Stackhouse is a rich, successful architect and unhappily married to the beautiful but damaged Clara. His desire to be free of her feeds his obsession with Kimmel, a man suspected of brutally murdering his own wife. When Walter and Kimmel's lives become dangerously intertwined, a ruthless police detective becomes convinced he has found the murderer. But as the lines blur between innocence and intent, who, in fact, is the real killer?
Omni Loop
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2024 star_border 5.6
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Diagnosed with a black hole growing inside her chest and stuck in a loop reliving the last five days of her life, a 55-year-old wife and mother from Miami, Florida decides to solve time travel in order to go back and be the person she always intended to be.
White Girl
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2016 star_border 5.7
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Summer, New York City. A college girl falls hard for a guy she just met. After a night of partying goes wrong, she goes to wild extremes to get him back.
La Divina
Producer (1 ep.)
event1989
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Brooke Dammkoehler’s meditation on the rise to stardom of a glamorous movie idol (modelled after Greta Garbo), draped in gorgeous black & white photography and a tone of delirious grandeur.
Where Is Kyra?
Producer (1 ep.)
event2018 star_border 5.6
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Pushed to the brink after losing her job, a woman struggles to survive. As the months pass and her troubles deepen, she embarks on a perilous and mysterious journey that threatens to usurp her life.
Beatriz at Dinner
Producer (1 ep.)
event2017 star_border 5.8
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Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a health practitioner. Doug Strutt is a cutthroat, self-satisfied billionaire. When these two opposites meet at a dinner party, their worlds collide, and neither will ever be the same.
Lemon
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2017 star_border 4.6
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A man watches his life unravel after he is left by his blind girlfriend.
Dina
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2017 star_border 6.4
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Dina, an outspoken and eccentric 49-year-old in suburban Philadelphia, invites her fiancé Scott, a Walmart door greeter, to move in with her. Having grown up neurologically diverse in a world blind to the value of their experience, the two are head-over-heels for one another, but shacking up poses a new challenge. Scott freezes when it comes to physical intimacy, and Dina, a Kardashians fanatic, wants nothing more than to share with Scott all she’s learned about sensual desire from books, TV shows, and her previous marriage. Her increasingly creative forays to draw Scott close keep hitting roadblocks—exposing anxieties, insecurities, and communication snafus while they strive to reconcile their conflicting approaches to romance and intimacy.
Gigantic
Producer (1 ep.)
event2008 star_border 5.7
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Young mattress salesman Brian decides to adopt a baby from China but is distracted when he forms a relationship with quirky, wealthy Harriet whom he meets at his mattress store. As their relationship flourishes, unbeknownst to them, a hitman is trying to kill Brian.
Still Alice
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2014 star_border 7.5
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Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.
On Swift Horses
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
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In the 1950s, a seemingly sensible newlywed and her wayward brother-in-law undertake parallel journeys of risk, romance, and self-discovery.
Wonderstruck
Producer (1 ep.)
event2017 star_border 6
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The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection.
The Illumination
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2017
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When Gordon Gund went blind in 1970 at age 30 due to retinitis pigmentosa, he resolved to find a cure for the disease and created the Foundation Fighting Blindness. After decades of scientific research, a major breakthrough emerged, and this short film showcases the inspirational story of a 17-year-old Belgian boy who is a beneficiary of this work.
Go Fish
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event1994 star_border 4.8
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Max is a trendy, pretty, young lesbian, who is having trouble finding love. A friend sets her up with Ely, whom Max likes, but Ely is frumpy, homely, and older. Nor do they have much in common. Can Max learn to look past the packaging?
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Producer (1 ep.)
event2001 star_border 7.4
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Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig undergoes a personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an 'internationally ignored' but divinely talented rock diva, inhabiting a 'beautiful gender of one'.
London Town
Producer (1 ep.)
event2017 star_border 6.2
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A 14-year old boy’s life changes forever when his estranged mother introduces him to the music of The Clash in 1979 London.
First Reformed
Producer (1 ep.)
event2018 star_border 7
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A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.
Late Fame
Producer (1 ep.)
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A long time ago Ed Saxberger wrote a book of poetry that no one ever cared about. When a group of young artists rediscover his work, he must reassess his genius. The wild card in the group is Gloria, a talented and mercurial theatre actress who toys with affections and who is all set to be admired by Saxberger.
The Way of the Wicked
Director (1 ep.)
event1986
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An odyssey about two women trying to stop a young girl from biting the Host at her First Communion.
Hotel New York
Assistant Editor (1 ep.)
event1984 star_border 5
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A comedy about New York and its eccentric inhabitants. A French filmmaker comes to New York to show her film at MOMA. Fascinated by the city, she decides to stay.
Anemone Me
Producer (1 ep.)
event1990
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The only black American family in Maine has a son, a blind bodybuilder, who falls in love with a white "mer-boy."
Oreos with Attitude
Producer (1 ep.)
event1991
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Short dramatization shows how blacks as well as whites apply racial stereotypes to black persons.
Eye of God
Thanks (1 ep.)
event1997 star_border 5.8
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A small Oklahoma town is stripped of its innocence when one of its boys turns up mute and bloodied by the lakeside. Unable to tell his story, the local sheriff embarks on a quest to uncover the roots of a gruesome crime. He's led to Ainsley DuPree and her new husband, Jack, a man whose interest in family may very well outweigh his morals.
Colette
Producer (1 ep.)
event2018 star_border 6.9
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After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Soon after, Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite for him. She pens a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation. After its success, Colette and Willy become the talk of Paris and their adventures inspire additional Claudine novels.
The Murderous Miss Highsmith
Producer (1 ep.)
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The film will reimagine the author’s life as a horror movie, focusing on the formative period just before she wrote her most celebrated work, The Talented Mr. Ripley, which was partly inspired by her doomed relationships with two women.
Poison
Producer (1 ep.)
event1991 star_border 6.1
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A trio of interweaved transgressive tales, telling a bizarre stories of suburban patricide and a miraculous flight from justice, a mad sex experiment which unleashes a disfiguring plague, and the obsessive sexual relationship between two prison inmates.
My Days of Mercy
Producer (1 ep.)
event2018 star_border 7.3
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The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her family's political cause.
Swoon
Producer (1 ep.)
event1992 star_border 5.8
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Teenagers Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb share a dangerous sexual bond and an amoral outlook on life. They spend afternoons breaking into storefronts and engaging in petty crimes, until the calculating Nathan ups the ante by kidnapping, and murdering, a young boy.
Postcards from America
Producer (1 ep.)
event1994 star_border 3.8
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Inspired by the autobiographical writings of David Wojnarowicz, "Postcards From America" chronicles the abuse the artist suffered as a child at the hands of his father and his subsequent running away to New York to become a street hustler.
Kids
Co-Producer (1 ep.)
event1995 star_border 6.9
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A day in the life of a group of teens as they travel around New York City skating, drinking, smoking and deflowering virgins.
Stonewall
Producer (1 ep.)
event1995 star_border 6.1
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A group of gay friends try to live with dignity and self-respect while events build to the opening battle in the major gay rights movement.
Happiness
Producer (1 ep.)
event1998 star_border 7.5
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The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.
Velvet Goldmine
Producer (1 ep.)
event1998 star_border 6.9
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Almost a decade since larger-than-life glam-rock enigma Brian Slade disappeared from public eye, an investigative journalist is on assignment to uncover the truth behind his former idol.
Series 7
Producer (1 ep.)
event2001 star_border 6.3
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A reality TV program selects six contestants to participate in a free-for-all, no holds barred deathmatch, where they must skillfully outwit and kill each other in order to be the last person alive.
Storytelling
Producer (1 ep.)
event2001 star_border 6.5
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College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.
The Safety of Objects
Producer (1 ep.)
event2002 star_border 6.6
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In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.
The Company
Producer (1 ep.)
event2003 star_border 5.2
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Ensemble drama centered around a group of ballet dancers, with a focus on one young dancer who's poised to become a principal performer.
A Dirty Shame
Producer (1 ep.)
event2004 star_border 5.3
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Sylvia Stickles runs a convenience store with her husband and mother-in-law. One day, Sylvia is hit on the head and transforms from an uptight prude to a sex-crazed lunatic. As she goes on a rampage through town, Sylvia attracts the attention of Ray Ray, a sexual healer and tow truck driver in search of the world's greatest orgasm. Their sexual revolution, however, causes a class war in their tiny Baltimore community.
Savage Grace
Producer (1 ep.)
event2007 star_border 5.6
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This examination of a famous scandal from the 1970s explores the relationship between Barbara Baekeland and her only son, Antony. Barbara, a lonely social climber unhappily married to the wealthy but remote plastics heir Brooks Baekeland, dotes on Antony, who is homosexual. As Barbara tries to "cure" Antony of his sexuality -- sometimes by seducing him herself -- the groundwork is laid for a murderous tragedy.
Young Bodies Heal Quickly
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2014 star_border 5.2
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Two brothers are fleeing arrest for the "accidental" killing of a young girl. Their destination is their estranged father's desolate compound on the sea shore.
Night Voltage
Producer (1 ep.)
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In Astoria, Queens, in 1980, young Greek-American Nondas is determined to jump-start his electronic music career by doing what has been previously impossible: using new music tech to make his own demo in his bedroom & basically hand delivering his freshly pressed singles to DJs, radio stations, and anyone who can help him.
Zola
Producer (1 ep.)
event2021 star_border 6.2
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A waitress agrees to accompany an exotic dancer, her put-upon boyfriend, and her mysterious and domineering roommate on a road trip to Florida to seek their fortune at a high-end strip club.
Materialists
Producer (1 ep.)
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Set against the vibrant backdrop of New York City, a high-end matchmaker gets involved with a wealthy man but still harbors feelings for the broke actor-waiter she left behind.
Vox Lux
Producer (1 ep.)
event2018 star_border 5.8
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In 1999, teenage sisters Celeste and Eleanor survive a seismic, violent tragedy. The sisters compose and perform a song about their experience, making something lovely and cathartic out of catastrophe — while also catapulting Celeste to stardom. By 2017, the now 31-year-old Celeste is mother to a teenage daughter of her own and struggling to navigate a career fraught with scandals when another act of terrifying violence demands her attention.
Shirley
Producer (1 ep.)
event2020 star_border 6.1
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A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.
The Velvet Underground
Producer (1 ep.)
event2021 star_border 6.8
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Experience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story. Directed with the era’s avant-garde spirit by Todd Haynes, this kaleidoscopic oral history combines exclusive interviews with dazzling archival footage.
Geoffrey Beene 30
Producer (1 ep.)
event1993
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A profile of fashion designer Geoffrey Beene, on his 30 years in the industry.
Dirty Girl
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2010 star_border 6.1
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When Danielle is banished to special education because of her misbehavior, she joins Clarke on a road trip to discover themselves.
Kill Your Darlings
Producer (1 ep.)
event2013 star_border 7.1
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A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.
Candlelight
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2018 star_border 10
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Nearly four months after the historically devastating Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, only half of the island has power back. “Candlelight” is a journey through the storm’s aftermath and the events that changed Puerto Rico forever. It’s a heartfelt tribute to the resilience of the Puerto Rican people.
Dark Waters
Producer (1 ep.)
event2019 star_border 7.5
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A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything — his future, his family, and his own life — to expose the truth.
Big Sky
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2015 star_border 4.3
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Hazel suffers from a crippling case of agoraphobia - so much so that it causes a rift between her and her mother, Dee. They agree that Hazel will go to a treatment facility to help her deal with her fear, transported by a driver and specialty van from the facility. But when two masked gunmen attack them on the desert road, Hazel has to battle her fears so she and her mother can survive.
Electric Slide
Producer (1 ep.)
event2014 star_border 4.9
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A heightened homage to the City of Angels, Electric Slide riffs on the real-life story of Eddie Dodson, the notorious "Gentleman Bank Robber." With a debonair sophistication and a serious talent for flirt, Dodson managed to lure money from mesmerized female tellers at over 60 banks during an epic spree in the 1980s.
Inside the Rain
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2020 star_border 5.2
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Facing expulsion from college over a misunderstanding, a bipolar student indulges his misery at a strip club where he befriends a gorgeous, intelligent, outrageous woman and they hatch a madcap scheme to prove his innocence.
Chelsea Walls
Producer (1 ep.)
event2001 star_border 5
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This movie tells five stories set in a single day at the famed Chelsea Hotel in New York City, involving an ensemble cast of some 30-35 characters.
ICON EYE
Producer (1 ep.)
event2012
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Sun Araw and M. Geddes Gengras meet legendary dub reggae group The Congos in St. Catherine, Jamaica and create the full-length album, ICON GIVE THANK. In conjunction, RVNG released ICON EYE, a feature film documenting the young musicians’ time spent living and learning The Congos way. The visual companion to the musical fruit of GIVE THANK, ICON EYE, is a feature-length travelogue executively produced by Christine Vachon (Killer Films) and Randall Poster & Gelya Robb (Search Party Music).
The World to Come
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2021 star_border 7
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In 1856, two women forge a close connection despite their isolation on the American frontier.
Anything's Possible
Producer (1 ep.)
event2022 star_border 5.8
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Anything’s Possible is a delightfully modern Gen Z coming-of-age story that follows Kelsa, a confident high school girl who is trans, as she navigates through senior year. When her classmate Khal gets a crush on her, he musters up the courage to ask her out, despite the drama he knows it could cause. What transpires is a romance that showcases the joy, tenderness, and pain of young love.
Days Are Numbered
Director (1 ep.)
event1986
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Christine Vachon’s story of a man haunted by the grotesque memory of having stepped on a dead animal's carcass is an artistic tour de force starring Michael Sean Edwards (the voice of Richard Carpenter in Todd Haynes’ Superstar) and a young Steve Buscemi.
The Brutalist
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2024 star_border 7
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Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes. On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren recognizes his talent for building. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost.
The Last Day
Producer (1 ep.)
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Loose adaptation of Virginia Woolf's groundbreaking novel 'Mrs. Dalloway.' 'The Last Day' will likely be set in a modern environment and feature a character-focused drama that explores themes similar to Woolf's work.
Lone Wolf
Producer (1 ep.)
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A troubled vet struggling with addiction is recruited by a contractor for a covert plot to assassinate a politician. After learning she's set up to take the fall, she must outwit the agents to protect her son's future.
Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
event2025
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Rico’s summer is a mix of chasing girls and hustling homemade cocktails out of a cooler on Orchard Beach, the Bronx. But when Destiny, his teenage girlfriend, crashes at his place with his family, it’s only a matter of time before his carefree days come spiraling down.
This American Life
Producer (13 ep.)
event2007 star_border 8.7
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The Peabody Award-winning public radio series that combines journalism with opinion, fiction and biography becomes this highly anticipated TV series hosted by Ira Glass.
Mildred Pierce
Executive Producer (5 ep.)
event2011 star_border 7
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Mildred Pierce depicts an overprotective, self-sacrificing mother during the Great Depression who finds herself separated from her husband, opening a restaurant of her own and falling in love with a man, all the while trying to earn her spoiled, narcissistic daughter's love and respect.
Halston
Executive Producer (5 ep.)
event2021 star_border 7.1
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His name built an empire. His style defined an era. American fashion designer Halston skyrockets to fame before his life starts to spin out of control.
This Close
Executive Producer (14 ep.)
event2018 star_border 6.6
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BFFs Kate and Michael, who are both deaf and live in Los Angeles, are about to face new challenges - including a bad breakup, being tokenized at work and a troubling secret - all of which test their bond in surprising ways.
Trust
Executive Producer (1 ep.)
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When a wealthy financier reads a novel based on his own life and is dissatisfied by his and his wife’s portrayal, he asks a secretary to ghostwrite his memoir and set the record straight. She, however, grows uncomfortably aware that he is rewriting history—and his wife’s place in it.
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