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Todd Haynes wearing glasses, a light blue shirt, and a gray suit jacket, looking at the camera with a slight smile. Director Todd Haynes, wearing a green jacket, points while standing beside Charlotte Gainsbourg on an urban film set during the production of I'm Not There.
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Todd Haynes American screenwriter and director Todd Haynes, 2017.

Todd Haynes

American screenwriter and director
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Todd Haynes (born January 2, 1961, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) is an American screenwriter and director known for films that examine fame, sexuality, and the lives of people on the periphery of mainstream society. His notable movies include Safe (1995), Velvet Goldmine (1998), Far from Heaven (2002), I’m Not There (2007), Carol (2015), and May December (2023). Haynes graduated from Brown University in 1985 with a B.A. in art and semiotics. In 1987 he earned...

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