Christine Vachon | |
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.jpg) Vachon in 2019 | |
| Born | (1962-11-21)November 21, 1962 (age 62) New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Brown University |
| Occupation | Producer |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Partner | Marlene McCarty |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | John Vachon Françoise Fourestier |
Christine Vachon (/væˈʃɒn/;[1] born November 21, 1962) is an American film producer active in the American independent film sector.[2][3]
Vachon producedTodd Haynes' first feature,Poison (1991), which was awarded theGrand Jury Prize at theSundance Film Festival. Since then, she has gone on to produce many acclaimed independent films, includingFar from Heaven,Boys Don't Cry,One Hour Photo,Hedwig and the Angry Inch,Velvet Goldmine,Safe,Go Fish,Swoon,I'm Not There, andCarol. She also produced theHBO miniseriesMildred Pierce.
Vachon also participates as a member of the Jury for theNYICFF, a paramount New York City Film Festival dedicated to screening films for children between the ages of 3 and 18.[4]
Vachon was born inManhattan, New York City. She is the daughter of Françoise Fourestier and photographerJohn Vachon.[2]
She graduated fromBrown University in 1983, where she met fellow alums directorTodd Haynes andBarry Ellsworth. Together, they created Apparatus Productions in 1987, a non-profit company deeply inspired by the anti-Hollywood New York film scene and oversaw the production of seven films in five years. Most notoriously, Apparatus produced Haynes' controversialSuperstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, a film depicting the dramatic rise and fall of the anorexic pop star. To make financial ends meet, Vachon became a proofreader by night. She also took on odd jobs in the film industry to learn the trade.
Vachon and fellow New York producer Pamela Koffler currently runKiller Films, which was established in 1996. The company celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2005 and was honored with a retrospective at theMuseum of Modern Art in New York.[5]
Her first featurePoison (written and directed by Todd Haynes) won theGrand Jury Prize Dramatic at theSundance Film Festival in 1991. Since that initial success, Vachon has worked on a number of noteworthy films, includingI Shot Andy Warhol,Happiness,Kids,One Hour Photo, andBoys Don't Cry. Through her enduring relationship with Haynes, she has worked on every feature film of his to date, includingSafe,Velvet Goldmine,Far From Heaven, andI'm Not There, which starredChristian Bale,Cate Blanchett,Richard Gere,Heath Ledger,Charlotte Gainsbourg,Julianne Moore, andMichelle Williams.Cate Blanchett received bothAcademy Award andSAG Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress, and the film was also nominated for 4Independent Spirit Awards, notching aBest Supporting Actress win forCate Blanchett.
In 2008, Vachon won an Emmy for her role as executive producer for theTV adaptation of Ira Glass'sThis American Life.[citation needed]
Killer Films's releases for 2008 includedSavage Grace, directed byTom Kalin and starringJulianne Moore;An American Crime, starringCatherine Keener andElliot Page, directed byTommy O'Haver; andThen She Found Me, the directorial debut ofHelen Hunt, starring herself,Bette Midler,Colin Firth andMatthew Broderick.
Vachon continued her long-standing collaboration withTodd Haynes for the 2015 filmCarol and the 2023 filmMay December.[6] She produced the 2023 filmPast Lives, for which she received her firstAcademy Award nomination.
Vachon is the artistic director of the MFA Program at Stony Brook Manhattan.
Vachon and her partner, artistMarlene McCarty, live in the East Village of New York with their daughter Guthrie. In the fall of 2009, Vachon went into remission after a battle with breast cancer.[2][7]
Director's name in brackets after film title.
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