Christine Vachon | |
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.jpg) Vachon in 2019 | |
| Born | (1962-11-21)November 21, 1962 (age 63) New York City, New York, 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's first feature,Poison (1991), which was awarded theGrand Jury Prize at theSundance Film Festival. Since then, she has produced 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 New York City 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]
Vachon graduated in 1983 fromBrown University, where she met directorTodd Haynes andBarry Ellsworth. In 1987, the three created Apparatus Productions, a nonprofit company deeply inspired by the anti-Hollywood New York film scene, and oversaw the production of seven films in five years. Vachon herself wrote and directed three short films, A Man in Your Room (1984), Days Are Numbered (1986) and The Way of the Wicked (1989).[5] Most notoriously, Apparatus produced Haynes's 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 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.[6]
Vachon's first feature,Poison (written and directed by Haynes), won theGrand Jury Prize Dramatic at theSundance Film Festival in 1991. Since then, she has worked on several noteworthy films, includingI Shot Andy Warhol,Happiness,Kids,One Hour Photo, andBoys Don't Cry. She has worked on all of Haynes's feature films to date, includingSafe,Velvet Goldmine,Far From Heaven, andI'm Not There, for whichCate Blanchett received bothAcademy Award andSAG Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress, and which was nominated for fourIndependent Spirit Awards, with Blanchett winningBest Supporting Actress.
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 2008 releases 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 collaboration with Haynes on the 2015 filmCarol and the 2023 filmMay December.[7] 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. In 2009, Vachon went into remission after a bout of breast cancer.[2][8]
Director's name in brackets after film title.
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