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2 Career  



2.1  Killer Films  







3 Personal life  





4 Awards and juries  



4.1  Awards  





4.2  Juries  







5 Filmography as producer  





6 Works and publications  





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Christine Vachon
Vachon in 2019
Born1962 (age 61–62)
Alma materBrown University
OccupationProducer
Years active1985–present
PartnerMarlene McCarty
Children1
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 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.

Vachon also participates as a member of the Jury for the NYICFF, a paramount New York City Film Festival dedicated to screening films for children between the ages of 3 and 18.[4]

Early life[edit]

Vachon was born in Manhattan, New York City. She is the daughter of Françoise Fourestier and photographer John Vachon.[2]

Career[edit]

She graduated from Brown University in 1983, where she met fellow alums director Todd Haynes and Barry 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' controversial Superstar: 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.

Killer Films[edit]

Vachon and fellow New York producer Pamela Koffler currently run Killer Films, which was established in 1996. The company celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2005 and was honored with a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.[5]

Her first feature Poison (written and directed by Academy Award nominee Todd Haynes) won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 1991. Since that initial success Christine has worked on a number of noteworthy films, including I Shot Andy Warhol, Happiness, Kids, One Hour Photo, and Boys Don't Cry. Through her enduring relationship with Haynes, she has worked on every feature film of his to date, including Safe, Velvet Goldmine, Far From Heaven, and I'm Not There, which starred Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Julianne Moore, and Michelle Williams. Cate Blanchett received both Academy Award and SAG Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress, and the film was also nominated for 4 Independent Spirit Awards, notching a Best Supporting Actress win for Cate Blanchett.

In 2008, Vachon won an Emmy for her role as executive producer for the TV adaptation of Ira Glass's This American Life.[citation needed]

Killer's releases for 2008 include Savage Grace, directed by Tom Kalin and starring Julianne Moore; An American Crime, starring Catherine Keener and Elliot Page, directed by Tommy O'Haver: Then She Found Me, the directorial debut of Helen Hunt, starring herself, Bette Midler, Colin Firth and Matthew Broderick.

Vachon continued her long-standing collaboration with Todd Haynes for the 2015 film, Carol.[6]

Vachon is the Artistic Director of the MFA Program at Stony Brook Manhattan.

Personal life[edit]

Vachon and her partner, artist Marlene 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] She is related to the French costume designer, Sarah Monfort.

Awards and juries[edit]

Awards[edit]

Juries[edit]

Filmography as producer[edit]

Director's name in brackets after film title.

  • 1992: Swoon (Tom Kalin)
  • 1994: Postcards from America (Steve McLean)
  • 1994: Go Fish (Rose Troche) (as executive producer)
  • 1995: Stonewall (Nigel Finch)
  • 1995: Safe (Todd Haynes)
  • 1995: Kids (Larry Clark)
  • 1996: I Shot Andy Warhol (Mary Harron)
  • 1997: Office Killer (Cindy Sherman)
  • 1997: Kiss Me, Guido (Tony Vitale)
  • 1998: Velvet Goldmine (Todd Haynes)
  • 1998: I'm Losing You (Bruce Wagner)
  • 1998: Happiness (Todd Solondz)
  • 1999: Boys Don't Cry (Kimberly Peirce)
  • 2000: Crime and Punishment in Suburbia (Rob Schmidt)
  • 2001: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (John Cameron Mitchell)
  • 2001: Series 7: The Contenders (Daniel Minahan)
  • 2001: Women in Film (Bruce Wagner)
  • 2001: Chelsea Walls (Ethan Hawke)
  • 2001: Storytelling (Todd Solondz)
  • 2002: One Hour Photo (Mark Romanek)
  • 2001: The Grey Zone (Tim Blake Nelson)
  • 2001: The Safety of Objects (Rose Troche)
  • 2002: Far from Heaven (Todd Haynes)
  • 2003: Party Monster (Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato)
  • 2003: Camp (Todd Graff)
  • 2003: The Company (Robert Altman)
  • 2004: A Home at the End of the World (Michael Mayer)
  • 2004: A Dirty Shame (John Waters)
  • 2005: The Notorious Bettie Page (Mary Harron)
  • 2005: Mrs. Harris (Phyllis Nagy)
  • 2006: Infamous (Douglas McGrath)
  • 2007: This American Life (Ira Glass)
  • 2007: An American Crime (Tommy O'Haver)
  • 2007: I'm Not There (Todd Haynes)
  • 2007: Then She Found Me (Helen Hunt)
  • 2008: Savage Grace (Tom Kalin)
  • 2008: Gigantic (Matt Aselton)
  • 2009: Motherhood (Katherine Dieckmann)
  • 2009: Cracks (Jordan Scott)
  • 2009: Cairo Time (Ruba Nadda)
  • 2010: Lulu at the Hotel (short) (Maya Kazan)
  • 2010: Loop Planes (short) (Robin Wilby)
  • 2010: Charley (short) (Dee Austin Robertson)
  • 2010: Dirty Girl (Abe Sylvia)
  • 2010: What's Wrong with Virginia (Dustin Lance Black)
  • 2010: Lullaby for Pi (Benoit Philippon)
  • 2013: Deep Powder (Mo Ogordnik)
  • 2013: The Last of Robin Hood (Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer)
  • 2013: Innocence (Hilary Brougher)
  • 2014: Still Alice (Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer)
  • 2015: Nasty Baby (Sebastián Silva)
  • 2015: Carol (Todd Haynes)
  • 2016: Goat (Andrew Neel)
  • 2016: Wiener-Dog (Todd Solondz)
  • 2016: White Girl (Elizabeth Wood)
  • 2016: A Kind of Murder (Andy Goddard)
  • 2016: Frank & Lola (Matthew Ross) (as executive producer)
  • 2017: Dina (Dan Sickels & Antonio Santini)
  • 2017: Lemon (Janicza Bravo)
  • 2017: Where Is Kyra? (Andrew Dosunmu)
  • 2017: Beatriz at Dinner (Miguel Arteta)
  • 2017: Wonderstruck (Todd Haynes)
  • 2017: First Reformed (Paul Schrader)
  • 2017: Mercy (Tali Shalom-Ezer)
  • 2018: Colette (Wash Westmoreland)
  • 2018: Vox Lux (Brady Corbet)
  • 2019: Dark Waters (Todd Haynes)
  • 2020: Zola (Janicza Bravo)
  • 2020: Shirley (Josephine Decker)
  • 2020: The World to Come (Mona Fastvold)
  • 2020: Brothers by Blood (Jeremie Guez)
  • 2021: Pride (documentary series)
  • 2021: The Velvet Underground (Todd Haynes)
  • 2022: Anything's Possible (Billy Porter)
  • 2023: Past Lives (Celine Song)
  • 2023: She Came to Me (Rebecca Miller)
  • 2023: Bleeding Love (Emma Westenberg)
  • 2023: A Good Person (Zach Braff)
  • 2023: May December (Todd Haynes)
  • 2024: A Different Man (Aaron Schimberg)
  • TBA: On Swift Horses (Daniel Minahan)
  • Works and publications[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Brit Marling". Killer/Hope: Live at Sundance. Digital Artists. February 1, 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
  • ^ a b c Buckley, Cara (November 6, 2009). "When Being Home Is an Adventure". The New York Times.
  • ^ Galloway, Stephen; Belloni, Matthew (December 11, 2015). "Watch THR's Full, Uncensored Producer Roundtable With Ice Cube, Steve Golin and More". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  • ^ "NYICFF Jury". Gkids.com.
  • ^ Sharf, Zack (January 24, 2016). "Sundance Exclusive: Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler's 6 Survival Tips for Producing". Indiewire. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  • ^ Abramovitch, Seth (September 25, 2015). "Killer Films' Co-Founders Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler on Lesbian Romance 'Carol' and Indie Resilience". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  • ^ Dietrich, Joy (July 6, 2010). "Asked & Answered". The New York Times. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
  • ^ "AND THE 2007 WINNERS ARE..." Woodstock Film Festival. 2007.
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