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Christine Vachon Biography (1962-)

Born in 1962, in New York, NY; companion of Marlene McCarty (a graphic designer). Career: Producer, writer, and director. Killer Films (independentfilm production company), partner. Awards, Honors: Independent SpiritAward nominations, both best first feature (with Todd Haynes), 1991, for Poison, and 1992, for Swoon; Frameline Award, outstanding achievement in lesbian and gay media, 1994; Independent Spirit Award nomination (withLauren Zalaznick), best feature, 1995, for Safe; Muse Award, outstanding vision and achievement, New York Women in Film and Television, 1996; Independent Spirit Award nomination, best feature, 1998, for Velvet Goldmine; Producer Award, Gotham Awards, 1999.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Occupation

Producer, writer, director

Birth Details

1962

New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Producer, Unless Otherwise Noted
• Production assistant, Variety, Horizon, 1983
• Director, A Man in Your Room, 1984
• Assistant editor, Parting Glances, Cinecom, 1986
• Director, Days Are Numbered, 1986
• Third assistant director, Magic Sticks, 1987
• Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, 1987
• Unit production coordinator, My Demon Lover, New Line Cinema, 1987
• Muddy Hands, 1988
• Cause and Effect, 1988
• He Was Once, 1989
• Director, The Way of the Wicked, 1989
• La Divina, 1989
• Assistant director, The Golden Boat, 1990
• Oreos with Attitude, 1990
• Anemone Me, 1990
• (And first assistant director) Poison, Zeitgeist, 1991
• (And assistant director) Swoon, Fine Line Features, 1992
• Postcards from America, 1994
• Executive producer, Go Fish, Samuel Goldwyn, 1994
• Director, Don't Look up My Skirt Unless You Mean It (or How Butch AreYou Really?), 1994
• Stonewall, Strand Releasing, 1995
• Safe, Sony Pictures Classics, 1995
• Coproducer, Kids, Miramax/Independent Pictures, 1995
• Plain Pleasures, 1996
• I Shot Andy Warhol, Samuel Goldwyn, 1996
• Office Killer, Miramax/Strand Releasing, 1997
• Kiss Me, Guido, Paramount, 1997
• Executive producer, Wild Flowers, 1998
• Velvet Goldmine, Miramax, 1998
• I'm Losing You, 1998
• Happiness, Good Machine, 1998
• Dark Harbor, 1998
• Executive producer, Take It Like a Man, 1999
• Executive producer, Boys Don't Cry, Fox Searchlight Pictures, 1999
• Crime and Punishment in High School, 1999
• Television Work
• Movies
• Producer, Dottie Gets Spanked, 1993
• Television Appearances
• Episodic
• American Cinema, PBS, 1995
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• A Man in Your Room, 1984
• Days Are Numbered, 1986
• The Way of the Wicked, 1989
• Other
• (With David Edelstein) Shooting to Kill: How an Independent Producer Blasts through the Barriers to Make Movies That Matter, Avon (New York City), 1998

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

• Advocate, January 21, 1997, p. 95.
• Harper's Bazaar, March 21, 1996, p. 232.*