One of the most influential producers in the independent film industry, Christine Vachon was behind many of the groundbreaking indie films of the 1990s. Her name has been associated in particular with a number of the gay and lesbian independent films of that decade, an association that began when she produced her first film, Todd Haynes' Poison, in 1991. The controversial film -- which sparked a controversy about NEA funding -- was awarded the Sundance Festival's Grand Jury Prize. That same year, Vachon produced video artist Tom Kalin's debut film, Swoon. Based on the infamous Leopold and Loeb murder case, it garnered the 1992 Berlin Film Festival's Caligari Award.
Some of Vachon's other credits include Rose Troche's Go Fish (1994), a film that was widely credited with signaling the advent of modern lesbian cinema; Haynes' acclaimed Safe (1995), Larry Clark's controversial Kids (1995), Mary Harron's I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), Todd Solondz's Happiness (1998), Haynes' lavish glam rock paean Velvet Goldmine (1998), which earned a Special Jury Award at Cannes; and Kimberly Peirce's Boys Don't Cry (1999), a highly acclaimed film about Brandon Teena, a young woman whose courageous decision to live as a man met with tragic results. Vachon has earned a number of honors over the course of her career, and has also authored a best-selling book, Shooting to Kill: How an Independent Producer Blasts Through the Barriers to Make Movies that Matter.
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Magic, Magic
Producer |
2012 | NOT YET RELEASED | ||
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Dragonslayer
Executive Producer |
2011 | |||
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Mildred Pierce
Executive Producer |
2011 | |||
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Shut Up and Play the Hits
Executive Producer |
2011 | |||
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Dirty Girl
Executive Producer |
2010 | |||
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Loop Planes
Producer |
2010 | |||
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The Neistat Brothers [TV Series]
Consulting Producer |
2010 | |||
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Virginia
Producer |
2010 | |||
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Cairo Time
Executive Producer |
2009 | |||
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Cracks
Producer |
2009 | |||
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Lullaby for Pi
Producer |
2009 | |||
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Motherhood
Producer |
2009 | |||
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Gigantic
Producer |
2008 | |||
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An American Crime
Producer |
2007 | |||
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I'm Not There
Producer |
2007 | |||
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Savage Grace
Producer |
2007 | |||
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Then She Found Me
Producer |
2007 | |||
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This American Life [TV Series]
Executive Producer |
2007 | |||
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Infamous
Producer |
2006 | |||
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Mrs. Harris
Executive Producer |
2005 | |||
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The Notorious Bettie Page
Executive Producer, Producer |
2005 | |||
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A Dirty Shame
Producer |
2004 | |||
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A Home at the End of the World
Producer |
2004 | |||
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Camp
Producer |
2003 | |||
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Party Monster
Producer |
2003 | |||
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The Company
Producer |
2003 | |||
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Far From Heaven
Producer |
2002 | |||
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One Hour Photo
Producer |
2002 | |||
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Chelsea Walls
Producer |
2001 | |||
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Producer |
2001 | |||
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Series 7: The Contenders
Producer |
2001 | |||
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Storytelling
Producer |
2001 | |||
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The Grey Zone
Producer |
2001 | |||
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The Safety of Objects
Producer |
2001 | |||
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Women In Film
Producer |
2001 | |||
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Crime + Punishment in Suburbia
Producer |
2000 | |||
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Wildflowers
Executive Producer |
2000 | |||
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Boys Don't Cry
Producer |
1999 | |||
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Happiness
Producer |
1998 | |||
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I'm Losing You
Producer |
1998 | |||
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Velvet Goldmine
Producer |
1998 | |||
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Kiss Me, Guido
Producer |
1997 | |||
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Office Killer
Producer |
1997 | |||
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I Shot Andy Warhol
Producer |
1996 | |||
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Kids
Co-producer |
1995 | |||
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Safe
Producer |
1995 | |||
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Stonewall
Producer |
1995 | |||
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Go Fish
Executive Producer |
1994 | |||
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Postcards from America
Producer |
1994 | |||
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Dottie Gets Spanked
Producer |
1993 | |||
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Poison
Producer |
1991 | |||
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Swoon
Producer |
1991 |


