Far from Heaven is a 2002 historical romantic drama film written and directed by Todd Haynes, and starring Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, and Patricia Clarkson. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival, where Moore won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress, and cinematographer Edward Lachman won a prize for Outstanding Individual Contribution.
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Todd Haynes is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. His films span four decades with themes examining the personalities of well-known musicians, dysfunctional and dystopian societies, and blurred gender roles.
Haynes in 2023
Haynes directed his first short on based on Karen Carpenter called Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987)
Haynes and Julianne Moore first collaborated together with Safe. She would go on to act in his films Far from Heaven (2002) and May December (2023)
Haynes at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2009