Christine Vachon
Producer

Christine Vachon Net Worth

She has been producing independent films since the early 1990s and has been credited with helping to launch the careers of many of today's most acclaimed filmmakers. She is the founder of Killer Films, a production company that has produced over 70 feature films. Vachon has been nominated for numerous awards, including an Academy Award for Best Picture for Far from Heaven. She is a passionate advocate for independent film and has been a major force in the independent film industry for over two decades. Christine Vachon is a renowned producer, assistant director, and miscellaneous crew member born in New York City in 1962. She is best known for her work on Carol (2015), Far from Heaven (2002), and Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001). Vachon has been producing independent films since the early 1990s and is the founder of Killer Films, a production company that has produced over 70 feature films. She has been nominated for numerous awards, including an Academy Award for Best Picture for Far from Heaven, and is a passionate advocate for independent film. Vachon has been a major force in the independent film industry for over two decades.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Producer, Assistant Director, Miscellaneous Crew
Birth Year 1962
Birth Place  New York City, New York, United States
Age 61 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Sagittarius
Occupation Producer
Years active 1985–present
Partner(s) Marlene McCarty
Children 1
Parent(s) John Vachon Françoise Fourestier

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

Biography/Timeline

1983

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.

1991

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 Todd, 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.

1996

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.

2008

Killer's releases for 2008 include Savage Grace, directed by Tom Kalin and starring Julianne Moore; An American Crime, starring Catherine Keener and Ellen 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.

2009

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. She is related to the French costume designer, Sarah Monfort.

2015

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

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