---
name: "Christine Vachon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christine-vachon"
fi1m_id: "christine-vachon"
imdb_id: "nm0882927"
tmdb_id: 2862
wikidata_id: "Q436847"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "21 November 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 14
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 14
updated: "2026-10-02T21:46:55.908306+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Christine Vachon

## Identity

Christine Vachon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christine-vachon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christine-vachon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0882927
- **TMDB ID:** 2862
- **Wikidata ID:** Q436847
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Vachon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q436847, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0882927/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2862

Producer. Born 21 November 1962 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 21 November 1962, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1995–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Todd Haynes](https://film.one/person/todd-haynes.md), [Julianne Moore](https://film.one/person/julianne-moore.md), [Pamela Koffler](https://film.one/person/pamela-koffler.md), [Cate Blanchett](https://film.one/person/cate-blanchett.md), [Celine Song](https://film.one/person/celine-song.md), [Christian Bale](https://film.one/person/christian-bale.md), [David Hinojosa](https://film.one/person/david-hinojosa.md), [Greta Lee](https://film.one/person/greta-lee.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as producer, over 14 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 81 (3), 2000s 80 (2), 2010s 80 (4), 2020s 77 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 77 across 14 titles
- **Score spread:** 7 at 80+, 7 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 14, Romance 4, Music 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 27 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $331m across 12 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Vachon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q436847, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0882927/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2862

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Carol*](https://film.one/film/carol.md) (88), [*I'm Not There*](https://film.one/film/im-not-there.md) (74)
- **Netflix:** [*May December*](https://film.one/film/may-december.md) (84)
- **HBO Max:** [*Materialists*](https://film.one/film/materialists.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Christine Vachon is an American film producer. Born on 21 November 1962 in New York City, she graduated from Brown University and began working in independent film in the late 1980s.

She co-founded Apparatus Productions with Todd Haynes and Barry Ellsworth in 1987, and later established Killer Films with Pamela Koffler in 1995. Vachon has produced many independent features, including *Poison* (1991), *Boys Don't Cry* (1999), *Far from Heaven* (2002), *Carol* (2015) and *First Reformed* (2018). She has maintained a long collaboration with Haynes and also produced the HBO miniseries *Mildred Pierce* (2011).

Recent credits include *Past Lives* (2023), *May December* (2023) and *Materialists* (2025). Vachon serves as artistic director of the MFA Programme at Stony Brook Manhattan.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, moviemaker.com.*

## On Fi1m (14)

- *Late Fame* (2026), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/late-fame.md)
- *Materialists* (2025), Fi1m 63, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/materialists.md)
- *The Brutalist* (2024), Fi1m 76, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-brutalist.md)
- *May December* (2023), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/may-december.md)
- *Past Lives* (2023), Fi1m 85, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/past-lives.md)
- *First Reformed* (2018), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/first-reformed.md)
- *Carol* (2015), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/carol.md)
- *Still Alice* (2014), Fi1m 77, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/still-alice.md)
- *Mildred Pierce* (2011), Fi1m 70, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/mildred-pierce.md)
- *I'm Not There* (2007), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/im-not-there.md)
- *Far from Heaven* (2002), Fi1m 87, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/far-from-heaven.md)
- *Boys Don't Cry* (1999), Fi1m 85, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/boys-dont-cry.md)
- *Happiness* (1998), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/happiness.md)
- *Velvet Goldmine* (1998), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/velvet-goldmine.md)

## Complete filmography (143)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Barbara Forever* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Queer Edward II* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Pretty Babies* (2026), Producer
- *Late Fame* (2026), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/late-fame.md)
- *The Last Day* (2026), Producer
- *Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Materialists* (2025), Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/materialists.md)
- *On Swift Horses* (2025), Executive Producer
- *The Brutalist* (2024), Executive Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-brutalist.md)
- *Omni Loop* (2024), Executive Producer
- *A Different Man* (2024), Producer
- *Bleeding Love* (2024), Producer
- *May December* (2023), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/may-december.md)
- *She Came to Me* (2023), Producer
- *Past Lives* (2023), Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/past-lives.md)
- *A Good Person* (2023), Producer
- *Bodies Bodies Bodies* (2022), Thanks
- *Anything's Possible* (2022), Producer
- *Under the Influence* (2022), Producer
- *The Velvet Underground* (2021), Producer
- *Zola* (2021), Producer
- *Halston* (2021), series, Executive Producer
- *Pride* (2021), series, Executive Producer
- *The World to Come* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Brothers by Blood* (2021), Producer
- *Shirley* (2020), Producer
- *Inside the Rain* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Dark Waters* (2019), Producer
- *Colette* (2018), Producer
- *Vox Lux* (2018), Producer
- *First Reformed* (2018), Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/first-reformed.md)
- *Where Is Kyra?* (2018), Producer
- *My Days of Mercy* (2018), Producer
- *This Close* (2018), series, Executive Producer
- *Candlelight* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Wonderstruck* (2017), Producer
- *Dina* (2017), Executive Producer
- *London Town* (2017), Producer
- *Beatriz at Dinner* (2017), Producer
- *The Illumination* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Lemon* (2017), Executive Producer
- *A Kind of Murder* (2016), Producer
- *Goat* (2016), Producer
- *White Girl* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Wiener-Dog* (2016), Producer
- *Carol* (2015), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/carol.md)
- *Z: The Beginning of Everything* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Nasty Baby* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Wildlike* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Big Sky* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Mala Mala* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Still Alice* (2014), Executive Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/still-alice.md)
- *Night Moves* (2014), Thanks
- *Electric Slide* (2014), Producer
- *Young Bodies Heal Quickly* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Bluebird* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Six by Sondheim* (2013), Producer
- *Kill Your Darlings* (2013), Producer
- *The Last of Robin Hood* (2013), Producer
- *Magic Magic* (2013), Producer
- *Dealin' with Idiots* (2013), Producer
- *Deep Powder* (2013), Producer
- *At Any Price* (2012), Producer
- *ICON EYE* (2012), Producer
- *The Apple Pushers* (2012), Producer
- *Shut Up and Play the Hits* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Dragonslayer* (2011), Executive Producer
- *Mildred Pierce* (2011), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/mildred-pierce.md)
- *Dirty Girl* (2010), Executive Producer
- *The Neistat Brothers* (2010), series, Executive Producer
- *Virginia* (2010), Producer
- *Cracks* (2009), Producer
- *Cairo Time* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Motherhood* (2009), Producer
- *Gigantic* (2008), Producer
- *I'm Not There* (2007), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/im-not-there.md)
- *Then She Found Me* (2007), Producer
- *Savage Grace* (2007), Producer
- *This American Life* (2007), series, Producer
- *Infamous* (2006), Producer
- *The Notorious Bettie Page* (2006), Producer
- *Mrs. Harris* (2005), Executive Producer
- *A Dirty Shame* (2004), Producer
- *A Home at the End of the World* (2004), Producer
- *The Company* (2003), Producer
- *Party Monster* (2003), Producer
- *Camp* (2003), Producer
- *Far from Heaven* (2002), Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/far-from-heaven.md)
- *The Safety of Objects* (2002), Producer
- *One Hour Photo* (2002), Producer
- *Storytelling* (2001), Producer
- *Chelsea Walls* (2001), Producer
- *The Grey Zone* (2001), Producer
- *Hedwig and the Angry Inch* (2001), Producer
- *Series 7* (2001), Producer
- *Wildflowers* (2000), Executive Producer
- *Crime + Punishment in Suburbia* (2000), Producer
- *Boys Don't Cry* (1999), Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/boys-dont-cry.md)
- *Happiness* (1998), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/happiness.md)
- *I'm Losing You* (1998), Producer
- *Velvet Goldmine* (1998), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/velvet-goldmine.md)
- *Office Killer* (1997), Producer
- *Eye of God* (1997), Thanks
- *Kiss Me, Guido* (1997), Producer
- *The Watermelon Woman* (1997), Thanks
- *I Shot Andy Warhol* (1996), Producer
- *Stonewall* (1995), Producer
- *Kids* (1995), Co-Producer
- *Safe* (1995), Producer
- *Postcards from America* (1995), Producer
- *Go Fish* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Don't Look up My Skirt Unless You Mean It (or How Butch Are You Really?)* (1994), Director
- *Dottie Gets Spanked* (1993), Producer
- *Geoffrey Beene 30* (1993), Producer
- *Swoon* (1992), Producer
- *Goo* (1991), Producer
- *Poison* (1991), Producer, First Assistant Director
- *Oreos with Attitude* (1991), Producer
- *Anemone Me* (1990), Producer
- *La Divina* (1989), Producer, Production Manager
- *He Was Once* (1989), Producer, Production Supervisor
- *Natural History* (1989), Editor, Producer
- *Muddy Hands* (1988), Producer
- *Cause and Effect* (1988), Coordinating Producer, Producer
- *She Must Be Seeing Things* (1988), Script Supervisor
- *American Lunch* (1988), Producer
- *Parting Glances* (1986), Assistant Editor
- *Days Are Numbered* (1986), Director, Editor
- *The Way of the Wicked* (1986), Editor, Director
- *Tommy's* (1985), Production Manager
- *Variety* (1985), Production Assistant
- *A Man in Your Room* (1984), Director, Producer
- *Hotel New York* (1984), Assistant Editor
- *Lone Wolf*, Producer
- *De Noche*, Producer
- *Fateful Harvest*, Producer
- *Night Voltage*, Producer
- *The Exiles*, Executive Producer
- *Fleur*, Producer
- *This Is Pleasure*, Producer
- *Hot Year*, Producer
- *Love Child*, Producer
- *The Murderous Miss Highsmith*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Christine Vachon](https://film.one/media/person/513/gallery-0fc8a3acb8d5.jpg) Christine Vachon — Moody College of Communication from Austin, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Christine_Vachon_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Christine_Vachon_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![1L4A9833 (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/513/gallery-2bf0d4db12da.jpg) 1L4A9833 (2019) — Moody College of Communication from Austin, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Christine_Vachon_%2849030473207%29.jpg/1280px-Christine_Vachon_%2849030473207%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Christine Vachon at the recording of the "Girls on Film" podcast during the 52nd International Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/513/gallery-16a7f770c410.jpg) Christine Vachon at the recording of the "Girls on Film" podcast during the 52nd International Film Festival — Vera de Kok, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Christine_Vachon_-_IFFR_2023.jpg/1280px-Christine_Vachon_-_IFFR_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Christine Vachon](https://film.one/media/person/513/gallery-49cc2d9b436f.jpg) Christine Vachon — Image via TMDB
- ![Christine Vachon](https://film.one/media/person/513/gallery-4de7888e157a.jpg) Christine Vachon — Image via TMDB
- ![Christine Vachon](https://film.one/media/person/513/gallery-a95eccaf820a.jpg) Christine Vachon — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2024: Best Picture (nominated), for *Past Lives*

### Other awards — 2 won

- Teddy Award 2016: Teddy Award (won)
- The Frameline Award 1994: The Frameline Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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