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Biographical Notes
CHRISTINE VACHON
producer
*November 21, 1962
in Manhattan, NYC
FAMOUS FILMS (selection):
I'M NOT THERE (2007)
KIDS (1995)
POISON (1991)
Our Protagonists
BENEDIKT SCHIEFER
on SOUND
BEKI PROBST
on SUCCESS
JAMES BENNING
on TIME
JAN KRÜGER
on DESIRE
ANGELINA MACCARONE
on EYES
ULRIKE OTTINGER
on PLACES
ARTHUR COHN
on PRODUCING
CHARLOTTE RAMPLING
on LOOKS
MARIN KARMITZ
on COLLECTING
CHRISTINE VACHON
on HEROES
CHRISTOPH HOCHHÄUSLER
on ARCHITECTURE
WIELAND SPECK
on FESTIVALS
XAVIER DOLAN
on IMAGINATION
CAM ARCHER
on STILLNESS- HAPPY NEW YEAR
CINEPHILE NEW YEAR GREETINGS 
TOM TYKWER
on CHANCE
Special Issue #1
FILM and LITERATURE
"JOE" WEERASETHAKUL
on MEMORY
NIKI REISER
on COMPOSING
SHIRIN NESHAT
on ART and POWER
HARRIS SAVIDES
on BEAUTY
PETER PRZYGODDA
on EDITING
JESSICA HAUSNER
on IMAGES and MEANING
DOMINIK GRAF
on TELEVISION
ANGELA SCHANELEC
on SPACES
ANDRES VEIEL
on DOCUMENTARIES
MICHAEL HANEKE
on VIOLENCE
AGNÈS VARDA
on POETRY
HARUN FAROCKI
on MATERIAL
DANI LEVY
on HUMOUR
WIM WENDERS
on PHOTOGRAPHY
CATHERINE BREILLAT
on INTIMACY
ANDREAS DRESEN
on AUTHENTICITY
ISABELLA ROSSELLINI
on SEX
CHRISTIAN PETZOLD
on COMMUNICATION
MIKE LEIGH
on THEATRE
JONATHAN CAOUETTE
on CINEPHILIA
MICHAEL ALTHEN
on REMEMBERING
BRUCE LA BRUCE
on PERVERSION
KEN LOACH
on POLITICAL CINEMA
Interviews
Christine Vachon on Heroes
In the eighthies the daughter of famous photographer John Vachon studied semiotics and philosophy at Brown University in New York. Very soon she started to get involved in the New York's independent film scence. Today Christine Vachon is the producer of films by Larry Clark, Todd Haynes, John Cameron Mitchell and John Waters. Her 1996 based company KILLER FILMS has become one of the major labels in the independent film scene of the United States.
In den achtziger Jahren hat die Tochter des bekannten Reportage Phogoraphen John Vachon in New York an der Brown University Semiotik und Philosophie studiert und begann schnell mit der New Yorker Independentfilm Szene Kontakt aufzunehmen. So wurde sie zu der Produzentin der Filme von Larry Clark, Todd Haynes, John Cameron Mitchell und John Waters. Ihre 1996 gegründete Firma KILLER FILMS ist heute einer der bekanntesten Marken des unabhängigen amerikanischen Kinos.
Zu dem Essay:The Godmother of Independent Cinema