Todd Hughes (born August 13, 1963 in

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) is an American screenwriter, author, producer and film director. He is a

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graduate and currently resides in

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and

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Career

His short film directing credits include ''

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'' (1988) and ''Ding Dong'' (1995). He directed the

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''The New Women'' (2001) starring

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and wrote for the 2007

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television series ''

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'' starring

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. He produced his first documentary '' Hit So Hard'' with Christina Soletti about drummer

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of the seminal grunge band

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, which premiered at

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2011 and was released theatrically in 2012. In 2001, he was named one of Filmmaker Magazine's New Faces of Indie Film and he is half of a long-standing creative partnership with filmmaker

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, his husband. Together, Ebersole and Hughes executive produced '' Room 237''. a subjective documentary that explores the numerous theories about the hidden meanings within

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's film '' The Shining''. In 2013, Todd produced the

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documentary ''

Dear Mom, Love Cher ''Dear Mom, Love Cher'' is a 2013 American television documentary about Georgia Holt, mother of singer and actress Cher. The film, directed by P. David Ebersole, recounts Cher's family history and features in-depth interviews with her, Holt, Hol ...

'', a insightful look at singer/actress

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's mother Georgia Holt and their family history, as well as Executive Producer along with Ebersole (also writer and director), Cher, Risa Shapiro and Tanya Lopez. His latest film, ''

Mansfield 66/67 ''Mansfield 66/67'' is a 2017 documentary musical directed by P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes about the last two years of actress Jayne Mansfield's life. The film examines the rumors surrounding Mansfield's untimely death, and relationship with ...

'', premiered at the 2017

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where Paris-based International sales outfit Stray Dogs picked up worldwide rights. The film, directed by Hughes with Ebersole, and produced by Ebersole, Hughes and Larra Anderson, follows the last two years of movie goddess

Jayne Mansfield Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967) was an American actress, singer, nightclub entertainer, and ''Playboy'' Playmate. A sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s while under contract at 20th Century Fox, Man ...

’s life and the rumours swirling around her untimely death being caused by a curse after her alleged romantic dalliance with Anton LaVey, head of the

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. ''Mansfield 66/67'' is "a true story based on rumour and hearsay," celebrating Jayne's life on the 50th anniversary of her death.

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