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John Cameron Mitchell
Filmmaker, Actor & Writer
John Cameron Mitchell directed, starred in and co-wrote, with Stephen Trask, the musical film Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), for which he received the Best Director Award at the Sundance Festival and was nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actor. His recent Broadway production garnered the 2014 Tony Award for Best Revival of Musical and a 2015 Special Tony for his return to the role. His latest work is the radio-cinema podcast Anthem: Homunculus.
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5 min
Contending with discrimination and AIDS panic as part of the first generation of “out” gay people.
4 min
The “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” creator ponders the “ongoing understanding and quest” of love.
4 min
The creator and star of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” discusses what the project meant to him personally, and how he feels about returning to it 10 years later.
3 min
The filmmaker hates to think himself as an “auteur,” but prefers the relaxation and openness that comes with working independently.
6 min
How to be a director actors love, and an actor that won’t annoy a director to death.
44 min
A conversation with the filmmaker, actor, and writer.