Christine Vachon

Birth Notes:	New York City, New York, USA
Birth Date:	21 November 1962

Christine Vachon Trivia

Adopted daughter's full name is Guthrie Forest Yi Wen Yi McCarty Vachon.
Was member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 1993.
Her father was John Vachon, a photographer during and after World War II.
Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 2005.
Named one of her production companies Killer Films. She wrote a book on low budget film production called "Shooting to Kill".

Being on a set where the director has lost control is just sickening. No one goes the extra mile, there's a lot of eye-rolling ... it just breeds inertia. If a director is in control, the crew follow their leader. But the second anyone senses the directors are not sure, people just swoop in.
"I would never ever criticize them [directors] in front of anyone else, because if the crew and the actors don't respect the director, you're screwed as a producer. Ultimately when I throw myself behind a movie, I have to really believe in that director's vision."
"What people expect from a Killer film [her production company] is a degree of originality, provocativeness and a kind of bravado."
In my experience there are two kinds of difficult directors. The first is a gigantic pain in the ass about perfection-these directors have a clear sense of their vision and won't compromise, but it's all about making the movie as good as it can be, so I can handle it. The other kind freaks out about the perks-their trailer isn't as big as it should be or their ride to set isn't good enough-and that I can't brook. If I had a director complaining about a car being too purple, I'd just be like, Are you high?
"I'm no longer convinced theatrical is the holy grail."