Acting
John Cameron Mitchell
American writer, director, actor. Mitchell, the son of a U.S. Army general and a Scottish mother, grew up on various army bases, including Berlin; later the family lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he attended a Catholic school. Since the mid-1980s, he has worked as a theatre actor and director in New York City and played small roles in television and film productions. Among other things, he directed a play by Tennessee Williams. From 1991, he appeared in the original Broadway production of Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon's musical adaptation of The Secret Garden, which won several Tony Awards. In the early 1990s, together with musician Stephen Trask, he developed the character of Hedwig, a transgender rock musician who grew up in East Berlin, for performances in the New York drag bar Squeezebox. This led to the successful Off-Broadway musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch in 1998, which won two Obie Awards, and three years later to the film version of the musical, again with himself in the title role. The film premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Director's and Audience Awards, and the play won the 2001 Lambda Literary Award. At the 2002 Chlotrudis Awards, he won the prize for best leading actor. At the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) in 2001, the film was shown in the ‘PANORAMA’ section and won the Teddy Award. In 2003, he produced the film Tarnation by Jonathan Caouette, which was honoured as best documentary film by the US National Society of Film Critics, among others. In 2004, Mitchell shot the music video for the Scissor Sisters' single Filthy/Gorgeous with stars from the New York drag scene. The clip was not shown on American MTV due to its explicit sexual depictions.
Filmography
Heaven Above Rowen
Film · 2026
Cockroach
Film · 2026
Lisbon
Film · 2025
Reclaim the Flag
Film · 2025
Everybody Wants to Be Gen X
Film · 2025
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
Film · 2023
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
Film · 2023
City on Fire
Series · 2023
Impresario
Film · 2022
I Am More
Film · 2022
Joe vs Carole
Series · 2022
Dr. Jackie
Series · 2022
The Sandman
Series · 2022
John Cameron Mitchell & Stephen Trask: Nation of One
Film · 2021
Yellowjackets
Series · 2021
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Film · 2020
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
Film · 2020
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
Series · 2020
The Spark: The Origins of Pride
Film · 2019
Shrill
Series · 2019
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Film · 2017
The Good Fight
Series · 2017
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Film · 2016
Vinyl
Series · 2016
Danny Says
Film · 2015
Larry Kramer In Love & Anger
Film · 2015
The Hooping Life
Film · 2014
Mozart in the Jungle
Series · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
Girls
Series · 2012
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
Film · 2007
Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus'
Film · 2007
Indie Sex
Series · 2007
Apparition of the Eternal Church
Film · 2006
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Film · 2006
Shortbus
Film · 2006
Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig
Film · 2006
The House of Venus Show
Series · 2005
Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig
Film · 2003
Lance Loud!: A Death in An American Family
Film · 2003
Totally Gay!
Film · 2003
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Film · 2001
I Remember
Film · 1999
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Film · 1998
David Searching
Film · 1997
Girl 6
Film · 1996
Party Girl
Series · 1996
Daybreak
Film · 1993
Book of Love
Film · 1990
The Dreamer of Oz
Film · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Misplaced
Film · 1989
A Friendship in Vienna
Film · 1988
It's a Miserable Life
Film · 1988
Freddy's Nightmares
Series · 1988
The Stepford Children
Film · 1987
Band of the Hand
Film · 1986
One More Saturday Night
Film · 1986
MacGyver
Series · 1985
The Equalizer
Series · 1985
The Twilight Zone
Series · 1985
The Roommate
Film · 1984
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
Broadway: The Next Generation
Film
Ron Forever
Film