JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

John directed, wrote and starred in the film Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), for which he received the Best Director and Audience Awards at the Sundance Film Festival and the Teddy Award for best queer film at the Berlin Film Festival. John was also nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical. He was executive producer of Jonathan Caouette's award-winning autobiographical film Tarnation (2004). His second film Shortbus (2006) won various awards in Athens, Zurich and Gijon Festivals. As an actor he appeared in the original Broadway casts of The Secret Garden, Six Degrees of Separation and Big River. He has directed music videos for Scissor Sisters and Bright Eyes.