Biography
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…
Known For
Filmography
Everybody Wants to Be Gen X
2025
Cockroach
2025
Reclaim the Flag
2025
Lisbon
2025
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
2023
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
2023
I Am More
2022
Impresario
2022
John Cameron Mitchell & Stephen Trask: Nation of One
2021
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
The Spark: The Origins of Pride
2019
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
2017
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
2016
Larry Kramer In Love & Anger
2015
Danny Says
2015
The Hooping Life
2014
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
2007
Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus'
2007
Shortbus
2006
Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig
2006
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
2006
Apparition of the Eternal Church
2006
Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig
2003
Totally Gay!
2003
Lance Loud!: A Death in An American Family
2003
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
2001
I Remember
1999
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
1998
David Searching
1997
Girl 6
1996
Daybreak
1993
The Dreamer of Oz
1990
Book of Love
1990
Misplaced
1989
A Friendship in Vienna
1988
The Stepford Children
1987
One More Saturday Night
1986
Band of the Hand
1986
The Roommate
1984
Broadway: The Next Generation
Heaven Above Rowen
Ron Forever
City on Fire
2023
Dr. Jackie
2022
The Sandman
2022
Joe vs Carole
2022
Yellowjackets
2021
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020
Shrill
2019
The Good Fight
2017
Vinyl
2016
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Mozart in the Jungle
2014
Girls
2012
Indie Sex
2007
The House of Venus Show
2005
Party Girl
1996
Law & Order
1990
Freddy's Nightmares
1988
MacGyver
1985
The Twilight Zone
1985
The Equalizer
1985