John Cameron Mitchell is a groundbreaking actor, playwright, screenwriter, singer, songwriter, producer, and director who has worked across theater, film, television, and podcasting. 

Best known for the long-running off-Broadway rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch (starring himself as Hedwig and co-written with composer Stephen Trask) that became a Golden Globe-nominated film in 2001 (earning him Best Director at the Sundance Film Festival, twenty-six other miscellaneous awards, and twenty-seven more nominations), Mitchell also made Shortbus (which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006 and won awards at International Film Festivals in Athens, Gijón, and Zurich) and How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017), and many, many other pieces.  He directed the 2010 film Rabbit Hole as well as various television episodes and music and fashion videos; he has appeared as a pundit on Politically Incorrect and various VH1 and Independent Film Channel programs; he co-wrote and starred in the 2019 musical audio series Anthem: Homunculus and portrayed the role of Joe Exotic in the Peacock limited series Joe vs. Carole in 2022, and he has played many other roles on the stage, on film, and on television as well.  Mitchell has worked in both mainstream and alternative, commercial and independent media and is a key figure in LGBTQ+ media, art, and culture.

 A screening of the acclaimed film Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), followed by a conversation with writer, director, and star John Cameron Mitchell and Brown Arts Institute's guest-curator Raja Feather Kelly. Part of BAI’s Rigorously Curated Film Festival.  

“Like watching the Moon landing or the moment they locked eyes with the person they love, people remember where they were the first time they saw Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The queer punk-rock musical about Plato, the Berlin Wall, love, gender, fame and self-acceptance started first as a stage show before becoming a much-loved cult film with a fervent fandom of 'Hedheads' that unwaveringly adore it.” — Leila Latif, BBC

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