Question: Killer Films is a New York City-based independent film production company founded by movie producers Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler in 1995, the company has produced a number of the most acclaimed American independent films over the past two decades including Carol, a British-American romantic drama film, released in what year, directed by Todd Haynes, that was nominated for six Academy Awards?

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Zeitgeist Films
Bold Films
G-Unit Films and Television Inc.
Carol (film)
MIX NYC
Gary Winick
Todd Haynes
Killer Films
List of accolades received by Carol (film)

Christine Vachon (born 1962) is an American film producer active in the American independent film sector.
Zeitgeist Films is an American independent film distributor based in New York City founded in 1988 by co-Presidents Nancy Gerstman and Emily Russo.
 Films distributed by Zeitgeist are strongly auteur-driven by directors such as Christopher Nolan, Guy Maddin, Atom Egoyan, Todd Haynes, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Olivier Assayas, Abbas Kiarostami, Deepa Mehta, Jan Švankmajer and the Brothers Quay.
 The expansive Zeitgeist film library includes "Trouble the Water", "The Corporation", "Jellyfish", "Examined Life", "Into Great Silence", Ten and Irma Vep.
 In June 2008, the MoMA honored two decades of Zeitgeist successes with a month-long, twenty film retrospective entitled "Zeitgeist: The Films of Our Time", exhibiting the distributor's twenty most critically acclaimed, intellectually stimulating titles.
Bold Films is an American independent film production and finance company.
 Bold was founded in 2004 with the mission of producing talent-driven, studio-quality films, which have worldwide commercial appeal.
 Bold's first three films were "Slingshot", "Come Early Morning" and "Mini's First Time".
 In 2006 the company had its first hit, producing and financing the Golden Globe-nominated period piece "Bobby", written and directed by Emilio Estevez.
 In 2009 Bold produced and released Joe Dante's 3D thriller "The Hole", which Roger Ebert called the best use of 3D ever.
 In 2010 Bold had its first major studio film "Legion", which was co-financed and released by Screen Gems, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment.
 In 2011 Bold co-produced and co-financed with OddLot Entertainment the critically acclaimed "Drive" starring Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan, for which director Nicolas Winding Refn won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival while also receiving accolades from the BAFTA Awards, The Golden Globes and Academy Awards.
 In 2014 the company garnered worldwide recognition for producing and financing the critically acclaimed films "Nightcrawler" starring Jake Gyllenhaal, and "Whiplash" with Blumhouse Productions, which received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.
 Other awards nominations for the film include the Spirit Awards, PGA Awards, SAG Awards, and WGA Awards.
G-Unit Films and Television Inc. is an American film and television production company founded by rapper 50 Cent and Interscope in 2003.
 In 2008, 50 Cent stated in an interview that he has created his own independent film production company with Randall Emmett called Cheetah Vision, technically scrapping G-Unit Films.
 In 2010, Jackson revived G-Unit Films, renaming the company to G-Unit Films and Television Inc.
 The company has joint ventures with Will Packer’s production company Will Packer Productions and Universal Television.
 In over 18 months, Jackson has sold projects to six different networks.
 Among them was "Power", a STARZ drama in which he not only co-stars but also serves as co-creator and executive producer.
 “Power” debuted in June 2014 and was renewed for a second season after one episode.
 “Power’s” August 2 season finale garnered the high ratings through the season, more than doubling the premiere and it generated 71% of the African-American viewership of any scripted premium series since 2006.
 Jackson serves as a co‐star, co-creator and executive television producer of the STARZ network drama where he signed a 2 year contract with representation coming from the Agency for the Performing Arts.
 Ratings have been a success for Starz.
 with the second season premiere being the highest-ever season with 1.43 million people tuning in live.
 Jackson also serves as an executive television producer for "Dream School" for SundanceTV, a series that follows fifteen high school dropouts as they are taught by a series of celebrity "teachers".
Carol is a 2015 British-American romantic drama film directed by Todd Haynes.
 The screenplay, written by Phyllis Nagy, is based on the 1952 romance novel "The Price of Salt" (also known as "Carol") by Patricia Highsmith.
 The film stars Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, and Kyle Chandler.
 Set in New York City during the early 1950s, "Carol" tells the story of a forbidden affair between an aspiring female photographer and an older woman going through a difficult divorce.
MIX NYC is a not-for-profit organization based in New York City and dedicated to queer experimental film.
 It is also known as the "MIX festival," for its most visible program, the annual New York Lesbian and Gay Experimental Film Festival (NYLGEFF), which has featured early works by filmmakers such as Christine Vachon, Todd Haynes, Isaac Julien, Thomas Allen Harris, Barbara Hammer, Jonathan Caouette, Jennie Livingston, and Matthew Mishory.
Gary Scott Winick (March 31, 1961February 27, 2011) was an American filmmaker whose movies as a director include "Tadpole" (2002) and "13 Going on 30" (2004), and who also produced such films as "Pieces of April" (2003) and "November" (2004) through his New York City-based independent film production company InDigEnt.
Todd Haynes ( ; born January 2, 1961) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, and producer.
 He is considered a pioneer of the New Queer Cinema movement of filmmaking that emerged in the early 1990s.
 Haynes first gained public attention with his controversial short film "" (1987), which chronicles singer Karen Carpenter's tragic life and death, using Barbie dolls as actors.
 Haynes had not obtained proper licensing to use the Carpenters' music, prompting a lawsuit from Richard Carpenter, whom the film portrayed in an unflattering light, banning the film's distribution.
 "Superstar" became a cult classic.
Killer Films is a New York City-based independent film production company founded by movie producers Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler in 1995.
 The company has produced a number of the most acclaimed American independent films over the past two decades including "Far From Heaven" (nominated for four Academy Awards), "Boys Don't Cry" (Academy Award winner), "One Hour Photo", "Kids", "Hedwig and the Angry Inch", "Happiness", "Velvet Goldmine", "Safe", "I Shot Andy Warhol", "Swoon", "I'm Not There" (Academy Award nominated), "Kill Your Darlings", "Still Alice" (Academy Award winner) and "Carol" (nominated for six Academy Awards).
 Killer Films executive produced Todd Haynes' five episode HBO miniseries "Mildred Pierce" featuring Kate Winslet and Guy Pearce, which went on to win five Emmys, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
"Carol" is a 2015 British-American romantic drama film directed by Todd Haynes.
 The screenplay, written by Phyllis Nagy, is based on Patricia Highsmith's 1952 romance novel "The Price of Salt".
 The film stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara as Carol Aird and Therese Belivet, two women from different classes and backgrounds embarking on a lesbian relationship in early 1950s New York City.
 Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler, and Jake Lacy feature in supporting roles.
 "Carol" premiered in May at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Queer Palm and Mara tied for the Best Actress award.
 It received a platform release in the United States, opening in four theaters on November 20, 2015 and going into wide release on January 15, 2016.
 Its $62,037 per theater average was the third-highest opening average of the year and the best opening weekend of Haynes' films.
 The film earned $40.3 million at worldwide box office on a production budget of $11.8 million.