On Thursday, April 22nd COL•COA honors Claude Miller

A graduate of L’IDHEC film school, CLAUDE MILLER started his career as assistant director to Robert Bresson, Jacques Demy and Jean-Luc Godard. While serving as production manager for François Truffaut (1968 to 1975), he wrote and directed two short films, La Question ordinaire (1969) and Camille ou La comédie catastrophique (1971), both presented at the Cannes Directors Fortnight. After a much-noticed debut feature The Best Way to Walk (1976), he turned to thrillers, with This Sweet Sickness (1977), adapted from a Patricia Highsmith novel, The Grilling (1981), César award for Best Screenplay and Deadly Circuit (1982). His subtle portraits of childhood and psychological torment have won critical acclaim: Louis Delluc award for L’Effrontée (1985), Jury Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival for La Classe de Neige, International Critic’s Prize at the 2000 Berlinale for Of Woman and Magic (COL•COA 2000) and, most recently, Grand Prix des Amériques at the 2007 Montreal World Film Festival for A Secret (COL•COA 2008). Claude Miller taught film at Columbia University, the City College of New York and the School of Visual Arts in 2003 and was also a guest lecturer at VCU Arts Cinema in Richmond, VA in 2008.

THE LITTLE THIEF (COL•COA Classics Series) 2:00 PM Truffaut Theatre

I AM GLAD THAT MY MOTHER IS ALIVE 8:30 PM Renoir Theatre