Catherine Corman

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Catherine Corman
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Catherine Corman
Born
Catherine Ann Corman

1975 (age 4849)
Education Harvard University, University of Oxford
Relatives Roger Corman (father)
Julie Corman (mother)
Website catherine-corman.com

Catherine Ann Corman (born 1975 [1] ) is an American photographer and filmmaker.

Her short film Lost Horizon, based on the work of Nobel Laureate Patrick Modiano, was invited to the Cannes Film Festival [2] and long-listed for an Academy Award. [3] Little Jewel, her short film also based on Modiano’s work, was long-listed for an Academy Award. [4] Her short film Les Non-Dupes screened at the Berlin Biennale. [5] Her book of photographs, Daylight Noir: Raymond Chandler's Imagined City, was exhibited at the Venice Biennale [6] and is included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art Library. [7] Her book Photographs of the Saints was honored at Paris Photo. [8] Romanticism, her book of collage poems and photographs, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. [9] She is also the editor of Joseph Cornell’s Dreams. [10]

Her work has appeared in The New Yorker , The Times Literary Supplement , The Paris Review , The Economist , and Vogue Italia . [11]

Educated at Harvard and Oxford Universities, she lives in New York City. [12] She is the daughter of film director Roger Corman, and appears in his film Frankenstein Unbound playing the role of Justine.

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