Filmmaker Milford Thomas was born and raised in the North Alabama
foothills of the Appalachians, studied Mass Communications at the
University of Montevallo, and worked for years between Atlanta and
Tokyo as a production coordinator for Japanese television, instilling a
penchant for both Japanese and Southern folklore.
His first major film (Claire, 2001) is a silent featurette shot
entirely on an antique 35mm hand-crank camera, and is only screened
with a live 11-piece "Orchestra de Lune" performing an original score
in theatre. Claire opened several major festivals internationally and
won numerous awards including a 2002 San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Film
Festival Special Jury Mention, and the 2002 Out On Film Audience Award.
CLAIRE also has the distinction of being the only non-vintage feature
screened at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival.
His current project "Uncloudy Day" (co-written with Kristin Gorell) was
developed at the 2006 Sundance Screenwriter and Director's labs. Thomas
is the recipient of a 2006 Annenburg Fellowship, and was nominated in
2003 for an NVR (formerly Rockefeller) Media Arts Fellowship. In
addition to Uncloudy he has recently completed a gay camp horror
script. He resides in Atlanta.