Corinne Niox Chateau

Corinne Niox Chateau

Director/Producer
Safer in Silence

Corinne is an actress who has appeared on and off Broadway, in feature films and television, a filmmaker, teacher, and author. She has taught acting technique in the graduate programs at The New School and Pace University and acting for directors at NYU Tisch.

Full Bio
Corinne was born in New York City, a first-generation child of French and Polish ancestry. She attended Barnard College, the graduate film program at NYU, and the American Film Institute. As an actress, Corinne studied with acting gurus Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg. She has appeared in feature films, television, on and off Broadway and regional theater. She has worked with renowned directors such as Elia Kazan and Arthur Penn and has appeared with Anne Bancroft, Shelly Winters, Katharine Hepburn, Ellen Burstyn, among others. As a directing fellow at the American Film Institute, she wrote and directed three films. She has taught acting in the graduate film department at NYU and in the Actor_x0019_s Studio MFA program at the New School and Pace University. She also coaches actors privately. She has been a longtime member of the Actor_x0019_s Studio and the Ensemble Studio Theatre.



Corinne wrote, directed, and appears in her feature-length documentary film, Safer in Silence. It was edited by Polish Academy

Professional Credits
Broadway, "West Side Waltz" w/Katharine Hepburn, "Golda"Bw/Anne Bancroft, dir/Arthur Penn

Off Broadway, "The Chain" writer/dir. Elia Kazan, "Witchfire" film, co-starring w/Shelly Winters, series regular, "Love of Life" CBS, writer/director/ producer of documentary film, "Safer in Silence" author of play, "The Sun Shines Easht" and book, "The Road to Cali."
Industry Awards
Film Festival Awards for Safer in Silence : FINALIST: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL, AWARD OF EXCELLENCE : WRPN WOMEN'S INTL FILM FESTIVAL, BEST STORY:EAST EUROPE INTL

BEST EDITING: SHOHAM INTL., AWARD OF MERIT: IMPACT DOC AWARDS, HONORABLE MENTION:EXPERIMENTAL FORM, BEST DOCUMENTARY HON. MENTION: PRAGUE INTL. MONTHLY. OFFICIAL SELECTION over fifteen international festivals.
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