Claude Miller
Claude Miller | |
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Born | Paris, France | 20 February 1942
Died | 4 April 2012 Paris, France | (aged 70)
Spouse | Annie |
Children | 1 |
Claude Miller (20 February 1942 – 4 April 2012)[1] was a French film director, producer and screenwriter.
Life and career
Claude Miller was born to a Jewish family.[2] A student at Paris' IDHEC film school from 1962 through 1963, Miller had his first practical cinematic experience while he was in uniform, serving with the Service Cinéma de l'Armée. From 1965 until 1974, Miller worked in assistant and supervisory capacities for many of France's major directors, including Robert Bresson and Jean-Luc Godard.
His principal mentor was
His subsequent films can also be perceived as homages to Truffaut, many even using the same production personnel. The following year he made
After a four-year absence, Claude Miller returned to active filmmaking with
Filmography
- 1969 : La Question ordinaire (short)
- 1971 : Camille ou la comédie catastrophique (short)
- 1976 : The Best Way to Walk
- 1977 : This Sweet Sickness
- 1981 : Garde à vue
- 1983 : Mortelle randonnée
- 1985 : An Impudent Girl
- 1988 : The Little Thief
- 1992 : The Accompanist
- 1994 : The Smile
- 1998 : The Class Trip
- 2000 : La Chambre des magiciennes
- 2001 : Alias Betty
- 2003 : Little Lili
- 2007 : A Secret
- 2009 : Marching Band
- 2009 : I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive co-directed with his son Nathan Miller
- 2010 : See How They Dance
- 2012 : Thérèse Desqueyroux
Bibliography
- Curchod, Olivier (2024). Claude Miller. Une vie de films. Les Impressions nouvelles. ISBN 978-2-39070-098-2.
References
- ^ Le cinéaste Claude Miller est mort mercredi soir, Le Point, le 5 avril 2012
- ^ Merav Yudilovitch: French director Claude Miller to visit Israel, in Ynetnews, 29 January 2008 (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3500333,00.html)
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Class Trip". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
- ^ "Claude Miller, director of La Petite Voleuse, dies aged 70". The Guardian. 5 April 2012. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016.
- ^ Pulver, Andrew (5 April 2012). "Claude Miller, director of La Petite Voleuse, dies aged 70". The Guardian. London.
- ^ "2012 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ^ Shoard, Catherine (19 April 2012). "Cannes 2012: Haneke v Audiard, but no shows from Malick or PT Anderson". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ^ "Claude Miller's last film to close the Festival de Cannes". 18 April 2012. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012.