About

Known credits:
14
Birthday:
1939-04-19
Place of birth:
London, England, UK
Website:
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Christopher Miles

Overview

Christopher Miles (19 April 1939 – 15 September 2023) was a British film director, producer and screenwriter.

Due to ‘A Vol d’Oiseau’ Miles was able to persuade the Boulting Brothers to part finance his first 35mm project The Six-Sided Triangle (1963), which he wrote, directed and co-produced. The film was nominated for an Academy Award.

After joining the Grade Organization, Leslie Grade asked Miles to write and direct a film for The Shadows pop group. Rhythm ‘n Greens (1964) which was distributed as a supporting feature throughout the ABC Cinemas circuit. Grade then offered Miles his first feature film, Up Jumped a Swagman (1965) a surrealist musical comedy. At 26, Miles became the youngest feature director working in England, which position he held for another five years.

Attracted to the French attitude to the cinema, and their ways of life, Miles made the Rue Lepic Slow Race (1967), and also filmed an original Jean Anouilh screenplay A Time for Loving (1971) and later Jean Genet’s The Maids (1975) for the American Film Theatre. The Maids was shown out of competition at Cannes in 1975.

Known for

Directing
1999 The Clandestine Marriage Directing Director 58
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1981 Priest of Love Directing Director 58
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1979 Tales of the Unexpected: Neck Directing Director N/A
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1977 Alternative 3 Directing Director 59
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1975 That Lucky Touch Directing Director 59
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1975 The Maids Directing Director 58
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1972 A Time for Loving Directing Director 58
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1970 The Virgin and the Gypsy Directing Director 58
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1965 Up Jumped a Swagman Directing Director 58
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1964 Rhythm & Greens Directing Director N/A
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1963 The Six-Sided Triangle Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1975 The Maids Writing Screenplay 58
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1964 Rhythm & Greens Writing Writer N/A
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Production
1981 Priest of Love Production Producer 58
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