About

Known credits:
70
Birthday:
1942-02-20
Place of birth:
Paris, France
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Claude Miller

Overview

Claude Miller (20 February 1942 – 4 April 2012) was a French film director, producer and screenwriter.

Claude Miller was born to a Jewish family. 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 François Truffaut, under whose tutelage Miller directed a trio of shorts and La meilleure façon de marcher (The Best Way to Walk, 1976), his first theatrical feature, a coming-of-age drama which bore traces of Truffaut's Les Mistons (1957) and The 400 Blows (1959). Miller received César nominations for Best Director and César Award for Best Screenplay, Dialogue or Adaptation for this film.

His subsequent films can also be perceived as homages to Truffaut, many even using the same production personnel. The following year he made Dites-lui que je l'aime, for which he received a second César nomination for Best Director. He won a César Award for Best Screenplay, Dialogue or Adaptation in 1981 for Garde à vue, and the Louis Delluc Prize in 1985 for L'Effrontée, for which he received another César nomination for Best Director. In 1983 he directed Mortelle randonnée. When Truffaut died in 1984 during the preparation of another feature about a confused, adolescent serial thief entangled with an older lover, La Petite Voleuse (The Little Thief), Miller took over the project, completing the film in 1988. The latter film was a considerable international success, and solidified Miller's status as one of France's major film-makers. On French television, Miller directed dozens of commercials and the six-part miniseries Traits de Mémoire (1976).

After a four-year absence, Claude Miller returned to active filmmaking with The Accompanist (1992) and Le Sourire (1994). He had to wait until 1998 for his next major success: La Classe de Neige, the chilling story of a lonely boy on a school skiing holiday, which won the Jury Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. Later films Miller directed include Betty Fisher et autres histoires (2001) which Peter Bradshaw wrote that Miller "endowed it with the fascination of an exotic, spiky, poisonous flower", La Petite Lili (2003), and A Secret (2007). At the time of his death he was working on an adaptation of François Mauriac's Thérèse Desqueyroux. The film was selected to close the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.

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Known for

Acting
2018 Lino Ventura, la part intime Actor Self (archive footage) 58
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2006 A Perfect Friend Actor le professeur André Barth 58
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2005 La vie de Michel Muller est plus belle que la vôtre Actor Claude Miller 58
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1981 Heat of Desire Actor Un monsieur du wagon lit 59
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1978 Like a Turtle on Its Back Actor Pierre 58
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1976 The Probability Factor Actor Member of the board of directors 58
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1973 Day for Night Actor Hotel Client (uncredited) 69
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1970 The Wild Child Actor Monsieur Lemeri 63
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1967 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her Actor Bouvard 59
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Directing
2012 Thérèse Directing Director 58
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2011 See How They Dance Directing Director 58
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2009 I’m Glad My Mother Is Alive Directing Director 58
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2009 Marching Band Directing Director N/A
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2007 A Secret Directing Director 60
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2003 Little Lili Directing Director 58
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2001 Betty Fisher and Other Stories Directing Director 58
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2000 Of Woman and Magic Directing Director 58
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1998 Class Trip Directing Director 58
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1995 Lumière & Company Directing Director 59
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1995 Les Enfants de Lumière Directing Director 59
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1994 Le Sourire Directing Director 58
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1992 The Accompanist Directing Director 58
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1988 The Little Thief Directing Director 59
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1985 An Impudent Girl Directing Director 59
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1983 Deadly Circuit Directing Director 59
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1981 The Inquisitor Directing Director 64
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1977 Tell Her That I Love Her Directing Director 59
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1976 The Best Way to Walk Directing Director 59
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1971 Camille or the Catastrophic Comedy Directing Director 58
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1969 The Devil by the Tail Directing Assistant Director 58
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1969 La Question ordinaire Directing Director 58
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1967 Weekend Directing Assistant Director 62
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1967 The Young Girls of Rochefort Directing Assistant Director 68
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1967 The Sunday of Life Directing Assistant Director 58
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1967 Juliet in Paris Directing Director 58
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1966 Soldier Martin Directing Assistant Director N/A
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1966 Au Hasard Balthazar Directing Assistant Director 67
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Writing
2012 Thérèse Writing Writer 58
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2011 See How They Dance Writing Screenplay 58
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2009 I’m Glad My Mother Is Alive Writing Writer 58
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2007 A Secret Writing Writer 60
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2003 Little Lili Writing Writer 58
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2001 Betty Fisher and Other Stories Writing Screenplay 58
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2000 Under Suspicion Writing Original Film Writer 59
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2000 Of Woman and Magic Writing Screenplay 58
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1998 Class Trip Writing Screenplay 58
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1994 Le Sourire Writing Writer 58
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1992 The Accompanist Writing Writer 58
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1988 The Little Thief Writing Screenplay 59
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1987 Vent de panique Writing Screenstory 58
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1985 An Impudent Girl Writing Writer 59
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1981 The Inquisitor Writing Writer 64
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1981 Heat of Desire Writing Writer 59
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1978 Like a Turtle on Its Back Writing Writer 58
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1977 Tell Her That I Love Her Writing Screenplay 59
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1976 The Best Way to Walk Writing Writer 59
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1971 Camille or the Catastrophic Comedy Writing Writer 58
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1971 Fantasia Among the Squares Writing Dialogue 58
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1969 La Question ordinaire Writing Writer 58
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Production
1991 Thoughts and Visions of a Severed Head Production Producer 58
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1988 The Little Thief Production Producer 59
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1975 The Story of Adele H. Production Producer 61
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1973 Day for Night Production Production Manager 69
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1972 A Gorgeous Girl Like Me Production Production Director 59
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1971 Two English Girls Production Production Manager 61
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1970 Bed and Board Production Production Manager 63
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1970 The Wild Child Production Unit Manager 63
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1969 Mississippi Mermaid Production Production Manager 60
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1967 La Chinoise Production Unit Manager 62
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1967 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her Production Production Manager 59
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