Claude Miller

Known for: Directing
Born: February 20, 1942, Paris, France
Died: April 4, 2012
Movies: 35

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.8

Day for Night

1973

7.1

The Wild Child

1970

7.5

The Inquisitor

1981

6.2

2 or 3 Things I Know About Her

1967

6.5

A Secret

2007

6.5

An Impudent Girl

1985

6.1

Deadly Circuit

1983

5.8

Thérèse

2012

6.5

The Best Way to Walk

1976

6.2

The Little Thief

1988

Filmography

2018	Lino Ventura, la part intime	Self (archive footage)
2016	Success Story	Himself
2006	A Perfect Friend	le professeur André Barth
2005	La vie de Michel Muller est plus belle que la vôtre	Claude Miller
1981	Heat of Desire	Un monsieur du wagon lit, Le voyageur dans les couchettes (uncredited)
1978	Like a Turtle on Its Back	Pierre
1976	The Probability Factor	Member of the board of directors
1973	Day for Night	Hotel Client (uncredited)
1970	The Wild Child	Monsieur Lemeri
1967	2 or 3 Things I Know About Her	Bouvard

Directing, Writing & Producing

2012	Thérèse	Director, Writer
2011	See How They Dance	Director, Screenplay
2009	I’m Glad My Mother Is Alive	Director, Writer
2009	Marching Band	Director, Producer
2007	A Secret	Director, Writer
2003	Little Lili	Director, Writer
2001	Betty Fisher and Other Stories	Director, Screenplay
2000	Of Woman and Magic	Director, Screenplay
1998	Class Trip	Director, Screenplay
1995	Lumière & Company	Director
1995	Les Enfants de Lumière	Director
1994	Le Sourire	Director, Writer
1992	The Accompanist	Director, Writer
1991	Thoughts and Visions of a Severed Head	Producer
1988	The Little Thief	Producer, Director, Screenplay
1985	An Impudent Girl	Writer, Director
1983	Deadly Circuit	Director
1981	The Inquisitor	Director, Writer
1981	Heat of Desire	Writer
1978	Like a Turtle on Its Back	Writer
1977	This Sweet Sickness	Director, Screenplay
1976	The Best Way to Walk	Director, Writer
1971	Camille or the Catastrophic Comedy	Director, Writer
1969	La Question ordinaire	Director, Writer
1967	Juliet in Paris	Director

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