MILLER, Claude 1942–

(Claude Miler)

PERSONAL

Born February 20, 1942, in Paris, France; married Annie (a screenwriter). Education: Attended film school at Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinematographiques, Paris, 1962–63.

Addresses: Contact— French Film Office, 745 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 101051.

Career: Director, producer, and actor. Worked for directors Rene Allio, Robert Bresson, Marcel Carne, Jacques Demy, Jean–Luc Godard, and Francois Truffaut. Also director of commercials. Military service: Le service cinema de l'armee, 1964.

Awards, Honors: Cesar Award nominations, best director, best film, and best writing, 1977, for La meilleure facon de marcher; Cesar Award nomination, best director, 1978, for Dites—lui que je l'aime; Jury Prize Award (with others), Montreal World Film Festival, 1981, Cesar Award (with Michel Audiard and Jean Herman), best writing—original or adaptation, Cesar Award nominations, best director and best film, Critics Award, best film, French Syndicate of Cinema Critics, 1982, for Garde a vue; Best Film Award nomination, Mystfest, 1983, for Mortelle randonnee; Prix Louis Delluc Award, 1985, Cesar Award nominations, best director, best film, and best writing, 1986, for L'effrontee; Cesar Award nominations, best director and best writing, Critics Award, French Syndicate of Cinema Critics, 1989, for La petite voleuse; FIPRESCI Award and Special Prize of the Jury Award, Istanbul International Film Festival, 1993, for L'accompagnatrice; Jury Prize and Golden Palm Award nomination, both Cannes Film Festival, and Namur International Festival of French–Speaking Film Golden Bayard Award nomination, best film, all 1998, for La classe de neige; Golden Berlin Bear Award nomination and FIRPESCI Award, Berlin International Film Festival, 2000, for La chambre des magiciennes; Edgar Award nomination (with others), best motion picture, Edgar Allan Poe Awards, 2001, for Under Suspicion; FIPRESCI Award (with others) and Grand Prix des Ameriques Award nomination, Montreal World Film Festival, 2001, for Betty Fisher et autres histoires; Golden Palm Award nomination, Cannes Film Festival, 2003, for La petite Lili.

CREDITS

Film Director:

Juliet dans Paris (short film), 1967.

La question ordinaire (short film), 1969.

Camille ou la comedie catastrophique (short film; also known as Camille ), 1971.

La meilleure facon de marcher (also known as The Best WaytoWalk and The Best Way ), 1976.

Dites—lui que je l'aime (also known as This Sweet Sickness and Tell Him I Love Him ), 1977.

La febbre americana, 1978.

Garde a vue (also known as The Inquisitor and Under Suspicion ), 1981.

Mortelle randonnee (also known as Deadly Circuit and Deadly Run ), 1982.

L'effrontee (also known as An Imprudent Girl and Charlotte and Lulu ), Oliane Productions, 1985.

La petite voleuse (also known as The Little Thief ), Miramax, 1989.

L'accompagnatrice (also known as The Accompanist ), Sony Pictures Classics, 1992.

La sourire (also known as The Smile ), AMLF, 1994.

"Claude Miller/Paris," Lumiere et compagnie (also known as Lumiere and Company and Lumiere y compania ), Pierre Grise Distribution, 1995.

Les enfants de Lumiere (also known as The Children of Lumire ), 1995.

Nana, 1998.

La classe de neige (also known as Class Trip and The Class Trip ), Warner Bros., 1998.

Betty Fisher et autres histoires (also known as Alias Betty and Betty Fisher and Other Stories ), 2001.

La petite Lili, 2003.

Film Production Manager:

Deux or trois choses que je sais d'elle (also known as Two or Three Things I Know about Her ), 1967.

(As Claude Miler) Baises voles (also known as Stolen Kisses ), Lopert, 1968.

(As Claude Miler) La sirene de Mississippi (also known as Mississippi Mermaid and La mia droga si chiama Julie ), Lopert/United Artists, 1969.

(As Claude Miler) Bed and Board, Columbia, 1970.

(As Claude Miler) L'enfant sauvage (also known as The Wild Child ), United Artists, 1970.

(As Claude Miler) Les deux anglaises et le continent (also known as Two English Girls and Anne and Muriel ), Janus, 1971.

(As Claude Miler) Une belle fille comme moi (also known as Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me and A Gorgeous Bird Like Me ), Columbia, 1972.

La nuit americaine (also known as Day for Night ), Warner Bros./Columbia, 1973.

Les gaspards (also known as The Down–in–the–Hole Gang and The Holes ), 1973.

(As Claude Miler) The Story of Adele H, United Artists, 1975.

Film Producer:

(As Claude Miler), L'histoire d'Adele H (also known as The Story of Adele H. ), New World, 1975.

Film Work; Other:

Assistant director, Nick Carter et le trefle rouge (also known as Nick Carter and Red Club, Nick Carter e il trifoglio rosso, and Nick Carter reviens ), 1965.

Assistant director, Deux or trois choses que je sais d'elle (also known as Two or Three Things I Know about Her), New Yorker, 1966.

Assistant director, Au hasard Balthazar (also known as Balthazar and Min van Balthazar ), 1966.

Assistant director, Martin Soldat (also known as Kiss Me General and Soldier Martin ), 1966.

(As Claude Miler) Assistant director, Weekend, Grove Press, 1967.

(As Claude Miler) Assistant director, Les demoiselles de Rochefort (also known as The Young Girls of Rochefort ), 1967.

Assistant director, Le dimanche de la vie (also known as The Sunday of Life ), 1967.

Assistant director, La bande a Bonnot (also known as La banda Bonnot and Bonnot's Gang ), 1969.

Second unit director, Fantasia chez les ploucs, U.G.C. Worldwide Distribution, 1970.

Assistant director, Elle court, elle court la banlieue (also known as La pendolare and The Suburbs Are Everywhere ), 1973.

Co–executive producer, La sourire (also known as The Smile ), AMLF, 1994.

Film Appearances:

Bouvard, Deux or trois choses que je sais d'elle (also known as Two or Three Things I Know about Her ), New Yorker, 1966.

(As Claude Miler) Monsieur Lemeri, L'enfant sauvage (also known as The Wild Child ), United Artists, 1970.

L'ordinateur des pompes funebres (also known as Caccia al montone, The Probability Factor, and The Undertaker Parlor Computer ), 1976.

Pierre, La tortue sur le dos (also known as Like a Turtle on Its Back ), New Line Cinema, 1978.

Felicite, 1979.

(Uncredited) Plein sud (also known as Heat of Desire and Huida al sur ), 1981.

Notes pour Debussy—Lettre ouverte a Jean–Luc Godard (also known as Notes pour Debussy ), 1988.

Himself, Francois Truffaut: Stolen Portraits (documentary; also known as Francois Truffaut: Portraits voles ), 1993.

Television Director; Miniseries:

Traits de memoire, 1974.

Television Director; Movies:

La chambre des magiciennes, 2000.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

La question ordinaire (short film), 1969.

Fantasia chez les ploues (also known as Fantasia Among the Squares ), 1971.

La meilleure facon de marcher (also known as The Best WaytoWalk and The Best Way ), 1976.

Dites–lui que je l'aime (also known as This Sweet Sickness and Tell Him I Love Him ), 1977.

La tortue sur le dos (also known as Like a Turtle on Its Back ), New Line Cinema, 1978.

Plein sud (also known as Heat of Desire and Huida al sur ), 1980.

Garde a vue (also known as The Inquisitor and Under Suspicion ), 1981.

L'effrontee (also known as An Imprudent Girl and Charlotte and Lulu ), Oliane Productions, 1985.

Vent de panique, 1987.

(With Annie Miler and Luc Beraud) La petite voleuse (also known as The Little Thief ), Miramax, 1989.

(With Beraud) L'accompagnatrice (also known as The Accompanist ), Sony Pictures Classics, 1992.

La sourire (also known as The Smile ), AMLF, 1994.

La classe de neige (also known as Class Trip and The Class Trip ), Warner Bros., 1998.

Under Suspicion (also known as Suspicion ), Columbia TriStar, 2000.

Betty Fisher et autres histoires (also known as Alias Betty and Betty Fisher and Other Stories ), Well-spring Media, 2001.

La petite Lili, Pyramide, 2003.

Television Movies:

Adaptation, La chambre des magiciennes, 2000.

Other:

Wrote articles for various publications, including Cahiers du Cinema, Positif, Sight and Sound, Premiere, and Sequences.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 2: Directors, St. James Press, p. 580.

Periodicals:

Avant–Scene du Cinema, 1976, 1982.

Positif, January, 1986.

Revue du Cinema, January, 1989.