Claude Miller
Claude Miller (born February 20, 1942 in Paris , † April 4, 2012 in Paris ) was a French film director and screenwriter .
Career
Claude Miller came from a Jewish petty bourgeois family. He studied at the IDHEC film school in Paris, today's École Nationale Supérieure des métiers de l'image et du son, La fémis . Miller later worked as an assistant alongside great directors such as Marcel Carné , Michel Deville , Jean-Luc Godard , Robert Bresson and Jacques Demy . From 1968 to 1975 he was production manager for various films by François Truffaut , an experience that had a decisive influence on him. During this time he made several short films, but it was not until 1976 that his first feature film Our Way is the Best followed , which was nominated in several categories for the French César Film Prize. More César nominations and awards for some of his films followed. Charlotte Gainsbourg received her first major film role from him in The Naughty Girl (1985). 1998 won Miller the big prize of the jury in Cannes for his film The class trip (screenplay: Emmanuel Carrère ).
Miller's most famous films also include The Interrogation with Romy Schneider and The Eye with Isabelle Adjani .
Claude Miller was president of the film school La fémis in Paris from 2007 . After his death, his last work, the literary film adaptation Thérèse (original title: Thérèse Desqueyroux ) based on the novel of the same name by François Mauriac with Audrey Tautou in the title role, was selected as the closing film of the 65th Cannes International Film Festival .
Filmography
Director
- 1976: Our way is the best (La meilleure façon de marcher)
- 1977: Sweet Madness (Dites-lui que je l'aime)
- 1981: The interrogation (Garde à vue)
- 1983: The Eye (Mortelle randonnée)
- 1985: The Naughty Girl (L'effrontée)
- 1989: The Little Thief (La petite voleuse)
- 1992: L'accompagnatrice
- 1994: The smile (Le sourire)
- 1995: Lumière et compagnie
- 1998: The school trip (La classe de neige)
- 2000: The Sorceress' Room (La chambre des magiciennes)
- 2001: Betty Fisher et autres histoires
- 2003: Little Lili (La petite Lili)
- 2007: A Secret (Un secret)
- 2009: Je suis heureux que ma mère soit vivante
- 2011: Voyez comme ils dansent
- 2012: Thérèse (Thérèse Desqueyroux)
actor
- 1970: The Wolf Boy (L'enfant sauvage)
literature
- Birds sang in Auschwitz too . In: Berliner Zeitung , December 17, 2008, p. 23; Interview with Gerhard Midding about his film A Secret
Web links
- Claude Miller in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Claude Miller in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Director Claude Miller has died . kurier.at
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Miller, Claude |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 4, 2012 |
| Place of death | Paris |