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Sam Miller(I)

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Sam Miller
Sam Miller is an BAFTA Award winner for Directing on I May Destroy You. He's also an Emmy nominated film and television director. Sam is also the pilot director on I May Destroy You, Fortitude, Rellik, Good Cop, and This Life. He is known for being across all 4 Seasons of Luther and directing on shows like Guerilla, Luke Cage and American Crime among others. Films include Danny Boy, No Good Deed, Among Giants, Elephant Juice and King Girl. Nominated for a Primetime Emmy for direction on Luther (2012). Good Cop won the Royal Television Society award for best drama (2013).
BornSeptember 28, 1962
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BornSeptember 28, 1962
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  • Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys

Known for

Idris Elba in Luther (2010)
Luther
8.4
TV Series
  • Director
I May Destroy You (2020)
I May Destroy You
8.1
TV Series
  • Director
Richard Dormer in Rellik (2017)
Rellik
6.3
TV Mini Series
  • Director(directed by)
Dennis Quaid in Fortitude (2015)
Fortitude
7.3
TV Series
  • Director

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Actor

  • Krakatoa: Volcano of Destruction (2006)
    Krakatoa: Volcano of Destruction
    • (voice)
  • Kathy Burke, Charlie Creed-Miles, and Ray Winstone in Nil by Mouth (1997)
    Nil by Mouth
  • Colin Blumenau, Nula Conwell, Peter Ellis, Trudie Goodwin, Jon Iles, Gary Olsen, Eric Richard, John Salthouse, Tony Scannell, Jeff Stewart, and Mark Wingett in The Bill (1984)
    The Bill
  • Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors (1992)
    Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors
  • Barry Foster in Van der Valk (1972)
    Van der Valk
  • Murder East - Murder West (1990)
    Murder East - Murder West
  • Casualty (1986)
    Casualty
  • Boon (1986)
    Boon
  • The Play on One (1988)
    The Play on One
  • Peter Davison in Mystery!: Campion (1989)
    Mystery!: Campion
  • Julian Glover, Jane Asher, Kate Buffery, and Suzanna Hamilton in Wish Me Luck (1987)
    Wish Me Luck
  • Christopher Reeve in The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
    The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
  • Piece of Cake (1988)
    Piece of Cake
  • Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson in Fortunes of War (1987)
    Fortunes of War

Director

  • Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Surface (2022)
    Surface
  • Danny Boy (2021)
    Danny Boy
  • I May Destroy You (2020)
    I May Destroy You
  • Jennifer Connelly, Sean Bean, and Daveed Diggs in Snowpiercer (2020)
    Snowpiercer
  • Trains that Changed the World
  • Charlie Cox, Jon Bernthal, and Elodie Yung in Daredevil (2015)
    Daredevil
  • Richard Dormer in Rellik (2017)
    Rellik
    • (directed by)
  • Guerrilla (2017)
    Guerrilla
  • Mike Colter in Luke Cage (2016)
    Luke Cage
  • Idris Elba in Luther (2010)
    Luther
  • Flesh and Bone (2015)
    Flesh and Bone
  • American Crime (2015)
    American Crime
  • Dennis Quaid in Fortitude (2015)
    Fortitude
  • Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson in No Good Deed (2014)
    No Good Deed
  • Chloë Sevigny in Those Who Kill (2014)
    Those Who Kill

Producer

  • I May Destroy You (2020)
    I May Destroy You
  • Richard Dormer in Rellik (2017)
    Rellik
  • Guerrilla (2017)
    Guerrilla
  • Dennis Quaid in Fortitude (2015)
    Fortitude
  • Emmanuelle Béart in Elephant Juice (1999)
    Elephant Juice

Personal details

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    • September 28, 1962
    • Saxmundham, Suffolk, England, UK
    • Janine Wood? - present (separated)

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    Father of actor William Miller who played Oliver Twist in the 2007 television adaptation.

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