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Jonathan Miller
Director

Jonathan Miller

21 Jul 1934Born
27 Nov 2019Died
85Age at death
37Credits

Biography

Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller CBE (21 July 1934 – 27 November 2019) was an English theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, humourist and physician. After training in medicine and specialising in neurology in the late 1950s, he came to prominence in the early 1960s in the comedy revue Beyond the Fringe with Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Alan Bennett.

Miller began directing operas in the 1970s. His 1982 production of a "Mafia"-styled Rigoletto was set in 1950s Little Italy, Manhattan. In its early days, he was an associate director at the National Theatre. He later ran the Old Vic Theatre.

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As a writer and presenter of more than a dozen BBC documentaries, Miller became a television personality and public intellectual in Britain and the United States.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 2019The MikadoFilm: Director
  2. 2010The Weird World of Eadweard MuybridgeFilm
  3. 2010Così fan tutte - Royal Opera HouseFilm: Director
  4. 2004The Atheism TapesSeries (6 episodes)
  5. 2004NabuccoFilm: Director
  6. 2002TamerlanoFilm: Director
  7. 1998Le Nozze di FigaroFilm: Director
  8. 1994The Saint Matthew PassionFilm: Director
  9. 1991La Fanciulla Del WestFilm: Director
  10. 1989Dialogue in the DarkFilm: Director
  11. 1988CandideFilm: Director
  12. 1987ActingSeries (1 episode)
  13. 1987Long Day's Journey Into NightFilm: Director
  14. 1986Prisoner of ConsciousnessFilm: Director
  15. 1983The Beggar's OperaFilm: Director
  16. 1982TimewatchSeries: Director (1 episode)
  17. 1982King LearFilm: Director
  18. 1981Troilus & CressidaFilm: Director
  19. 1981OthelloFilm: Director
  20. 1981Antony & CleopatraFilm: Director
  21. 1981Timon of AthensFilm: Director
  22. 1980The Taming of the ShrewFilm: Director
  23. 1978The BBC Television ShakespeareSeries: Director (6 episodes)
  24. 1978The Body in QuestionSeries: Creator (13 episodes)
  25. 1976Pleasure at Her Majesty'sFilm: Director
  26. 1975King LearFilm: Director
  27. 1971West Side StoriesFilm
  28. 1970Take a Girl Like YouFilm: Director
  29. 1969The Zoo in WinterFilm: Writer
  30. 1968Whistle and I'll Come to YouFilm: Director, Writer
  31. 1967OmnibusSeries: Director, Writer (1 episode)
  32. 1966Alice in WonderlandFilm: Director
  33. 1966The Death of SocratesFilm: Writer, Director
  34. 1965The Drinking PartyFilm: Director, Writer
  35. 1965BBC Play of the MonthSeries: Director (1 episode)
  36. 1965One Way PendulumFilm: Kirby
  37. 1964Beyond the FringeFilm: Various Characters, Writer

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