FILM DIRECTOR

David Miller

1909 - 1992

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David Miller (November 28, 1909 – April 14, 1992) was an American film director who directed varied films such as Billy the Kid (1941) with Robert Taylor and Brian Donlevy, Flying Tigers (1943) with John Wayne, and Love Happy (1949) with the Marx Brothers. Emanuel Levy wrote in 2009 that Lonely are the Brave (1962), starring Kirk Douglas, "is the most accomplished film of David Miller, who directs with eloquent feeling for landscape and attention to character." Others feel that Miller's best is his 1952 noir thriller and Joan Crawford vehicle Sudden Fear co-starring Jack Palance and Gloria Grahame. Sudden Fear was nominated for four Academy Awards for Best Actress (Crawford), Best Actor (Palance), Best Costume Design and Best Cinematography by Charles Lang but was a box office failure. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Miller is the 790th most popular film director (up from 963rd in 2019), the 5,767th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,181st in 2019) and the 205th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, David Miller ranks 790 out of 2,041. Before him are Stuart Rosenberg, Fatih Akin, Riccardo Freda, Edmund Goulding, Sean S. Cunningham, and Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. After him are Robert Towne, Wolfgang Staudte, George Marshall, Frances Marion, George Sidney, and William Daniels.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, David Miller ranks 221. Before him are Lev Artsimovich, John Wright, Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, Nikola Vaptsarov, Riccardo Freda, and Wang Zhen. After him are Eva Justin, Vagn Holmboe, Aruna Asaf Ali, Ferenc Fejtő, Martha Norelius, and Olivér Halassy. Among people deceased in 1992, David Miller ranks 157. Before him are Jack Arnold, Anthony Dawson, Irakli Abashidze, Claude Aveline, Marsha P. Johnson, and Wilfried Dietrich. After him are Machiko Hasegawa, Richard Hartshorne, Piotr Jaroszewicz, Jean Aerts, Joseph Arthur Ankrah, and Karl Deutsch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Miller ranks 5,767 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Gould Shaw (1837), Jimmy Fallon (1974), Betty Buckley (1947), Bill Goldberg (1966), Emmy Rossum (1986), and Bruce Glover (1932). After him are George Andrew Reisner (1867), Tommy Franks (1945), Hank Jones (1918), Leon Fleisher (1928), Eugene Odum (1913), and James Burton (1939).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, David Miller ranks 205. Before him are Friz Freleng (1906), Timothy Treadwell (1957), Joshua Logan (1908), Eli Roth (1972), Stuart Rosenberg (1927), and Sean S. Cunningham (1941). After him are Robert Towne (1934), George Marshall (1891), Frances Marion (1888), George Sidney (1916), William Daniels (1901), and Richard C. Sarafian (1930).

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