Robert Ellis Miller (July 18, 1927 – January 27, 2017) was an American

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

Filmography

* '' Breaking Point'' (1963) – TV Series * '' Any Wednesday'' (1966) * '' Sweet November'' (1968) * ''

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter ''The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter'' (1940) is the debut novel of American author Carson McCullers, who was 23 at the time of publication. It is a Southern Gothic novel about a deaf man named John Singer and the people he encounters in a 1930s m ...

'' (1968) * '' The Buttercup Chain'' (1970) * '' Big Truck and Sister Clare'' (1972) * '' The Girl from Petrovka'' (1974) * '' Just an Old Sweet Song'' (1976) * '' Ishi: The Last of His Tribe'' (1978) * '' The Baltimore Bullet'' (1980) * ''

Madame X ''Madame X'' (original title ''La Femme X'') is a 1908 Play (theatre), play by French playwright Alexandre Bisson (1848–1912). It was novelized in English and adapted for the American stage; it was also adapted for the screen sixteen times ...

'' (1981) * '' Reuben, Reuben'' (1983) * '' Her Life as a Man'' (1984) * '' The Other Lover'' (1985) * '' Intimate Strangers'' (1986) * ''

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'' (1988) * '' Brenda Starr'' (1989) * ''

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'' (1992) * '' Pointman'' (1994) * '' Killer Rules'' (1995) * '' A Walton Wedding'' (1995) * '' The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue'' (1996)

Awards

* Nominee, Palme d'Or, '' The Buttercup Chain'',

1970 Cannes Film Festival The 23rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 3 to 18 May 1970. Guatemalan author and Nobel Prize laureate Miguel Ángel Asturias served as jury president for the main competition. The ''Grand Prix du Festival International du Film'', then the ...

* Nominee, Best Picture, ''

'' (Director for film's producer nominees, Thomas Ryan and Marc Merson),

Golden Globes The Golden Globe Awards are awards presented for excellence in both international film and television. It is an annual award ceremony held since 1944 to honor artists and professionals and their work. The ceremony is normally held every Januar ...

(1968) * Nominee, Best Director in Television, '' Breaking Point'',

Directors Guild of America The Directors Guild of America (DGA) is an entertainment guild that represents the interests of Film director, film and Television director, television directors in the United States motion picture industry and abroad. Founded as the Screen Dir ...

(1963) * Nominee, Best Director, Television Drama, ''

Alcoa Premiere ''Alcoa Premiere'' (also known as ''Premiere, Presented by Fred Astaire'' ) is an American anthology drama series sponsored by the Alcoa Corporation that aired from October 10, 1961, to September 12, 1963, on ABC. The series was hosted by Fred ...

'',

Emmy Awards The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the year, each with their own set of rules and award categor ...

(1961)

References

External links

* 1927 births 2017 deaths Film directors from New York City {{US-film-director-1930s-stub