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Mike Mills

Film Director / Graphic Designer / Screenwriter | * 03/20/1966 (58) | Berkeley, California (United States of America (USA))
Michael Chadbourne Mills (born March 20, 1966) is an American film and music video director, writer and graphic designer. He made his directorial debut with the independent film Thumbsucker (2005). His followup films include Beginners (2010), 20th Century Women (2016), and C'mon, C'mon (2021). Mills received an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nomination for 20th Century Women. ()
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Michael Chadbourne Mills (born March 20, 1966) is an American film and music video director, writer and graphic designer. He is best known for his independent films, Beginners (2010) and 20th Century Women (2016). For the latter, Mills was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Music | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

Justin Cobb, a teenager in suburban Oregon, copes with his thumb-sucking problem, romance, and his diagnosis with ADHD and subsequent experience using Ritalin. ...

Thumbsucker

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2005 | 3.1/5 | 1h 36min
Comedy, Drama
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In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorot ...

20th Century Women

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2016 | 3.7/5 | 1h 59min
Drama
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Johnny and his young nephew forge a tenuous but transformational relationship when they embark on a cross-country trip to see life away from Los Angeles. ...

C'mon C'mon

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2021 | 3.6/5 | 1h 48min
Drama
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Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal Fields has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father, who, following the death of his wif ...

Beginners

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2011 | 3.4/5 | 1h 45min
Drama, Romance / Love, Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Mike Mills

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
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Movies with Mike Mills as Actor(6)

as Sir Stewart Wallace2011 Fight for Your Right Revisited
2009 Family Portrait
as himself2009 The Magnificent Tati
as himself2008 Beautiful Losers
as Bass2004 R.E.M. : Perfect Square
2003 R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)

Movies with Mike Mills as Crew(19)

Directing/Director2021 C'mon C'mon
Writing/Writer2021 C'mon C'mon
Directing/Director2019 I Am Easy to Find
Writing/Writer2019 I Am Easy to Find
Directing/Director2016 20th Century Women
Writing/Story2016 20th Century Women
Writing/Screenplay2016 20th Century Women
Directing/Director2011 Beginners
Writing/Screenplay2011 Beginners
Crew/Thanks2009 Where the Wild Things Are
Directing/Director2007 Does Your Soul Have a Cold?
Production/Producer2007 Does Your Soul Have a Cold?
Directing/Director2006 Cinema16: American Short Films
Directing/Director2005 Thumbsucker
Writing/Screenplay2005 Thumbsucker
Directing/Director2001 Paperboys
Directing/Director1999 Air: Eating, Sleeping, Waiting and Playing
Directing/Director1999 The Architecture of Reassurance
Writing/Writer1999 The Architecture of Reassurance

Additional Information

Official websites:
mikemillsweb.com
Full Name: Mike Mills
Born: Sunday, 03/20 1966 (March) in Berkeley, California (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 58 years + 31 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Cooper Union
Member of: Writers Guild of America, West
Spouses (current/former): Miranda July
Other names for Mike Mills (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Michael Chadbourne Mills"
"Mike Mills (director)"
"Mike Mills (Regisseur)"
Mike Mills frequently works together with these people:
Lance Bangs (6x, Crew)
Spike Jonze (5x, Crew)
Miranda July (4x, Crew)
Haines Hall (4x, Crew)
Adam Yauch (4x, Actor)
Joaquín Baca-Asay (4x, Crew)
Zach Seivers (4x, Crew)
Joel Henry (3x, Crew)
Geoff Linville (3x, Crew)
Bob Stephenson (2x, Actor)
Frank Gaeta (2x, Crew)

Other people with this name: Mike Mills (US)

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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1355269, Added: 09/03/2019, Last updated: 03/22/2024