Outstanding American director David Miller

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This publication is dedicated to the outstanding American cinematographer of the 1940s-60s of the last century. David Miller - the famous US film director was born at the end of November 1909 and grew up in New Jersey. Immediately after completing his studies at school, he began working for the National Film Service as a courier. Already in 1935, David began to shoot short films at the famous Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio together with Pete Smith. Together they made a ten-minute comedy in 1937, Penny Wisdom, Miller's first film to win an Oscar.

Independent directorial projects

The first western film that Miller made on his own in 1941 was Billy the Kid. A year later, director David Miller turned to documentaries, his work "Flying Tigers" told about the peculiarities of the profession of pilots flying from America to China. The best project among the director's documentary chronicles is the painting "Seeds of Destiny". Despite the fact that the film turned out to be openly propaganda, most film critics appreciated the realism and reliability of the narrative about the horrors of war.

But worth it toonote that the success of David Miller's work was unstable. The most successful films of the period of the 50s include the film “Very Personal”, which was based on the story of an orphan living in a foster family. But the film critics called Sudden Fear (1952), which received 4 Oscar nominations, a truly triumphant project.

At the peak of popularity

The 1960s are deservedly considered the most successful period in the creative activity of David Miller. At this time, he made the film "The Alley", the narrative of the picture is famously twisted around the vicissitudes of the life of one of the richest families in London.

Before retiring, the director filmed his variation of organizing a successful assassination attempt on Kennedy. This surprisingly unbiased picture has no main characters. In the director's interpretation, en titled "Enforce", a group of rich and powerful conspirators are behind the assassination of the president. The eventful film is distinguished by the logic and consistency of the narrative. The viewer can watch the process of preparing snipers, working out escape routes and alibis, choosing a "scapegoat".

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David Miller retired in 1976, having devoted 41 years of his life to cinema. His last staged picture was the film "Bittersweet Love". During his directing career, he has worked with Hollywood stars such as Robert Ryan, Joan Crawford, Kirk Douglas and many other famous actors.

In allThe works of David Miller have a characteristic feature of the production. As if the project was created not by a professional director, but by the characters of the films themselves, which allows you to feel the atmosphere and mood of the picture more deeply.

Renowned film critic H. Erickson said about Miller “One of his talents is his really easygoing nature and building excellent relationships with the people he had to work with. He was one of the few people who was a pleasure to work with.”