Bennett Miller
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| Born | December 30, 1966 New York City |
| Occupation | Film director |
Bennett Miller (born December 30, 1966) is an Academy Award-nominated American film director.
Miller is the director of the feature Capote (2005), a film for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Director. He also directed the documentary film The Cruise (1998). He has also directed television commercials and music videos, most recently for Bob Dylan's, "When the Deal Goes Down."[1]
On September 20, 2006, Miller was announced to direct Paramount Vantage's The Immortalist, a "contemporary, character-driven drama set in the world of life-extension".[2]
Miller is featured in a special feature of the DVD edition of Knocked Up; he plays the role of the director of the director (Judd Apatow) in a mockumentary of the directing of the film.
[edit] Personal life
Bennett was born in New York City and has known writer Dan Futterman and actor Philip Seymour Hoffman since their childhood. He and Futterman were classmates at Mamaroneck High School.
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[edit] References
- ^ youtube music video, retrieved June 4, 2008
- ^ Bennett Miller Helming The Immortalist - ComingSoon.net
[edit] External links
- Bennett Miller at the Internet Movie Database
- the Jewish Journal interview (February 24, 2006)
