Biography
Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller CBE (21 July 1934 – 27 November 2019) was an English theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, humourist and physician. After training in medicine and specialising in neurology in the late 1950s, he came to prominence in the early 1960s in the comedy revue Beyond the Fringe with Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Alan Bennett.
Miller began directing operas in the 1970s. His 1982 production of a "Mafia"-styled Rigoletto was set in 1950s Little Italy, Manhattan. In its early days, he was an associate director at the National Theatre. He later ran the Old Vic Theatre. As a writer and presenter of more than a dozen BBC documentaries, Miller became a television personality and public intellectual in Britain and the United States.
Filmography
all 71
Movies 55
self 27
Director 25
TV Shows 16
Producer 10
Writer 1
Così fan tutte - ROH (2020)
The Mikado (2019)
Alan Bennett's Diaries (2016)
La Clemenza di Tito (2005)
Nabucco (2004)
Brief History of Disbelief (2004)
Timeshift (2002)
Tamerlano (2002)
Le Nozze di Figaro (1998)
Ruby (1997)
Dialogue in the Dark (1989)
Candide (1988)
The Mikado (1987)
Equinox (1986)
States of Mind (1983)
Henry VI Part 3 (1983)
Henry VI Part 2 (1983)
Henry VI Part 1 (1983)
The Beggar's Opera (1983)
Timewatch (1982)
King Lear (1982)
Troilus & Cressida (1981)
Othello (1981)
Antony & Cleopatra (1981)
Timon of Athens (1981)
The Winter's Tale (1981)
The Body in Question (1978)
The Mermaid Frolics (1977)
Arena (1975)
King Lear (1975)
The Merchant of Venice (1973)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
Alice in Wonderland (1966)
The Drinking Party (1965)
Beyond the Fringe (1964)
Monitor: Pop Goes the Easel (1962)
The Merchant of Venice
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1934-07-21
Deathday2019-11-27 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
FatherLuis Monti
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsSir Jonathan Miller, Dr. Jonathan Miller
AwardsFellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Albert Medal, Knight Bachelor, Laurence Olivier Award
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