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 65
Movies 49
Director 24
self 23
TV Shows 16
Producer 10
Writer 1
Children of the Taliban (2023)
Così fan tutte - ROH (2020)
The Mikado (2019)
Discovering Hamlet (2011)
The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge (2010)
Ghosts in the Machine (2009)
La Clemenza di Tito (2005)
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? (2004)
The Atheism Tapes (2004)
The Atheism Tapes (2004)
Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief (2004)
Nabucco (2004)
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages (2002)
Timeshift (2002)
Tamerlano (2002)
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe (2002)
Le Nozze di Figaro (1998)
Ruby (1997)
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook (1995)
La Fanciulla Del West (1991)
Dialogue in the Dark (1989)
Candide (1988)
The English National Opera Rehearse The Mikado (1987)
Acting (1987)
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1987)
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)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981)
Troilus & Cressida (1981)
Othello (1981)
Antony & Cleopatra (1981)
Timon of Athens (1981)
The Winter's Tale (1981)
All's Well That Ends Well (1981)
The Merchant of Venice (1980)
The Taming of the Shrew (1980)
BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
The Body in Question (1978)
The Mermaid Frolics (1977)
Pleasure at Her Majesty's (1976)
The Secret Policeman's Ball (1976)
Arena (1975)
King Lear (1975)
West Side Stories (1971)
Take a Girl Like You (1970)
The Zoo in Winter (1969)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968)
Alice in Wonderland (1966)
On the Margin (1966)
The Drinking Party (1965)
One Way Pendulum (1965)
Beyond the Fringe (1964)
The Satire Boom (1963)
The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
Monitor: Pop Goes the Easel (1962)
Whistle and I'll Come to You! (1956)
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
AwardsKnight Bachelor, Laurence Olivier Award, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Albert Medal, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, Fellow of the Linnean Society of London
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