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Bennett Miller
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Director, Producer, Cinematographer
Biography:Few directors have shown the patience that Bennett Miller has in waiting for the perfect script with which to make his feature film debut. Miller completed The Cruise in 1998, a documentary about Tim "Speed" Levitch, a double-decker bus tour guide with Manhattan's Gray Line who enraptured audiences with his lust for life and his city. The obscure film won an Emmy and was praised by critics, though it wasn't exposed to a large number of moviegoers. Miller would take his time in finding the film through which he would approach a larger audience, and paid his bills for the next seven years by directing commercials. It was Dan Futterman, a friend that Miller had kept in touch with since they met in middle school, who eventually brought him the script he'd been waiting for. Based on Gerald Clarke's biography of infamous '50s author Truman Capote, Capote was a sharp, ambitious psychological profile that... Full Biography
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Director Bennett Miller on the set of "Capote"
Bennett Miller, nominee Best Director for "Capote"
Dan Futterman (second from the left), nominee Best Adapted Screenplay for "Capote",...
William Vince, nominee Best Feature for “Capote," Bennett Miller (center), Caroline Baron,...
William Vince, nominee Best Feature for “Capote," Bennett Miller (center), Caroline Baron,...
Bennett Miller, director of "Capote", Dan Futterman, nominee Best Adapted Screenplay for...
Bennett Miller, nominee Best Director for “Capote”, Philip Seymour Hoffman, winner Best Actor in a...
Filmography
The Immortalist (2008) Foxcatcher (2008) Capote (2005) The Cruise (1998)
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