Jonathan Miller
Known for: Directing
Born: July 21, 1934
Died: November 27, 2019
Place of birth: London, England
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.
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Filmography
40 movies · 15 TV shows, newest first
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The Mikado
2019
7.5
Discovering Hamlet
2011
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The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge
2010
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Così fan tutte - Royal Opera House
2010NR
Ghosts in the Machine
2009
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La Clemenza di Tito
2005
8.0
The Atheism Tapes
2004
8.1
Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief
2004
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Nabucco
2004
4.7
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
2002
7.0
Timeshift
2002
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Tamerlano
2002
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Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe
2002
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Le Nozze di Figaro
1998
9.0
Ruby
1997
8.0
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
1995NR
The Saint Matthew Passion
1994
10.0
La Fanciulla Del West
1991NR
Dialogue in the Dark
1989
9.0
Candide
1988
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The English National Opera Rehearse The Mikado
1987NR
Acting
1987
6.8
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1987
7.5
The Mikado
1987
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Prisoner of Consciousness
1986
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States of Mind
1983
5.5
The Beggar's Opera
1983
6.9
Timewatch
1982
6.5
King Lear
1982
8.0
Troilus & Cressida
1981
6.7
Othello
1981
7.3
Antony & Cleopatra
1981
8.5
Timon of Athens
1981
9.5
The Winter's Tale
1981
8.0
The Taming of the Shrew
1980
6.0
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
8.0
The Body in Question
1978
7.0
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
1976
5.0
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
10.0
King Lear
1975
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West Side Stories
1971
5.8
Take a Girl Like You
197010.0
The Zoo in Winter
1969
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The Evacuees
1969
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
6.6
Whistle and I'll Come to You
1968
7.2
Omnibus
1967
6.0
Alice in Wonderland
1966NR
The Death of Socrates
1966NR
The Drinking Party
1965
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965
6.0
One Way Pendulum
1965
7.5
Beyond the Fringe
1964
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
8.0
Tempo
1961