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#1/2: Courtesy of Tony Miller
TONY MILLER BSC
Born: 28 November 1964, Oxford, UK, as Antony Miller, the son of a medical professor and concert pianist mother.
Education: Bristol University [Drama; 1984-87].
Career: In 1988, Miller illegally entered Burma, to film a documentary about human rights violations. The resulting film was one of the first to document the mass killing of students and protestors by the Burmese Junta in 1988 and was broadcast by Channel 4.
Throughout the 1990s, Miller filmed over 50 documentaries, predominantly anthropological. These included two years spent working closely with the Dalai Lama, directing 'Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom', a tv/cinema documentary, narrated by Harrison Ford, following an emissary sent by the Dalai Lama to the then closed kingdom of Mustang. 'Mustang 2' is a cinema documentary follow up to the original film. Filmed over the past twenty years, it documents 25 years in the lives of two Tibetan boys. In 1991, Miller spent two years filming whales, above and underwater for 'In the Company of Whales' about the life of cetacean expert Roger Payne, and a year in the rainforest of Manu filming the Machiguenga Indians for 'Spirits of the Rainforest'.
Miller learnt to fly, after surviving two plane crashes at the hands of other pilots. He holds a commercial pilot license with over 1,500 hours flight time worldwide.
Also active as director.
Ph commercials and music videos.
Full member of the BSC since January 2014.
Operates [with lens engineer Chris Edwards] the lens rental company The Vintage Lens Company.
Awards [selection]: BAFTA TV Award 'Photography and Lighting - Fiction' nom [2010] for 'Small Island'; RTS Craft & Design Award 'Photography - Documentary/Factual & Non Drama' nom [2010/11; shared] for 'Marathon Boy; BSC TV Award 'Best Cinematography in a Television Drama' [2014] for 'Quirke' [ep 'Christine Falls'].
Website: Tony Miller
Agents: The Dench Arnold Agency (London) | Gersh Production (USA)
NOT to be confused with doph Tony C. Miller [e.g. the short film 'The Leap' (2014)]
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1991 |
The Marathon Monks of Mount Hiei [field dir: Michael Yorke; writer/prod: Christopher J. Hayden] 16mm/c; doc/57m; alternate version (writer/dir: Michael Yorke; 52m) for Channel 4-tv |
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1997 |
Tangier Cop/Heartbreak City [Stephen Whittaker] c |
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2000 |
L'embellie/Bright Spell [Jean-Baptiste Erreca] b&w; short/29m |
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2000 |
The Honeytrap [Michael Gunther] s35/c; released in 2002 |
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2003 |
Killing Time [Zadoc Nava] c; short/8m |
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2005 |
Infinite Justice [Jamil Dehlavi] HD/c; cph: Nic Knowland; addph: Joe Dyer |
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2006 |
I Really Hate My Job [Oliver Parker] c |
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2006 |
The Meerkats/Meerkats: The Movie [James Honeyborne] 35mm+s16-to-35mm scope/c; doc/83m; cph: Barrie Britton & Mark Payne-Gill; vfx ph: Tom Debenham; filmed 2006-07 |
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2007 |
Marathon Boy [Gemma Atwal] HD (Panasonic HDX-900)/c; doc/98m; co-addph; ph: Matt Norman; filmed 2006-10 (in India); released in 2010 |
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2015 |
Zuzana's Story/Surviving with Bach [Peter Getzels] HD (Sony F55)/c; mus doc/?m; in production |
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2015 |
Sanatorium/Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass [The Brothers Quay] in development since 2010 |
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2016 |
Bring Back the Cat [Lenny Dorfman] RED Dragon (scope)/c; short/38m |
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2016 |
Last Words [prod: Caroline Lawrence] HD/c; comm short/9m; for reprieve.org.uk (internet) |
| TELEVISION & INTERNET | |
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1988 |
Burma: Dying for Democracy [Christopher Mould] doc/41m; ep #3.11 Channel 4 series 'Dispatches' (1989) |
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1991 |
In the Company of Whales/Songs of the Sea [Robin Brown] doc/88m/s16; for Discovery Channel |
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1991 |
Cats [?] s16/c; doc/?m |
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1992 |
Maasai of the Crater [Tony Miller] doc/?m/s16; for National Geographic |
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1992 |
The Cormorant [Peter Markham] tvm; co-uwph; ph: Ashley Rowe; ep BBC2 series 'Screen Two' |
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1993 |
Exposure [Sue Bourne] doc/50m/s16; ep Channel 4 series 'Cutting Edge' |
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1993 |
Visions of Heaven and Hell [Mark Harrison & Leanne Klein] 3-part (#1 'Selling the Future', #2 'Welcome to the Jungle' & #3 'Virtual Wasteland') doc series/s16, 1994; for Channel 4 |
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1993 |
Spirits of the Rainforest [Ginger Kathrens] doc/90m/s16; cph: G. Kathrens & Neal Williams; also alternate version 'The Spirit Hunters' (prod: Kim MacQuarrie & Drew Hunt; 50m); filmed in Peru over a 6 months period; for Discovery Channel |
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1993 |
Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom [Tony Miller] doc/90m/s16; filmed 1993-94; for Discovery Channel; also released theatrically |
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1994 |
Baby It's You/A Baby's World [Leanne Klein & David Hickman] 6-part doc series/s16; ?; ph: Graham Smith & Bernice Parker; for Channel 4 |
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1995 |
Wagner's Women [Steve Ruggi] dram doc/55m |
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1995 |
H.G. Wells/H.G.: The History of Mr. Wells [?] doc/?m/s16; with Michael Foot |
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1995 |
Rock & Roll/Dancing in the Street - A Rock and Roll History [ep #9 (in UK #8) 'Punk/No Fun' dir by Hugh Thomson] 10-part (x 60m) mus doc series/b&w-c; cph: Colin Clarke, Sandi (as Sandy) Sissel, Patrick O'Shea & Ian Salvage; for PBS-tv (1995) & BBC2 (1996) |
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1996 |
Flying Soldiers [Tim Lambert] 6-part doc series (1. 'Airborne', 2. 'The Rotary Club', 3. 'Solo', 4. 'Flying Blind', 5. 'Under Pressure' & 6. 'War'); addph: Roger Chapman & Steve Robinson; for BBC1 |
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1996 |
Cadfael [ep #7 'A Morbid Taste for Bones' dir by Richard Stroud] 13-part series/s16, 1994-98; 2nd series, 1995-96 (3 ep) |
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1997 |
Bramwell [ep #16-22 & #24 dir by various] 27-part series, 1995-98; 3rd season, 1997 (10 ep); other ph (#23 & #25): John McGlashan; for ITV-tv |
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1997 |
Cadfael [ep #8 'The Rose Rent' dir by Richard Stroud & #10 'The Raven in the Foregate' dir by Ken Grieve] 3rd series, 1997 (3 ep); see 1996 |
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1998 |
Bramwell [ep #26 'Our Brave Boys' dir by Paul Unwin] 4th season, 1998 (2 ep); other ph: Daf Hobson; see 1997 |
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1998 |
The American [Paul Unwin] tvm/35mm; addph: Donal Caulfield; in USA ep PBS-tv series 'Masterpiece Theatre' |
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1998 |
Rome: Power & Glory [Graham Townsley (ep #1 'The Rise' & #6 'The Fall'), Lynn Dougherty (ep #2 'Legion of Conquest' & #4 'Grasp of Empire') & Neil Barrett (ep #3 'Seduction of Power' & #5 'The Cult of Order')] 6-part doc series; co-addph; ph: Nic Knowland & Michael Mayers; for TLC-tv (The Learning Channel) |
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1999 |
Gloriana [Phyllida Lloyd] opera/138m/s16; for BBC2-tv (2000) |
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1999 |
The Last Musketeer [Bill Britten] tvm/120m/s16; for ITV1-tv (2000) |
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2000 |
Zoe [Teresa Griffiths] mus drama/?m/s16; for Channel 4-tv |
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2000 |
The Sandman [The Brothers Quay & William Tuckett] dance film/41m/s16; for Channel 4-tv |
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2002 |
Romeo and Juliet [Barbara Willis Sweete] opera/75m/s16; scenic ph: Milan Chadima; for Channel 4-tv; in USA ep of PBS-tv series 'Great Performances' |
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2002 |
Harmony in Hanoi [Anthony Fabian] mus doc/59m; for BBC4-tv (2003) |
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2003 |
Murphy's Law [ep #3 'Reunion' dir by Maurice Phillips] pilot (2001) + 22-part series/s16, 2003-07; 1st season, 2003 (4 ep); other ph: Julian Court, Lukas Strebel & Daniel Bronks; pilot dir by John Strickland & ph by Dominic Clemence; for BBC1-tv |
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2003 |
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet [ep #33 'Britannia Waives the Rules' dir by Maurice Phillips (MP), #34 'Our Men in Havana' dir by MP, #35 'A Gift from Fidel' dir by MP, #36 'Moonlighting' dir by David Innes Edwards (DIE), #37 'Dangerous Liaisons' dir by DIE & #38 'The End of the Affair' dir by DIE] 38-part series/s16, 1983-84, 1986, 2002 & 2004; 4th series, 2004 (6 ep) |
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2005 |
A Midsummer Night's Dream [Ed Fraiman] tvm/16mm; ep of series 'ShakespeaRe-Told'; for BBC1-tv |
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2005 |
The Gospel of Judas/The Gospel of Judas - Revealed/The Lost Gospel of Judas [James Barrat] doc + dram seq/87m/s16; addph: Neve Cunningham, Kris Denton, Nick Gardner, a.o.; for National Geographic (2006) |
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2005 |
Et l'homme inventa l'animal [Jean-Baptiste Erreca] 2-part ('Au début était le loup' & 'La révolution animale') doc series (2x 51m)/s16; cph: Harold Arsenault; for Canal+-tv/France3-tv (2006) |
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2005 |
Gorillas Revisited with Sigourney Weaver [Ingrid Kvale] doc/60m/s16; aph: Adrian Warren; for BBC4-tv/Animal Planet |
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2007 |
The Passion [Michael Offer] 4-part miniseries; for BBC1-tv (2008) |
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2008 |
Survivors [ep #1 (90m/35mm) dir by John Alexander] 12-part series, 2008 & 2010; 1st season, 2008 (6 ep); for BBC1-tv |
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2008 |
In Love with Barbara/Men Are Wonderful [Tim Whitby] tvm/RED One; for BBC4-tv |
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2009 |
Small Island [John Alexander] 2-part tvm/35mm (3 perf); for BBC1-tv |
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2009 |
The Turn of the Screw [Tim Fywell] tvm/35mm (2 perf)-to-HD; c.op 2u: Chris Plevin; for BBC1-tv |
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2009 |
10 Minute Tales [ep #2 'The Walkers' dir by Tim Whitby (TW) & #11 'The Running of the Deer' dir by TW] 11-part series of short films/16mm; for Sky1-tv |
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2010 |
Zen [ep #1 'Vendetta' dir by John Alexander & #3 'Ratking' dir by Jon Jones] 3-part miniseries/RED, 2011; other ph (#2): Julian Court |
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2011 |
Without You/What to Do When Someone Dies [Tim Fywell] 3-part miniseries/HD (ARRI ALEXA); for ITV1-tv |
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2011 |
Public Enemies [Dearbhla Walsh] 3-part miniseries/35mm; for BBC1-tv (2012) |
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2012 |
Quirke [ep #1 'Christine Falls' dir by John Alexander] 3-part miniseries/HD (ARRI ALEXA); other ph: Alan Almond (#2) & Ruairi O'Brien (#3); for BBC1-tv (2014) |
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2013 |
Fabulous Fashionistas [Sue Bourne] doc/60m; ep of series 'Cutting Edge'; for Channel 4-tv |
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2014 |
Remember Me [Ashley Pearce] 3-part miniseries/HD (ARRI ALEXA); for BBC1-tv |
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2014 |
Spotless [ep #1 'One Hand Clapping' dir by Pascal Chaumeil (PC), #2 'Carrot & Stick' dir by PC & #9-10 dir by Philip John] series/HD (ARRI ALEXA), 2015-present; 1st season, 2015 (10 ep); other ph: Nic Knowland & Giulio Biccari; for Canal+-tv |
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2014 |
Dawn of Humanity [Graham Townsley] doc/113m/HD (Sony F55); cph: Henry Smith, Neil Barrett, Willem van Heerden, a.o.; filmed 2013-14; preview was posted online on 10 September 2015, and aired nationwide on 16 September 2015; prod by PBS-tv (series 'Nova') & National Geographic Studios for WGBH Boston |
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2015 |
Peter and Wendy [: Based on the Novel Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie]/Peter Pan [Diarmuid Lawrence] tvm/HD (ARRI ALEXA); for ITV-tv; to be released theatrically outside the UK |
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2016 |
Fleabag [6 ep dir by Harry Bradbeer] series/HD (ARRI ALEXA Mini [scope]), 2016 & 2019; 1st season, 2016 (6 ep); for BBC2 & 3-tv/Amazon Instant Video (internet); 'We did some tests in the beginning, I tested the RED and I tested the Alexa Mini. As we wanted quite a naturalistic look the RED just felt too harsh. It supposedly produces more definition, it's a true 4K camera, but as we all know bandwidth pixels don't always translate to pleasing images, so I decided to go with the Alexa Mini, which Amazon Studios approved for the very same reason as most of us (cinematographers) prefer it for, its look.' [From definitionmagazine.com] |
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2016 |
The Break [5 ep dir by various] series of short (c. 6m) monologues/HD, 2016-present; 2nd season, 2017 (5 ep); for BBC-tv (internet) |
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201? |
Mustang 2 [Tony Miller] in production/s16+HD (Sony F55); to be completed in 2018; follow up to 'Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom' (1993-94); filmed over 25 years |
