
Christopher Miles
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1939-04-19
Day of Death
2023-09-15 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Christopher Miles
Biography
Christopher Miles (19 April 1939 – 15 September 2023) was a British film director, producer and screenwriter.
Due to ‘A Vol d’Oiseau’ Miles was able to persuade the Boulting Brothers to part finance his first 35mm project The Six-Sided Triangle (1963), which he wrote, directed and co-produced. The film was nominated for an Academy Award.
After joining the Grade Organization, Leslie Grade asked Miles to write and direct a film for The Shadows pop group. Rhythm ‘n Greens (1964) which was distributed as a supporting feature throughout the ABC Cinemas circuit. Grade then offered Miles his first feature film, Up Jumped a Swagman (1965) a surrealist musical comedy. At 26, Miles became the youngest feature director working in England, which position he held for another five years.
Attracted to the French attitude to the cinema, and their ways of life, Miles made the Rue Lepic Slow Race (1967), and also filmed an original Jean Anouilh screenplay A Time for Loving (1971) and later Jean Genet’s The Maids (1975) for the American Film Theatre. The Maids was shown out of competition at Cannes in 1975.
Known For
Crew
(1999)
The Clandestine Marriage
Director
(1981)
Priest of Love
Director, Producer
(1977)
Alternative 3
Director
(1975)
The Maids
Director, Screenplay
(1975)
That Lucky Touch
Director
(1972)
A Time for Loving
Director
(1970)
The Virgin and the Gypsy
Director
(1965)
Up Jumped a Swagman
Director
(1964)
Rhythm 'n' Greens
Director, Writer
(1963)
The Six-Sided Triangle
Director