Mike Mills

Biography

Michael Chadbourne Mills (born March 20, 1966) is an American film and music video director, writer and graphic designer. He is best known for his independent films, Beginners (2010) and 20th Century Women (2016). For the latter, Mills was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Directed

1. 20th Century Women (2016) — Director
2. Beginners (2011) — Director
3. C'mon C'mon (2021) — Director
4. Thumbsucker (2005) — Director
5. I Am Easy to Find (2019) — Director
6. Paperboys (2001) — Director
7. Air: Eating, Sleeping, Waiting and Playing (1999) — Director
8. Does Your Soul Have a Cold? (2007) — Director
9. Cinema16: American Short Films (2006) — Director
10. The Architecture of Reassurance (1999) — Director
11. An Introduction to Harmolodics (1995) — Director
12. Skating with Dave and Jared (1995) — Director
13. Hair Shoes Love and Honesty (1998) — Director
14. Not How, Or When, Or Why, But Yes (2000) — Director
15. Richard June's Backyard (1998) — Director
16. Deformer (2000) — Director
17. The Boy and the Creature, 1981 (2009) — Director
18. Untitled Mike Mills Project — Director
19. Pulp Hits (2002) — Director
20. A Mind Forever Voyaging Through Strange Seas of Thought Alone (2014) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Fight for Your Right Revisited (2011) — Sir Stewart Wallace
2. Beautiful Losers (2008) — Self
3. Air: Eating, Sleeping, Waiting and Playing (1999) — Self
4. The National: I Am Easy to Find, Live from New York's Beacon Theatre (2019) — Self
5. R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.) (2003)
6. The Magnificent Tati (2009) — Self
7. Creative Life Store (2007)
8. Family Portrait (2009)
9. Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes (2006) — Self
10. Not How, Or When, Or Why, But Yes (2000) — Self - Interviewer
11. A Short Film About Making Beginners (2011)