Directing

Mike Mills

Born 1966-03-20 · Berkeley, California, USA

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.

Credits

Newest first

Sentimental Value
Thanks
2025
C'mon C'mon
Writer
2021
C'mon C'mon
Director
2021
The National: I Am Easy to Find, Live from New York's Beacon Theatre
as Self
2019
I Am Easy to Find
Director
2019
I Am Easy to Find
Writer
2019
20th Century Women
Director
2016
20th Century Women
Writer
2016
A Mind Forever Voyaging Through Strange Seas of Thought Alone
Director
2014
Beginners
Director
2011
Beginners
Writer
2011
Fight for Your Right Revisited
as Sir Stewart Wallace
2011
A Short Film About Making Beginners
2011
Where the Wild Things Are
Thanks
2009
The Magnificent Tati
as Self
2009
Family Portrait
2009
The Boy and the Creature, 1981
Director
2009
Beautiful Losers
as Self
2008
Does Your Soul Have a Cold?
Director
2007
Does Your Soul Have a Cold?
Producer
2007
Creative Life Store
2007
Cinema16: American Short Films
Director
2006
Thumbsucker
Director
2005
Thumbsucker
Screenplay
2005
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
2003
Pulp Hits
Director
2002
Paperboys
Director
2001
Deformer
Director
2000
Not How, Or When, Or Why, But Yes
as Self - Interviewer
2000
Not How, Or When, Or Why, But Yes
Director
2000
Air: Eating, Sleeping, Waiting and Playing
as Self
1999
Air: Eating, Sleeping, Waiting and Playing
Director
1999
The Architecture of Reassurance
Director
1999
The Architecture of Reassurance
Writer
1999
Richard June's Backyard
Director
1998
Hair Shoes Love and Honesty
Director
1998
Skating with Dave and Jared
Director
1995
An Introduction to Harmolodics
Director
1995
Untitled Mike Mills Film
Director
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Untitled Mike Mills Film
Writer
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