Early life

Miller was born in New York City, to a painter mother and a contractor father. Miller attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts but did not graduate. One of his classmates was the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, whom he had already met at the New York State Summer School of the Arts as high school students.

Career

Miller began his film career directing the 1998 documentary The Cruise. As described by Wheeler Winston Dixon, the film documented the "tough life of a tour guide on a New York City bus", and was made using handheld digital cameras. It was a "surprise hit, and opened up numerous doors for Miller." Miller turned down several offers of film projects, until he was able to get support to make the film Capote (2005) with Philip Seymour Hoffman, who played Truman Capote. In 2009, Miller was hired by Columbia Pictures to direct the film Moneyball after its previously-hired director, Steven Soderbergh, clashed with producers over the tone of the film. The resulting film, released in 2011, was a critical and commercial success. Miller's most recent film is Foxcatcher (2014), starring Steve Carell, Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo, a film he began developing in 2006. The film was a critical success and was nominated for 5 Academy Awards, including nominations for Miller, Carell and Ruffalo.

Awards and honors

Miller was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for Capote and Foxcatcher.

He won the Best Director Award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for Foxcatcher, and Foxcatcher was also in the main competition for the Palme d'Or.

Commercials

Miller has recently made a foray into directing commercials. His latest is for Quilted Northern toilet paper.

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Notes
1998	The Cruise	Yes	Yes	Yes	also Cinematographer
2005	Capote	Yes
2011	Moneyball	Yes
2014	Foxcatcher	Yes	Yes

[ Source: Wikipedia ]