Directed credits
14
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
Mike Mills
Directing
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Directed movies: 14Directed series: 0All crew credits: 17
TMDB ID: 17439
IMDb ID: nm0590122
Known for: Directing
Born: March 20, 1966
Age: 60
Place of birth: Berkeley, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1995 - 2025
Years active: 31
Average TMDB rating: 6.84
Wikidata: Q724098
Also known as
Michael Chadbourne Mills
Frequent jobs
Director (14)Thanks (2)Writer (1)
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.
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Directed Movies
Movies directed by Mike Mills.
I Am Easy to Find
Director
2019 Movie
20th Century Women
Director
2016 Movie
A Mind Forever Voyaging Through Strange Seas of Thought Alone
Director
2014 Movie
Beginners
Director
2011 Movie
The Boy and the Creature, 1981
Director
2009 Movie
Does Your Soul Have a Cold?
Director
2007 Movie
Cinema16: American Short Films
Director
2006 Movie
Thumbsucker
Director
2005 Movie
Pulp Hits
Director
2002 Movie
Paperboys
Director
2001 Movie
Deformer
Director
2000 Movie
Air: Eating, Sleeping, Waiting and Playing
Director
1999 Movie
The Architecture of Reassurance
Director
1999 Movie
Skating with Dave and Jared
Director
1995 Movie
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Mike Mills.
Sentimental Value
Thanks
2025 Movie
20th Century Women
Director
2016 Movie
C'mon C'mon
Writer
2021 Movie
Beginners
Director
2011 Movie
Where the Wild Things Are
Thanks
2009 Movie
Fight for Your Right Revisited
as Sir Stewart Wallace
2011 Movie
Thumbsucker
Director
2005 Movie
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Mike Mills.
Sentimental Value
Thanks
2025 Movie
20th Century Women
Director
2016 Movie
C'mon C'mon
Writer
2021 Movie
Where the Wild Things Are
Thanks
2009 Movie
Beginners
Director
2011 Movie
Thumbsucker
Director
2005 Movie
Fight for Your Right Revisited
as Sir Stewart Wallace
2011 Movie
I Am Easy to Find
Director
2019 Movie
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
2003 Movie
Cinema16: American Short Films
Director
2006 Movie
Paperboys
Director
2001 Movie
The Architecture of Reassurance
Director
1999 Movie
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Mike Mills.
Sentimental Value
Thanks
2025 Movie
C'mon C'mon
Writer
2021 Movie
Where the Wild Things Are
Thanks
2009 Movie
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Mike Mills.
The National: I Am Easy to Find, Live from New York's Beacon Theatre
as Self
2019 Movie
Fight for Your Right Revisited
as Sir Stewart Wallace
2011 Movie
The Magnificent Tati
as Self
2009 Movie
Beautiful Losers
as Self
2008 Movie
Creative Life Store
2007 Movie
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
2003 Movie
Air: Eating, Sleeping, Waiting and Playing
as Self
1999 Movie