Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

722 • MILLER, CLAUDE
1993 Ca se passe en Equateur (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist, editor)
2000 Nag la Bombe (also screenwriter, dialogist)
2005 Camille des Lilas et les Voleurs d’Enfants (also
screenwriter, dialogist, co-producer, editor)
2007 Lino (also screenwriter, dialogist, editor)
Television Filmography
2003 Fragile (also screenwriter, dialogist)
MILLER, CLAUDE (February 20, 1942, Paris,
France–)
Having trained at the IDHEC (1961–1963), he worked
as an assistant director (1965 Trois Chambres à Manhattan,
Marcel Carné; Nick Carter et le Trèfl e rouge /
Nick Carter e il trifoglio rosso, Jean-Paul Savignac, France
/ Italy; 1966 Au Hasard Balthazar / Min vän Balthazar
/ USA: Balthazar, Robert Bresson, France / Sweden;
Martin Soldat / UK: Kiss Me General, Michel Deville;
1967 Le Dimanche de la Vie / USA: The Sunday of Life,
Jean Herman, France / West Germany; Les Demoiselles
de Rochefort / USA: The Young Girls of Rochefort,
Jacques Demy; Le plus vieux Métier du Monde / L’amore
attraverso I secoli / Das älteste Gewerbe der Welt / UK:
The Oldest Profession in the World / USA: The Oldest
Profession, segment “Anticipation ou L’Amour en l’An
2000,” Jean-Luc Godard, France / Italy / West Germany;
Week-End / Week-End, un uomo e una donna dal
sabato alla domenica / UK: Week-End / Weekend, Jean-
Luc Godard, France / Italy; 1969 La Bande à Bonnot /
La banda Bonnot, Philippe Fourastié), location manager
(1967 La Chinoise, Jean-Luc Godard; 1968 L’Ecume des
Jours, Charles Belmont; 1969 Pierre et Paul, René Allio;
1971 Fantasia chez les Ploucs / Il rompiballe . . . rompe
ancora, Gérard Pirès, France / Italy; 1973 Elle court,
elle court la Banlieue / La pendolare, France / Italy),
production manager (1967 Deux ou Trois Choses que
je sais d’elle / UK and USA: Two or Three Things I Know
About Her, also actor, Jean-Luc Godard; 1968 Baisers
volés / USA: Stolen Kisses, François Truffaut; 1969 La
Sirène du Mississipi / La mia droga si chiama Julie / USA:
Mississipi Mermaid, François Truffaut, France / Italy;
1970 L’Enfant sauvage / UK: The Wild Boy / USA: Wild
Child, also actor, François Truffaut; Domicile conjugal /
Non drammatizziamo . . . è solo questione di corna! / UK:
Bed and Board / Canada and USA: Bed & Board, also
co-dialogist, François Truffaut, France / Italy; 1971 Les
Deux Anglaises et le Continent / Les Deux Anglaises / UK:
Anne and Muriel / Canada and USA: Two English Girls,
François Truffaut; 1972 Une Belle Fille comme moi / UK:
A Gorgeous Bird Like Me / USA: Such a Gorgeous Kid Like
Me, François Truffaut; 1973 La Nuit américaine / Effetto
notte / USA: Day for Night, François Truffaut, France /
Italy; 1974 Les Gaspards / De rare snuiters / UK: The
Holes / USA: The Down-in-the-Hole-Gang, Pierre Tchernia,
France / Belgium; La Grande Blonde avec une petite
Chatte, Christian Gion, Billy Freakmaker = José Varéla;
1975 L’Histoire d’Adèle H / USA: The Story of Adele H,
François Truffaut), actor (1976 L’Ordinateur des Pompes
funèbres / Caccia al montone / USA: The Probability
Factor, Gérard Pirès, France / Italy; 1978 La Tortue sur
le Dos / USA: Like a Turtle on Its Back, Luc Béraud;
1979 Félicité, Christine Pascal; 1988 Notes pour Debussy—Lettres
à Jean-Luc Godard / Notes pour Debussy,
as himself, Jean-Patrick Lebel; 1993 François Truffaut:
Portraits volés / UK and USA: François Truffaut: Stolen
Portraits, documentary, as himself, Michel Pascal, Serge
Toubiana; 2005 La Vie de Michel Muller est plus belle
que la vôtre, as himself, Michel Muller; 2006 Un Ami
parfait, Francis Girod), co-screenwriter, co-dialogist
(1981 Plein Sud / Huida al sur / USA: Heat of Desire, Luc
Béraud, France / Spain), and technical adviser (1993
Méchant Garçon, Charles Gassot). In 2007, journalist
Claire Vassé published an interview book with him
(Serrer sa Chance, Editions Stock).
Filmography
1967 Juliette dans Paris (short)
1969 La Question ordinaire (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1971 Camille ou La Comédie catastrophique (short;
also screenwriter, dialogist)
1976 La Meilleure Façon de marcher / UK: The Best
Way / USA: The Best Way to Walk (also coscreenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist)
1977 Dites-lui que je l’aime / USA: This Sweet Sickness
(also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)
1981 Garde à Vue / UK: The Inquisitor / USA: Under
Suspicion (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)
1983 Mortelle Randonnée / UK: Deadly Run / USA:
Deadly Circuit
1985 L’Effrontée / UK: Impudent Girl / USA: Charlotte
and Lulu (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)
1988 La Petite Voleuse / USA: The Little Thief
1992 L’Accompagnatrice / USA: The Accompanist (also
co-screenwriter, co-adapter)
1994 Le Sourire (also screenwriter, dialogist)
1995 Les Enfants de Lumière / Lumiere y compania /
Lumière and Company (segment “Claude Miller
/ Paris”; France / Spain / Denmark / Sweden)