Directing

Christopher Miles

Born April 19, 1939 · London, England, UK

Died September 15, 2023 · aged 84

Christopher Miles (19 April 1939 – 15 September 2023) was a British film director, producer and screenwriter. Due to ‘A Vol d’Oiseau’ Miles was able to persuade the Boulting Brothers to part finance his first 35mm project The Six-Sided Triangle (1963), which he wrote, directed and co-produced. The film was nominated for an Academy Award. After joining the Grade Organization, Leslie Grade asked M…

Known For

That Lucky Touch

That Lucky Touch · 1975

That Lucky Touch

MovieComedyCrime

A European arms dealer meets a liberated woman journalist, who is writing a story about the ridiculous things men do with the armaments during a NATO war games meeting.

Alternative 3

Alternative 3 · 1977

MovieTV MovieDocumentary

Purporting to be an investigation into the UK's contemporary "brain drain", Alternative 3 uncovered a plan to make the Moon and Mars habitable in the event of climate change and a terminal environmental catastrophe on Earth.

Priest of Love

Priest of Love · 1981

MovieDramaRomance

Following the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow," D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When Lawrence contracts tuberculosis, they return to England for a short time, then to Italy, where Lawrence writes "Lady Chatterley's Lover."

Up Jumped a Swagman

Up Jumped a Swagman · 1965

Up Jumped a Swagman

MovieMusicComedy

A dreamy Australian singer comes to London to seek his fortune and falls for a down-to-earth lass and a high-strung debutante at the same time.

The Maids

The Maids · 1975

A film version of Genet's play. Two maids, Solange and Claire, hate their employers and, while they are out, take turns at dressing up as Madame and insulting her.

The Clandestine Marriage

The Clandestine Marriage · 1999

The Clandestine Marriage

MovieComedyHistory

A period film, set around an English country house whose owners want to arrange a marriage of convenience between their elder daughter and an aristocratic heir of a hard-up noble family.

A Time for Loving

A Time for Loving · 1972

A Time for Loving

The story of an apartment in Paris and the various people that occupy it over the years.

The Virgin and the Gypsy

The Virgin and the Gypsy · 1970

The Virgin and the Gypsy

MovieDramaRomance

Film adaptation from the novel by D.H. Lawrence, discovered after the celebrated author's death in 1930, a romantic love story tells of a prim young English girl who is sexually attracted to a seductively virile gypsy. The climatic dam burst is linked with the consummation of her desire.

Filmography

Sort

That Lucky Touch

That Lucky Touch · 1975

That Lucky Touch

MovieComedyCrime

A European arms dealer meets a liberated woman journalist, who is writing a story about the ridiculous things men do with the armaments during a NATO war games meeting.

Director

Alternative 3

Alternative 3 · 1977

MovieTV MovieDocumentary

Purporting to be an investigation into the UK's contemporary "brain drain", Alternative 3 uncovered a plan to make the Moon and Mars habitable in the event of climate change and a terminal environmental catastrophe on Earth.

Director

Priest of Love

Priest of Love · 1981

MovieDramaRomance

Following the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow," D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When Lawrence contracts tuberculosis, they return to England for a short time, then to Italy, where Lawrence writes "Lady Chatterley's Lover."

Director

Up Jumped a Swagman

Up Jumped a Swagman · 1965

Up Jumped a Swagman

MovieMusicComedy

A dreamy Australian singer comes to London to seek his fortune and falls for a down-to-earth lass and a high-strung debutante at the same time.

Director

The Maids

The Maids · 1975

A film version of Genet's play. Two maids, Solange and Claire, hate their employers and, while they are out, take turns at dressing up as Madame and insulting her.

Director

The Clandestine Marriage

The Clandestine Marriage · 1999

The Clandestine Marriage

MovieComedyHistory

A period film, set around an English country house whose owners want to arrange a marriage of convenience between their elder daughter and an aristocratic heir of a hard-up noble family.

Director

A Time for Loving

A Time for Loving · 1972

A Time for Loving

The story of an apartment in Paris and the various people that occupy it over the years.

Director

The Virgin and the Gypsy

The Virgin and the Gypsy · 1970

The Virgin and the Gypsy

MovieDramaRomance

Film adaptation from the novel by D.H. Lawrence, discovered after the celebrated author's death in 1930, a romantic love story tells of a prim young English girl who is sexually attracted to a seductively virile gypsy. The climatic dam burst is linked with the consummation of her desire.

Director

Rhythm 'n' Greens

Rhythm 'n' Greens · 1964

Rhythm 'n' Greens

Short film starring and featuring the music of The Shadows

Writer

The Six-Sided Triangle

The Six-Sided Triangle · 1963

The Six-Sided Triangle

The Six-Sided Triangle is a 1963 short film directed by Christopher Miles, starring his younger sister Sarah Miles, Nicol Williamson, and Bill Meilen. It is about a husband who comes home and finds his wife with her lover - told from the perspectives of six different countries (the US, England, Japan, Sweden, Italy and France). The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Director

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected · 1979

Tales of the Unexpected

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.

Director