Robert Ellis Miller

Directing

Robert Ellis Miller

Born July 18, 1932 · New York, New York, USA

Died January 27, 2017 · aged 84

Robert Ellis Miller (July 18, 1927 – January 27, 2017) was an American director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Ellis Miller, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Girl from PetrovkaThe Girl from Petrovka · 1974
The Girl from Petrovka
★ 5.31974
MovieComedyDrama
A beautiful Russian ballerina falls in love with an American news correspondent. The KGB is most displeased and does everything it can to break them up.
Her Life as a ManHer Life as a Man · 1984
Her Life as a Man
★ 5.31984
MovieComedyTV Movie
To land a sportswriting job on a national magazine run by a chauvinistic editor, an aspiring female reporter convincingly disguises herself as a man to get the inside story.
Brenda StarrBrenda Starr · 1989
Brenda Starr
★ 4.81989
MovieAdventureFantasy
Fearless reporter Brenda Starr needs a big scoop if she wishes to retain her lofty status within the world of journalism, so she ventures deep into the Amazon Rainforest to investigate a story involving a mad scientist's plot to blow the planet to smithereens. Her investigation pits her against a collection of dastardly villains and the myriad dangers of the jungle.
Sweet NovemberSweet November · 1968
Sweet November
★ 7.01968
MovieRomanceComedy
A woman refuses to let her romances last longer than one month.
The Heart Is a Lonely HunterThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter · 1968
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
★ 7.51968
MovieDrama
Singer is a deaf-mute whose small world brings him in contact with a young girl, Mick, who cherishes a seemingly hopeless dream of becoming a concert pianist. At first hostile, Mick soon becomes friends with Singer, hoping to enlarge his small world. Three other central characters come to Singer for help also, each of them seeing in him a powerful force.
The Baltimore BulletThe Baltimore Bullet · 1980
The Baltimore Bullet
★ 5.71980
MovieComedyCrime
A tale of two hustlers trying to set up a big game.
Just an Old Sweet SongJust an Old Sweet Song · 1976
Just an Old Sweet Song
★ 7.01976
MovieDramaTV Movie
Upon learning that their grandmother is not long for this world, Nate and Priscilla Simmons pack up their kids and leave Detroit to head down South. Eventually, the family rediscovers its African-American roots and elects to stay in their new rural surroundings.
Reuben, ReubenReuben, Reuben · 1983
Reuben, Reuben
★ 6.41983
MovieDramaComedy
A drunken Scottish poet who has not written a word in years feels compelled to regain control of his life and work after meeting a beautiful young woman.

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A Walton WeddingA Walton Wedding · 1995
A Walton Wedding
1995
MovieDramaTV Movie
In 1964, John-Boy Walton is planning his wedding to Janet Gilchrist, the editor of a New York fashion magazine and the daughter of a diplomat. The two of them plan a small wedding and he invites the family and friends from Walton's Mountain to come to New York for the celebration. However, Janet's Aunt Flo has other ideas and begins to take over their wedding preparations. Added to the wedding plan stress, John-Boy is also trying to write an article about his Grandma, but decides that he needs to go home to escape the wedding preparations, as well as to reunite with his grandmother and fill in some gaps leaving Janet in New York trying to prevent her wedding from getting out of hand. But she too leaves the city and heads for Walton's Mountain to plan their wedding there.

Director

Matinee TheaterMatinee Theater · 1955
Matinee Theater
★ 5.31955
SeriesDrama
Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily in the afternoon, was frequently live. It was produced by Albert McCleery, Darrell Ross, George Cahan and Frank Price with executive producer George Lowther. McCleery had previously produced the live series Cameo Theatre which introduced to television the concept of theater-in-the-round, TV plays staged with minimal sets. Jim Buckley of the Pewter Plough Playhouse recalled: When Al McCleery got back to the States, he originated a most ambitious theatrical TV series for NBC called Matinee Theater: to televise five different stage plays per week live, airing around noon in order to promote color TV to the American housewife as she labored over her ironing. Al was the producer. He hired five directors and five art directors. Richard Bennett, one of our first early presidents of the Pewter Plough Corporation, was one of the directors and I was one of the art directors and, as soon as we were through televising one play, we had lunch and then met to plan next week’s show. That was over 50 years ago, and I’m trying to think; I believe the TV art director is his own set decorator —yes, of course! It had to be, since one of McCleery’s chief claims to favor with the producers was his elimination of the setting per se and simply decorating the scene with a minimum of props. It took a bit of ingenuity.

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Alcoa TheatreAlcoa Theatre · 1957
Alcoa Theatre
★ 7.01957
SeriesDrama
Alcoa Theatre is a half-hour American anthology series telecast on NBC at 9:30 pm on alternate Monday nights from October 7, 1957 to September 16, 1960. The program also aired under the title Turn of Fate, with the stories depicting the difficulties faced by individuals who are suddenly thrust into unexpected and perilous dangers. Alcoa Theatre was syndicated together with Goodyear Theatre as Award Theatre. In 1955, The Alcoa Hour premiered in a one-hour format aired on Sunday nights, but it was reduced to 30 minutes, retitled Alcoa Theatre, and moved to Monday evening in 1957. The show employed an alternating rotating company of actors: David Niven, Robert Ryan, Jane Powell, Jack Lemmon and Charles Boyer. Each appeared in dramatic and light comedic roles through the first season.

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