Mike Mills

Mike Mills

Directing

March 20, 1966Berkeley, California, USA

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.

Known for

Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are

2009

20th Century Women

20th Century Women

2016

Beginners

Beginners

2011

Sentimental Value

Sentimental Value

2025

C'mon C'mon

C'mon C'mon

2021

Thumbsucker

Thumbsucker

2005

Fight for Your Right Revisited

Fight for Your Right Revisited

2011

I Am Easy to Find

I Am Easy to Find

2019

Beautiful Losers

Beautiful Losers

2008

Paperboys

Paperboys

2001

Directing20

C'mon C'mon

C'mon C'mon

2021

Director

I Am Easy to Find

I Am Easy to Find

2019

Director

20th Century Women

20th Century Women

2016

Director

A Mind Forever Voyaging Through Strange Seas of Thought Alone

A Mind Forever Voyaging Through Strange Seas of Thought Alone

2014

Director

Beginners

Beginners

2011

Director

The Boy and the Creature, 1981

The Boy and the Creature, 1981

2009

Director

Does Your Soul Have a Cold?

Does Your Soul Have a Cold?

2007

Director

Cinema16: American Short Films

Cinema16: American Short Films

2006

Director

Thumbsucker

Thumbsucker

2005

Director

Pulp Hits

Pulp Hits

2002

Director

Paperboys

Paperboys

2001

Director

Deformer

Deformer

2000

Director

Not How, Or When, Or Why, But Yes

Not How, Or When, Or Why, But Yes

2000

Director

Air: Eating, Sleeping, Waiting and Playing

Air: Eating, Sleeping, Waiting and Playing

1999

Director

The Architecture of Reassurance

The Architecture of Reassurance

1999

Director

Richard June's Backyard

Richard June's Backyard

1998

Director

Hair Shoes Love and Honesty

Hair Shoes Love and Honesty

1998

Director

Skating with Dave and Jared

Skating with Dave and Jared

1995

Director

An Introduction to Harmolodics

An Introduction to Harmolodics

1995

Director

Untitled Mike Mills Project

Untitled Mike Mills Project

Director

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The National: I Am Easy to Find, Live from New York's Beacon Theatre

The National: I Am Easy to Find, Live from New York's Beacon Theatre

2019

Self

Fight for Your Right Revisited

Fight for Your Right Revisited

2011

Sir Stewart Wallace

A Short Film About Making Beginners

A Short Film About Making Beginners

2011

The Magnificent Tati

The Magnificent Tati

2009

Self

Family Portrait

Family Portrait

2009

Beautiful Losers

Beautiful Losers

2008

Self

Creative Life Store

Creative Life Store

2007

Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes

Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes

2006

Self

R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)

R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)

2003

Not How, Or When, Or Why, But Yes

Not How, Or When, Or Why, But Yes

2000

Self - Interviewer

Air: Eating, Sleeping, Waiting and Playing

Air: Eating, Sleeping, Waiting and Playing

1999

Self

Writing6

C'mon C'mon

C'mon C'mon

2021

Writer

I Am Easy to Find

I Am Easy to Find

2019

Writer

20th Century Women

20th Century Women

2016

Writer

Beginners

Beginners

2011

Writer

Thumbsucker

Thumbsucker

2005

Screenplay

The Architecture of Reassurance

The Architecture of Reassurance

1999

Writer

Crew2

Sentimental Value

Sentimental Value

2025

Thanks

Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are

2009

Thanks

Production1

Does Your Soul Have a Cold?

Does Your Soul Have a Cold?

2007

Producer