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
20th Century Women
(2016)
Director
Beginners
(2011)
Director
C'mon C'mon
(2021)
Director
Thumbsucker
(2005)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
An Introduction to Harmolodics
(1995)
Director
Skating with Dave and Jared
(1995)
Director
Hair Shoes Love and Honesty
(1998)
Director
Richard June's Backyard
(1998)
Director
Air: Eating, Sleeping, Waiting and Playing
(1999)
Director
The Architecture of Reassurance
(1999)
Director
Deformer
(2000)
Director
Not How Or When Or Why But Yes
(2000)
Director
Paperboys
(2001)
Director
Thumbsucker
(2005)
Director
Cinema16: American Short Films
(2006)
Director
Does Your Soul Have a Cold?
(2007)
Director
The Boy and the Creature, 1981
(2009)
Director
Beginners
(2011)
Director
Ewan McGregor and Mike Mills in San Francisco
(2011)
Director
20th Century Women
(2016)
Director
I Am Easy to Find
(2019)
Director
C'mon C'mon
(2021)
Director
Acting
R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
(2003)
Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes
(2006)
Self
Creative Life Store
(2007)
Beautiful Losers
(2008)
Himself
Family Portrait
(2009)
The Magnificent Tati
(2009)
Self
Fight for Your Right Revisited
(2011)
Sir Stewart Wallace
Ewan McGregor and Mike Mills in San Francisco
(2011)
The National: I Am Easy to Find, Live from New York's Beacon Theatre
(2019)
Self
Writing
The Architecture of Reassurance
(1999)
Writer
Thumbsucker
(2005)
Screenplay
Beginners
(2011)
Screenplay
20th Century Women
(2016)
Story and Screenplay
I Am Easy to Find
(2019)
Writer
C'mon C'mon
(2021)
Writer
Production
Crew