Bennett Miller

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name = Bennett Miller

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birthdate = December 30, 1966
birthplace = New York City
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occupation = Film director
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Bennett Miller (born December 30, 1966) is an Academy Award-nominated American film director.

Miller is the director of the feature "Capote" (2005), a film for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Director. He also directed the documentary film "The Cruise" (1998). He has also directed television commercials and music videos, most recently Bob Dylan's "When the Deal Goes Down." [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSXE5e4_C6A youtube music video, retrieved June 4, 2008] ]

On September 20, 2006, Miller was announced to direct Paramount Vantage's "The Immortalist", a "contemporary, character-driven drama set in the world of life-extension". [ [http://comingsoon.net/news/indietopnews.php?id=16566 Bennett Miller Helming The Immortalist - ComingSoon.net ] ]

Miller is featured in a special feature of the DVD edition of "Knocked Up"; he plays the role of the director of the director (Judd Apatow) in a mockumentary of the directing of the film.

Personal life

Bennett was born in New York City and has known writer Dan Futterman and actor Philip Seymour Hoffman since their childhood. He and Futterman were classmates at Mamaroneck High School.

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External links

*imdb name|id=0587955|name=Bennett Miller
* [http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=15454 the Jewish Journal interview] (February 24, 2006)