Jonathan MillerFilmography

Born:: July 21, 1934 in London, England
Occupation:: Actor, Director, Producer

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In Search of Mozart

Actors: Juliet Stevenson, Jonathan Miller, Julian Rachlin, Imogen Cooper

Synopsis: Filmmaker Phil Grabsky speaks with the most celebrated orchestras and musicians on the planet to explore the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the first-ever feature-length documentary about the 18th century composer. Over eight works by Mozart are presented chronologically in order to draw Read More

7/20/07
The Atheism Tapes [TV Documentary Series]

Actors: Jonathan Miller

Synopsis: Neurologist-turned-playwright and self-confessed atheist Jonathan Miller speaks with six of the world's leading authorities in letters and science to discuss their personal intellectual journeys and explore the topic of atheism from a disparate variety of perspectives in this mini-series designed Read More

2005
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

Actors: Terry Jones, Stephen Fry, Jonathan Miller, Alan Bennett, Terry Gilliam

2004
Le Nozze di Figaro

Crew: Stage Director

Actors: Lucio Gallo, Eteri Gvazava, Patrizia Ciofi

Synopsis: Lucio Gallo and Eteri Gvazava headline this faithful rendition of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, captured live at Florence's Teatro Communale in October of 2003 and featuring conductor Zubin Metha leading the Orchestra Maggio Musicale Florintino. Choreography is provided by Susanna Read More

2003
Tamerlano

Crew: Director

Actors: Monica Bacelli, Thomas Randle, Graham Pushee, Anna Bonitatibus, Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz

Synopsis: This 2001 performance of George Frederic Handel's opera, Tamerlano also includes a behind the scenes look at the production including comments by the director and conductor. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide Read More

2001
The Magic Flute

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Conducted by Franz Welser-Most, this stage production of Mozart's classic The Magic Flute was filmed in Switzerland. The classic story of good and evil follows the romance of Tamino and Pamina, and features Matti Salminen, Anton Scharinger, Julia Newman, and Elena Mosuc. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Read More

2000
La Fanciulla del West

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: An opera on video--Puccini's opera about the 1849 gold rush in California. This time at Teatro Alla Scala, Milan, Italy. Italian, with English subtitles. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1991
Jonathan Miller: Acting in Opera

1989
The Mikado

Crew: Director

Actors: Eric Idle

Synopsis: This adaptation of the Gilbert & Sullivan opera is set in England during the depression. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1987
Long Day's Journey into Night

Crew: Director

Actors: Jack Lemmon, Bethel Leslie, Kevin Spacey, Peter Gallagher, Jodie Lynne McClintock

Synopsis: Previously filmed by director Sidney Lumet in 1962, Eugene O'Neill's gloomy Pulitzer Prize-winning play Long Day's Journey Into Night is given a vibrant videotaped treatment by Jonathan Miller. Set on one hot August day and night in 1912, the story concerns the tragic Tyrone family (based, as any Read More

1987
Winning Basketball with Larry Bird and Red Auerbach

Crew: Executive Producer

Synopsis: Winning Basketball with Larry Bird and Red Auerbach brings together two NBA greats to provide a complete guide to teaching children the basics of the game. This video is packed with tips from legendary coach Red Auerbach, the Boston Celtics' Larry Bird, and fellow Celtics Dennis Johnson and Kevin Read More

1987
The Beggar's Opera

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Dr. Jonathan Miller, onetime Beyond the Fringe trouper, who was one of the leading lights of the PBS Shakespeare productions of 1978-83, serves as director of The Beggar's Opera. This adaptation of John Gay's lusty 18th-century "play with song" stars The Who's Roger Daltrey as robber captain Read More

1984
King Lear

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Michael Hordern, Anton Lesser

1983
Troilus & Cressida

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Anton Lesser, Suzanne Burden

Synopsis: The Greeks laid siege to the city of Troy after Paris (David Firth) of Troy abducted the beautiful Helen (Ann Pennington) from Sparta. In the city, Troilus (Anton Lesser), brother of Paris, is courting the lovely Cressida (Suzanne Burden), who is playing hard to get so that his interest will be Read More

1982
Othello

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Bob Hoskins, David Yelland, Penelope Wilton

Synopsis: Othello (Anthony Hopkins) is a noble black Moor held in high regard by Venice for his service as a military general. However, he makes a deadly enemy in his ensign Iago (Bob Hoskins) after he promotes Michael Cassio (David Yelland), not Iago, to the position of personal lieutenant. To gain Read More

1981
Tighten Your Belts, Bite the Bullet

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: David Gordon

Synopsis: After looking at the bank bail-outs of cities in financial duress in the late '70s, this documentary proposes that the banks took power away from the municipal political leaders, to the detriment of the lower echelons of society (as social programs were cut in the process). Apparently the banks Read More

1981
Antony and Cleopatra

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Timothy Dalton, Jane Lapotaire, Lynn Redgrave

Synopsis: Perhaps inspired by the success of PBS' Shakespeare Plays series, Bard Productions Ltd. Came out with this diverting if not very cinematic adaptation of the Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. Timothy Dalton plays Marc Antony, while Lynn Redgrave is uncharacteristically alluring as Queen Read More

1981
A Midsummer Night's Dream

Crew: Producer

Actors: Helen Mirren

Synopsis: This play gets its title from the name of a British holiday called Midsummer Day, the feast of John the Baptist, celebrated on June 24 with merrymaking. On Midsummer Night, witches, goblins, and fairies materialized to hold a festival of their own. Shakespeare's play capitalizes on the magic of Read More

1981
The Taming of the Shrew

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: John Cleese, Sarah Badel

1980
The Merchant of Venice

Crew: Producer

Actors: Warren Mitchell, Gemma Jones, John Franklyn-Robbins

Synopsis: Bassanio (John Nettles), a young man of Venice, falls hopelessly in love with fair Portia (Gemma Jones), a wealthy heiress. But his pocket lacks the jingle to woo her. So Bassanio obtains a loan from the Jewish moneylender Shylock (Warren Mitchell), and his friend Antonio(John Franklyn-Robbins) Read More

1980
The Winter's Tale

Crew: Producer

1980
All's Well That Ends Well

Crew: Producer

Actors: Ian Charleson, Angela Down, Celia Johnson

1980
The Mermaid Frolics

Actors: Peter Ustinov, Julie Covington, John Cleese, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller

1977
Pleasure at Her Majesty's

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In 1976, a member of the office staff at the London offices of Amnesty International, a global human rights watchdog group, discovered they'd received a donation from one "J. Cleese" and discovered he was John Cleese, one of the founding members of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Amnesty Read More

1976
King Lear

Crew: Director

Actors: Angela Down

1975
Merchant of Venice

Crew: Director

Actors: Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Anthony Nicholls, Jeremy Brett

Synopsis: Olivier stars in this production of the Shakespearean tragedy about greed and vengeance. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1973
Take a Girl Like You

Crew: Director

Actors: Noel Harrison, Oliver Reed, Hayley Mills, Sheila Hancock, John Bird

Synopsis: This 1970 British sex farce stars Hayley Mills as Jenny Bunn, a naïve young schoolteacher from the north of England who comes to swinging London to teach. She moves into a suburb and becomes friends with Anna (Geraldine Sherman). Anna is dating Patrick Standish (Oliver Reed), but when Anna Read More

1970
Alice in Wonderland

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Anne-Marie Mallik

Synopsis: You've seen the Disney classic, now experience the tale of Alice in Wonderland as never before in this live-action adaptation of the timeless tale from the BBC and director Jonathan Miller. Capturing all of the menace and wonder of Lewis Carroll's age-old classic while injecting the story with a Read More

1966
One Way Pendulum

Actors: Eric Sykes, George Cole, Julia Foster, Jonathan Miller, Alison Leggatt, Peggy Mount

Synopsis: This farcical British comedy follows the eccentric misadventures of a family who have their own rather unusual way of doing things. Mr. Groomkirby (Eric Sykes) is redecorating his living room to resemble the courtrooms at Old Bailey, with a mind toward staging mock trials for fun. His wife, Mrs. Read More

1965
Beyond the Fringe

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, Dudley Moore

Synopsis: During the 1960s, comic actors Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Alan Bennett, and Jonathan Miller created the stage show Beyond the Fringe. Decades after the end of the show's successful run, a filmed record of the production was discovered. Originally recorded for television broadcast, this particular Read More

1963
La Clemenza di Tito (Opernhaus Zürich)

Crew: Director