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My Take
Rebecca Miller is one of those rare filmmakers who operates completely on her own terms, and I find that genuinely refreshing. The daughter of Arthur Miller and photographer Inge Morath, she could have coasted on legacy alone, but instead she built a quietly formidable body of work — from the raw, intimate Personal Velocity: Three Portraits to the offbeat romantic comedy Maggie's Plan — all of which she wrote and directed herself. She studied at Yale, she sculpts and paints, she married Daniel Day-Lewis: her life sounds almost novelistic, which tracks because she's also a published novelist. Her films never chase box office; they chase something truer about women's inner lives, and that Independent Spirit Cassavetes Award in 2003 feels exactly right for an artist who refuses to make safe, committee-approved choices.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rebecca Miller
- Name (Japanese)
- レベッカ・ミラー
- Reading
- れべっか・みらー
- Born
- September 15, 1962 (age 63)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Tiger
- Origin
- Roxbury, Connecticut, United States
- Occupation
- screenwriter / film director / actor / sculptor / painter
2. Background
- University
- Yale University
Awards & achievements
- 1995 Open Palm Award
- 2003 Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Rebecca Miller born?
Born September 15, 1962 (age 63).
Where is Rebecca Miller from?
Rebecca Miller is from Roxbury, Connecticut, United States.
What does Rebecca Miller do?
Rebecca Miller works as screenwriter, film director, actor, sculptor, painter.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.