Mike Mills

1966 (60) • Directing

Born: 3/20/1966 (60) in Berkeley, California, USA

Known for: Directing

Mike Mills

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

65%

Thanks

2009

20th Century Women

73%

Director

2016

Beginners

68%

Director

2011

Sentimental Value

75%

Thanks

2025

C'mon C'mon

71%

Writer

2021

Thumbsucker

62%

Director

2005

I Am Easy to Find

71%

Director

2019

Paperboys

65%

Director

2001

Sentimental Value

75%

Thanks

2025

C'mon C'mon

71%

Writer

2021

C'mon C'mon

71%

Director

2021

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

93%

Self

2019

I Am Easy to Find

71%

Director

2019

I Am Easy to Find

71%

Writer

2019

20th Century Women

73%

Director

2016

20th Century Women

73%

Writer

2016

Beginners

68%

Director

2011

Beginners

68%

Writer

2011

Fight for Your Right Revisited

65%

Sir Stewart Wallace

2011

A Short Film About Making Beginners

2011

Where the Wild Things Are

65%

Thanks

2009

The Magnificent Tati

70%

Self

2009

Family Portrait

2009

The Boy and the Creature, 1981

Director

2009

Beautiful Losers

65%

Self

2008

Does Your Soul Have a Cold?

63%

Director

2007

Does Your Soul Have a Cold?

63%

Producer

2007

Creative Life Store

2007

Cinema16: American Short Films

75%

Director

2006

Thumbsucker

62%

Director

2005

Thumbsucker

62%

Screenplay

2005

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

50%

2003

Pulp Hits

Director

2002

Paperboys

65%

Director

2001

Deformer

Director

2000

Not How, Or When, Or Why, But Yes

Self - Interviewer

2000