# Sam Miller
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{{short description|English film director}}
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|name=Sam Miller
|caption=, , USA
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1962|9|28|df=y}}
|birth_place= [Saxmundham](/source/Saxmundham), [England](/source/England), [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)
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|occupation = [Television](/source/Television_director) and [film director](/source/film_director)
[Film producer](/source/Film_producer)
[Actor](/source/Actor)
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'''Sam Miller''' (born 28 September 1962) is a British [television director](/source/television_director) and former actor from [Saxmundham](/source/Saxmundham), [England](/source/England). As an actor, he is known for his role as Sgt. John Maitland in the [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network)) police procedural drama ''[The Bill](/source/The_Bill)'' from 1990 to 1993. As a director, he has worked on the [BBC](/source/BBC) television dramas ''[Cardiac Arrest](/source/Cardiac_Arrest_(TV_series))'', ''[This Life](/source/This_Life_(1996_TV_series))'' and ''[Luther](/source/Luther_(TV_series))''.[{{cite news|title=Seeing the director's point of view|date=2006-08-27|newspaper=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/50cfb916-35e9-11db-b249-0000779e2340}}] He works with London-based production company Mustard Film Company. He is the father of the actor and footballer [William Miller](/source/William_Miller_(footballer%2C_born_1996)), who played [Oliver Twist](/source/Oliver_Twist_(character)) in the 2007 television adaptation.
Miller has received three [Emmy](/source/Emmy_Awards) nominations for [Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special](/source/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Directing_for_a_Limited_or_Anthology_Series_or_Movie), one in 2012 for [''Luther''](/source/Luther_(TV_series)) and two in 2021 for ''[I May Destroy You](/source/I_May_Destroy_You)'' for the episodes "Eyes Eyes Eyes Eyes" and "Ego Death" (with [Michaela Coel](/source/Michaela_Coel)).
==Filmography==
===Film===
'''Director'''
* ''[Among Giants](/source/Among_Giants)'' (1998)
* ''[Elephant Juice](/source/Elephant_Juice)''[{{cite news|title=Sam Miller (I)|date=2006-08-27|publisher=Internet Movie Database|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0589284/}}] (1998) (Also co-producer)
* ''[No Good Deed](/source/No_Good_Deed_(2014_film))'' (2014)
'''Narrator'''
* ''Krakatoa: The Last Days'' (2006)
===Television===
'''Director'''
{|class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Director
!Executive
Producer
!Notes
|-
| 1995
| ''Cardiac Arrest''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| 4 episodes
|-
| 1996
| ''[This Life](/source/This_Life_(1996_TV_series))''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| 3 episodes
|-
| 1997
| ''[King Leek](/source/Comedy_Premieres)''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| TV pilot
|-
| 2003–2009
| ''[Spooks](/source/Spooks_(TV_series))''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| 6 episodes
|-
| 2004
| ''Murder City''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2006
| ''Tripping Over''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2010
| ''[Single Father](/source/Single_Father_(TV_series))''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| Miniseries
|-
| 2010–2015
| ''[Luther](/source/Luther_(TV_series))''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| 10 episodes
|-
| 2012
| ''[Good Cop](/source/Good_Cop)''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| 2 episodes
|-
|rowspan=2|2015
| ''[Fortitude](/source/Fortitude_(TV_series))''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| 2 episodes (Also co-producer)
|-
| ''[American Crime](/source/American_Crime_(TV_series))''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| Episode 7
|-
| 2015
| ''[Flesh and Bone](/source/Flesh_and_Bone_(miniseries))''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| 1 episode
|-
| 2016
| ''[Luke Cage](/source/Luke_Cage_(TV_series))''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| Episode 6
|-
|rowspan=2|2017
| ''[Guerrilla](/source/Guerrilla_(miniseries))''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| 2 episodes (Also associate producer)
|-
| ''[Rellik](/source/Rellik_(TV_series))''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2018
| ''[Daredevil](/source/Daredevil_(TV_series))''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| Episode 39
|-
| 2019
| ''[Just Roll with It](/source/Just_Roll_with_It)''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| episode 6
|-
| 2020
| ''[Snowpiercer](/source/Snowpiercer_(TV_series))''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2020
| ''[I May Destroy You](/source/I_May_Destroy_You)''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 12 episodes
|-
| 2022
| ''[Surface](/source/Surface_(2022_TV_series))''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 4 episodes
|-
| 2023
| ''[Black Mirror](/source/Black_Mirror)''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| Episode "[Loch Henry](/source/Loch_Henry)"
|-
| 2024
| ''[A Gentleman in Moscow](/source/A_Gentleman_in_Moscow_(TV_series))''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 5 episodes
|-
| 2026
| ''[Steal](/source/Steal_(2026_TV_series))''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 3 episodes
|}
'''TV movies'''
* ''King Girl'' (1996)
* ''Quite Ugly One Morning'' (2004)
* ''[The Quatermass Experiment](/source/The_Quatermass_Experiment_(2005))'' (2005)
* ''[Krakatoa - The Last Days](/source/Krakatoa_-_The_Last_Days)'' (2006)
* ''[Danny Boy](/source/Danny_Boy_(2021_film))'' (2021)
'''Acting roles'''
{|class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
|-
| 1988
| ''The Great Escape II: The Untold Story''
| Air Reconnaissance Officer
|-
| 1990
| ''Murder East - Murder West''
| Christian
|-
| 1990-1993
| ''The Bill''
| Sgt. John Maitland
|-
| 1992
| ''Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors''
| [Prince Andrew, Duke of York](/source/Prince_Andrew%2C_Duke_of_York)
|}
==References==
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