Mike Mills

Biography

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.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

41

Birth Date

1966-03-20 00:00:00

Birth Place

Berkeley, California, USA

Known For

• 

  C'mon C'mon
• 

  20th Century Women
• 

  Beginners
• 

  Thumbsucker
• 

  Paperboys
• 

  I Am Easy to Find

Credits

• writing (7 credits)

  • Untitled Mike Mills Film

    writer

    writing
    2026
  • C'mon C'mon

    writer

    writing
    2021
  • I Am Easy to Find

    writer

    writing
    2019
  • 20th Century Women

    writer

    writing
    2016
  • Beginners

    writer

    writing
    2011
  • Thumbsucker

    screenplay

    writing
    2005
  • The Architecture of Reassurance

    writer

    writing
    1999

• directing (20 credits)

  • Untitled Mike Mills Film

    director

    directing
    2026
  • C'mon C'mon

    director

    directing
    2021
  • I Am Easy to Find

    director

    directing
    2019
  • 20th Century Women

    director

    directing
    2016
  • A Mind Forever Voyaging Through Strange Seas of Thought Alone

    director

    directing
    2014
  • Beginners

    director

    directing
    2011
  • The Boy and the Creature, 1981

    director

    directing
    2009
  • Does Your Soul Have a Cold?

    director

    directing
    2007
  • Cinema16: American Short Films

    director

    directing
    2006
  • Thumbsucker

    director

    directing
    2005
  • Pulp Hits

    director

    directing
    2002
  • Paperboys

    director

    directing
    2001
  • Deformer

    director

    directing
    2000
  • Not How, Or When, Or Why, But Yes

    director

    directing
    2000
  • Air: Eating, Sleeping, Waiting and Playing

    director

    directing
    1999
  • The Architecture of Reassurance

    director

    directing
    1999
  • Richard June's Backyard

    director

    directing
    1998
  • Hair Shoes Love and Honesty

    director

    directing
    1998
  • Skating with Dave and Jared

    director

    directing
    1995
  • An Introduction to Harmolodics

    director

    directing
    1995

• crew (2 credits)

  • Sentimental Value

    thanks

    crew
    2025
  • Where the Wild Things Are

    thanks

    crew
    2009

• actors (11 credits)

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

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Fight for Your Right Revisited

    Sir Stewart Wallace

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • A Short Film About Making Beginners

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • The Magnificent Tati

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Family Portrait

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Beautiful Losers

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Creative Life Store

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Not How, Or When, Or Why, But Yes

    Self - Interviewer

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Air: Eating, Sleeping, Waiting and Playing

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1999

• production (1 credits)

  • Does Your Soul Have a Cold?

    producer

    production
    2007