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Bennett Miller is American film producer and director. Miller was born in the New York City of the United States of America in a middle-class family consisting of his parents in which his father was a contractor, and his mother was a painter. He completed his graduation in Film program at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Miller made the debut of his career in the year 1998 through the directorial venture of a documentary titled The Cruise. The documentary was a surprise hit for him and marked the starting of his career flight. This documentary got released on DVDs in the year 2006. After this, he refused to take up any new film projects until he got enough support to direct biographical film Capote in the year 2005. This movie was a great success at the box-office and also earned him wide popularity. In the year 2009, Columbia Pictures hired him to direct the 2011 biographical sports film Moneyball starring Brad Pitt He’s one of the most accomplished actors of our ti >> Read More... .

The movie was originally meant to be directed by American film director Steven Soderbergh, but unfortunately, he had a clash with the producers. Miller’s latest film is an American biographical sports flick which got released in the year 2014 titled Foxcatcher starring Channing Tatum Born in a small town called Cullman in Alabama, Ch >> Read More... , Mark Ruffalo Born on November 22, 1967, in Wisconsin, U.S, Mark >> Read More... and Steve Carell Steven John "Steve" Carell, born on August 16, 196 >> Read More... . This movie was started to develop in the year 2006 and finally got released in the year 2014. Talking about Miller’s achievements, he got nominated two times for the Academy Award for Best Director for the films Foxcatcher and Capote. He has won the Best Director Award for Foxcatcher at the Cannes Film Festival in the year 2014. The movie Foxcather was so good that it was among one of the main competition in the Cannes Film Festival’s highest grade prize Palme d'Or.

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Some directors direct many movies but never taste success. But some will direct a handful of movies but enjoys every bit of their success. Bennet Miller belongs to the latter category. With his five films in a span of around eight years, he got an outstanding response and appreciation from the audience and critics as well. American film director Bennet Altman Miller famously known to the film industry as Bennet Miller was born on December 30, 1966, in New York City, USA. His father is a contractor, and his mother is a painter. He studied Film at Tisch School Of Arts. He entered the film industry with the documentary The Crusie in 1998. The Crusie is Bennet Miller's self-directed and produced a movie which portrays the life of a city guide in New York City.

It reached out a wide range of audience and got a good response. After directing The Crusie in 1998, Bennet Miller took six years to come up with the new flick. Yes, he again came up with a blockbuster The Capote in 2005. The Capote is the book adaption of Capote by Gerald Clarke. It is biographical in nature. Philip Seymour Hottman, who starred in the movie, played the role of Truman Capote. For this role, he received many awards as the best actor on different platforms. After its release, many critics and audience gave the credit of the movie's success to the director Bennet Miller. Even as a director, he received nominations for many awards like Oscar Award, Award Circuit Community Award, etc. Moneyball was his next movie in 2011.

Columbia Pictures removed Steven Soderbergh as the director and Bennet Miller booked for it. It is an inspiring sports drama based on the book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis. Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill Jonah Hill Feldstein works as an Actor, comedian a >> Read More... starred in the film which makes the plotline around the compiling and training of a baseball team. Foxcatcher is yet another magnum opus of Bennet Miller. Nevertheless, a lot of hard work went into making the film. It is evident from his statement that he started working on the cinema from 2006. It hit the theaters in 2014. It starred Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo. This flick also centers around the sports theme and got an outstanding positive criticism. Foxcatcher got many awards at different stages.

At Cannes Film Festival, 2014, Bennet Miller received the Best Director Award. The flick got three Golden Globe and five Oscar Nominations. When asked about the long delay between two films, Bennet Miller said that he takes time not in making the film but selecting the correct story to make a movie. However, he kept all the constant working directors in awe.

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