Rebecca Miller

Author/Filmmaker

Rebecca Miller is an American author, film director, screenwriter and actress, most known for her films Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (winner of the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award), The Ballad of Jack and Rose and Angela, all of which she wrote and directed. She is the daughter of playwright Arthur Miller and Austrian photographer Inge Morath. She studied art at Yale University and initially pursued an acting career, landing parts in the TV-movie The Murder of Mary Phagan (starring Jack Lemmon, Kevin Spacey, and William H. Macy; 1988) and the feature films Regarding Henry (starring Harrison Ford and Annette Bening; 1991), and Consenting Adults (opposite Kevin Kline and Kevin Spacey; 1992). Miller is married to actor Daniel Day-Lewis and and has two sons, Ronan and Cashel.

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Rebecca Miller on the Creative Life and Death

Rebecca Miller talks about why she writes about men confronting death, motherhood and how we all handle things differently

Rebecca Miller Reads from The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

Rebecca Miller reads a passage from The Private Lives of Pippa Lee.

Rebecca Miller on Novels and Film

Rebecca Miller talks about watching her novels become film and what it is like to select actors for characters she has created.

Rebecca Miller on Identity

Rebecca Miller talks about how we define ourselves, how she came to be an artist and how her own identity has shifted over time.

Rebecca Miller and Writing the Private Lives of Pippa Lee

Rebecca Miller talks about the woman who inspired Pippa, keeping character and self separate and why she hopes people read this book.

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