Mike Mills
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 20 March 1966 · Berkeley, California, USA
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
Directing 20
- 2026Untitled Mike Mills Film · director
- 2021C'mon C'mon · director
- 2019I Am Easy to Find · director
- 201620th Century Women · director
- 2014A Mind Forever Voyaging Through Strange Seas of Thought Alone · director
- 2011Beginners · director
- 2009The Boy and the Creature, 1981 · director
- 2007Does Your Soul Have a Cold? · director
- 2006Cinema16: American Short Films · director
- 2005Thumbsucker · director
- 2002Pulp Hits · director
- 2001Paperboys · director
- 2000Deformer · director
- 2000Not How, Or When, Or Why, But Yes · director
- 1999Air: Eating, Sleeping, Waiting and Playing · director
- 1999The Architecture of Reassurance · director
- 1998Richard June's Backyard · director
- 1998Hair Shoes Love and Honesty · director
- 1995Skating with Dave and Jared · director
- 1995An Introduction to Harmolodics · director
Writing 7
- 2026Untitled Mike Mills Film · writer
- 2021C'mon C'mon · writer
- 2019I Am Easy to Find · writer
- 201620th Century Women · story
- 2011Beginners · writer
- 2005Thumbsucker · screenplay
- 1999The Architecture of Reassurance · writer
crew 2
- 2025Sentimental Value · thanks
- 2009Where the Wild Things Are · thanks
Acting 11
- 2019The National: I Am Easy to Find, Live from New York's Beacon Theatre as Self
- 2011Fight for Your Right Revisited as Sir Stewart Wallace
- 2011A Short Film About Making Beginners
- 2009The Magnificent Tati as Self
- 2009Family Portrait
- 2008Beautiful Losers as Self
- 2007Creative Life Store
- 2006Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes as Self
- 2003R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)
- 2000Not How, Or When, Or Why, But Yes as Self - Interviewer
- 1999Air: Eating, Sleeping, Waiting and Playing as Self
Production 1
- 2007Does Your Soul Have a Cold? · producer