"Glory Film Co. Glory Film Co. was established to produce the cinema film 'The Troop' which had a Royal Premiere at BAFTA in the presence of HRH The Princess Royal. Shot in 35mm CinemaScope the film features The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery and has a narrative introduction by Oscar-winning actor John Mills (""Ryan's Daughter""). The Troop was produced and directed by Marcus Dillistone. Associate producer was former Troop Captain Paul-Anthony Viollet, and the cinematographer was Oscar-nominee Alex Thomson BSC. The soundtrack was composed by Julian Scott (composer) and performed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The film was sponsored by"
"for its ""energetic entertainment"" and said that it ""sometimes overpowers its more serious intentions"". Elkin won the 1982 National Book Critics Circle Award in the fiction category for the novel. The novel was nominated along with ""Levitation: Five Fictions"" (by Cynthia Ozick), ""Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant"" (by Anne Tyler), "" The Color Purple"" (by Alice Walker), and ""Shiloh and Other Stories"" (by Bobbie Ann Mason). Elkin also won the award in 1995 for his novel ""Mrs. Ted Bliss"". George Mills (novel) George Mills is a 1982 novel by American author Stanley Elkin, published by E. P. Dutton. The novel,"
"and Simon Pegg’s performance, which won him Best Male actor at Toronto after Dark film festival. Empire magazine gave it 3 stars, whilst Blu-ray.com said the film 'carries immense creativity and a sharp sense of humour'. In 2018 Mills is involved in another movie project, ""Slaughterhouse Rulez"", this time including both Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. This film he also co wrote with Henry Fitzherbert He has been married to the former model Josephine ""Joe"" Mills (née Branfoot) since 1995. They lived in Bath for twelve years with their three sons Keshava and Hari and Charlie Crispian Mills Crispian Mills"
"Reginald Mills Reginald ""Reggie"" Mills (15 September 1912 – July 1990) was an English film editor and one-time film director with more than thirty feature film credits. Among his prominent films are ""The Red Shoes"" (1948), for which he received his only Academy Award nomination, ""The Servant"" (1963), and ""Romeo and Juliet"" (1968). Mills graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in modern languages in 1934. He was the assistant to David Lean (then an editor) on two films directed by Paul Czinner, ""As You Like It"" (1936) and ""Dreaming Lips"" (1937). Mills then worked for Publicity Films at Merton"
"the box office in Britain. Bill Anderson, one of Walt Disney's producers, saw ""Tiger Bay"" and suggested that Mills be given the lead role in ""Pollyanna"". The role of the orphaned ""glad girl"" who moves in with her aunt catapulted Mills to stardom in the United States and earned her a special Academy Award (the last person to receive the Juvenile Oscar). Because Mills could not be present to receive the trophy, Annette Funicello accepted it for her. Disney subsequently cast Mills as twins Sharon and Susan who reunite their divorced parents in ""The Parent Trap"". In the film, Mills"
"They are buried in St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Denham. Mills was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1960. In 1976 he was knighted by the Queen. In 1999, at 91 years of age, Mills became the oldest joining member of the entertainment charitable fraternity, the Grand Order of Water Rats. In 2002, he received a Fellowship of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), their highest award, and was named a Disney Legend by the Walt Disney Company. For a number of years, British film exhibitors voted him among the top"
"Mike Mills (director) Michael Chadbourne ""Mike"" Mills (born March 20, 1966) is an American film and music video director, writer and graphic designer. He is perhaps best known for his independent films ""Thumbsucker"", ""Beginners"", and ""20th Century Women"". For the latter, Mills was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Mills was born in Berkeley, California, the son of Janet L. ""Jan"" Dowd, a draftsperson, and Paul Chadbourne Mills, an art historian and museum director. He graduated from Cooper Union in Lower Manhattan, New York City. His mother died of brain cancer in 1999. Six months after she"
"(1970) — a complete departure from his usual style – Mills won an Best Supporting Actor Oscar. He was in ""Dulcima"" (1971) then had support roles in ""Young Winston"" (1972) for Attenborough, ""Lady Caroline Lamb"" (1972), and ""Oklahoma Crude"" (1973). On stage he did ""Veterans"" at the Royal Court, ""At the End of the Day"" (1973), ""The Good Companions"" (1974), ""Great Expectations"" (1975) and ""Separate Tables"" (1977). Also on the small screen, in 1974 he starred as Captain Tommy ""The Elephant"" Devon in the six-part television drama series ""The Zoo Gang"", about a group of former underground freedom fighters from"
"October Men"", ""Skevington’s Daughter"", ""Runner in the Dark"" (1992), ""Lizard in the Grass"", ""Thank your mother for the Rabbits"" (1993). Much of his material is more fully available in his book of autobiographical essays called ""Thank your mother for the Rabbits"". This book was shortlisted for the Hubert Evans Non-fiction Prize in 1994. John Mills (writer) Howard Edwin ""John"" Mills (June 23, 1930 – January 16, 2016) was a Canadian writer, professor of medieval literature and publisher of novels and essays. Mills was born in London, England in 1930 to working-class parents. He went to high school in Sutton, just"
"different form of expression"". Mills has had his work featured in ""Rolling Stone"" magazine and on many websites among them Kanye West's blog or MTV.com. He played on ""Oprah"", MTV, MTV2, VH1, Much Music, and other music video networks worldwide. Mills has given retrospectives in respected universities, global film festivals, and at Canada's National Art Gallery. His work has been nominated for and has earned multiple awards, including MTV awards, MTV2 awards, Much Music Video Awards, Juno Awards, International Broadcasting Advertising awards. His video of Interpol's PDA was nominated for an MTV2 Awards in 2003 ""Float On"", for Modest Mouse,"
"role in David O. Russell's film ""Joy"", which was released in December 2015. Also in 2015, she starred in the holiday comedy-drama, ""12 Gifts of Christmas"". In 2017, Mills was cast in the role of Daisy Werthan in the Colony Theatre's production of Alfred Uhry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, ""Driving Miss Daisy"". Mills has never married. She has one daughter, Chloe, whom she adopted in late 1994 when Chloe was four days old. Outside of acting, Mills released ""The Eyes Have It"" in 1986, an instructional video for achieving several different make-up looks. She went on to release her own line"
"were also involved in both films, including actress Kay Walsh, cinematographer Arthur Ibbetson and editor Anne V. Coates. James Kennaway, who adapted the screenplay from his novel, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, but lost to ""Elmer Gantry"". It also received numerous BAFTA nominations, including Best Film, Best British Film, Best British Screenplay and Best Actor nominations for both Guinness and Mills. The film was the official British entry at the 1960 Venice Film Festival, and John Mills won the Best Actor award there. That same year the film was named ""Best Foreign Film"" by the"
"(1947). Mills received an Academy Award nomination for his work on the Archers' ballet film, ""The Red Shoes"" (1948). A 2010 appreciation of the film by Peter Canavese notes Mills' contributions, ""The still astonishing expressionistic dance sequence that stands as a performance of the Ballet Lermontov's ""The Red Shoes"" ... is rapturous, as a feast of theatrical lighting and Technicolor photography (shot by the brilliant cinematographer Jack Cardiff), the choreography of Robert Helpmann, the music of Brian Easdale and the montage of editor Reginald Mills."" Implicitly acknowledging its editing, Michael Sragow wrote in 2011, ""Yes, ""The Red Shoes"" is ecstatic"
"offending no one. The film received three nominations at the 65th Academy Awards: Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing. The film also won two Golden Globes, Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical and Best Actor – Comedy or Musical for Robbins. Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) is a Hollywood studio executive dating story editor Bonnie Sherow (Cynthia Stevenson). He hears story pitches from screenwriters and decides which have the potential to be made into films, green-lighting only 12 out of 50,000 submissions every year. His job is threatened when up-and-coming story executive Larry Levy (Peter Gallagher) begins working"
"to act in his own film. His performance was nominated for a 2015 ACTRA Award. ""Don't Talk to Irene"" went into production in 2016 as Mills' second film, premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and was theatrically released in Canada and the USA. It went on to win both the Comedy Vanguard Award and Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival, the Audience Choice at the Kingston Canadian Film Festival and the Galet d'Or at the 5th Canadian film festival of Dieppe, France. Mills was also listed as one of MovieMaker Magazine's 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2018."
"is responsible for the release of much of his solo work. Mills has received international recognition for his work both as a DJ and producer. Mills was also featured in ""Man From Tomorrow"", a documentary about techno music that he produced along with French filmmaker Jacqueline Caux. He continued working in film, releasing ""Life to Death and Back"", a film he shot in the Egyptian wing of the Louvre Museum where he also had a four-month residency. In 2017 the French Minister of Culture Jack Lang awarded Mills the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his services to the"
"""Gandhi"" (1982), and ""Sahara"" (1983). He performed ""Goodbye Mr Chips"" on stage (1982) followed by ""Little Lies"" (1983). In 1986 he did ""The Petition"" at the National and the following year did ""Pygmalion"" on Broadway. He provided a voice for ""When the Wind Blows"" (1986) and supported Madonna in ""Who's That Girl"" (1987). His best roles were on TV in ""Harnessing Peacocks"" (1993) and ""Martin Chuzzlewit"" (1994). Mills also starred as """" in the filmed version of the musical ""Cats"" in 1998. In 2000, Mills released his extensive home cine-film footage in a documentary film entitled ""Sir John Mills' Moving"
"Commissioner skirts the obvious and pivots on the unexpected; in the best tradition of detective stories The 1975 film version of ""Report to the Commissioner"", featuring Richard Gere in his screen debut with a minor supporting role, was made after ""the movie rights were snapped up by a motion picture industry starved for clever suspense stories."" James Mills (author) James Mills (born 1932) is an American novelist, screenwriter and journalist. Mills wrote two New York Times bestsellers, ""Report to the Commissioner"", a novel, and ""The Underground Empire"", a study of international narcotics trafficking. As a result, he testified before a"
"members of the public voted during the contest. Best Film Actor of the year - John Mills for his role in Great Expectations Best Film Actress of the year - Margaret Lockwood for her role in Jassy. Best Film - The Courtneys of Curzon Street. Collected by Herbert Wilcox (Producer & Director) Best Film Actor of the year - Michael Wilding. Best Film Actress of the year - Anna Neagle. Best Film - Spring in Park Lane. Collected by Herbert Wilcox (Producer & Director) Most popular and outstanding British actor during the war years - Richard Todd. Most Outstanding British"
"where he was a leader (with Charlton Heston) in resisting a takeover attempt by advocates of the so-called Militia Movement. ""I'd like to be Jack Hawkins in ""Bridge on the River Kwai"","" said Milius. ""I call myself romantic. I believe in a lot of 19th century ideals: chivalry, honor, loyalty, romantic love."" John Milius John Frederick Milius (; born April 11, 1944) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer of motion pictures. He was a writer for the first two ""Dirty Harry"" films, received an Academy Award nomination as screenwriter of ""Apocalypse Now,"" and wrote and directed ""The Wind and"
"Mills was interviewed by Nick Currie, best known for his work as Momus, in a piece called ""Getting Through the New Depression."" Mills is married to fellow artist and film director Miranda July, with whom he has a son, Hopper, who was born in February 2012. Mike Mills (director) Michael Chadbourne ""Mike"" Mills (born March 20, 1966) is an American film and music video director, writer and graphic designer. He is perhaps best known for his independent films ""Thumbsucker"", ""Beginners"", and ""20th Century Women"". For the latter, Mills was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Mills was"
"about one of her relatives who was a painter leading a hippie life on a barge. At fifty-six, his contribution as one of five camera operators on the landmark rock concert documentary ""Woodstock"" (1970) brought an Oscar and established his reputation as a filmmaker in the rock music industry. That achievement was followed by his cinematography on ""Johnny Cash in San Quentin"" (1969), ""Elvis on Tour"" (1972), ""Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen"" (1971), ""Soul to Soul"" (1971), ""Wattstax"" (1973), ""Let the Good Times Roll"" (1973), ""Save the Children"" (1973), ""The Grateful Dead"" (1977), Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz (1978),"
"John Guillermin and ""The Vicious Circle"" (1957). More popular with the public were the war films: ""Dunkirk"" (1958), the second most popular film of the year in Britain; ""Ice Cold in Alex"" (1958), directed by J. Lee Thompson; and ""I Was Monty's Double""'(1958), directed by Guillermin. In the 1959 crime drama ""Tiger Bay"", directed by Thompson, Mills played a police detective investigating a murder that a young girl has witnessed. His daughter Hayley was cast, and earned excellent reviews. Mills went to Australia to play a cane cutter in the Hollywood financed ""Summer of the Seventeenth Doll"" (1959). Better received"
"for ""Don't Talk to Irene"". ""Don't Talk to Irene"" later won the award for Best Comedy Screenplay at the 2013 Austin Film Festival. He also has a teen drama television series, ""Amnesia Girl"", in development. Mills, who is gay, wrote ""Guidance"" as a satirical spin on his own history as a child actor, centering the screenplay on a character whose backstory is similar to his own but who has much more dysfunctional ways of dealing with his insecurities. Having not taken an acting role since 1994, he had to pay almost ten years worth of back ACTRA dues in order"
"John Toll John Toll, A.S.C. (born June 15, 1952) is an American cinematographer. Toll's filmography spans a wide variety of genres, including epic period drama, comedy, science fiction, and contemporary drama. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in both 1994 and 1995 for ""Legends of the Fall"" and ""Braveheart"" respectively, and has also won numerous BAFTA, ASC, and Satellite Awards. He has collaborated with several noteworthy directors, including Francis Ford Coppola, Edward Zwick, Terrence Malick, Mel Gibson, John Madden, The Wachowskis, and Ang Lee. Outside film, he has shot several commercials, the pilot episode of Emmy Award-winning drama"
"Best Black-and-White Cinematography. Cardiff received a Golden Globe Award for Best Director. After concentrating on direction in the 1960s, he returned to cinematography in the 1970s and 1980s, working on mainstream commercial films in the United States. One of the last films Cardiff photographed was at Pinewood Studios in 2004 when he lit veteran actor Sir John Mills in a short entitled ""Lights 2"" (dir. Marcus Dillistone). The combined age of leading actor and cinematographer was a record 186 years. A feature-length documentary was made about Cardiff's life and career, """" (2010) by Craig McCall. It took 17 years to"
"fourth most watched film of the year in Britain and Mills was the eighth biggest star. Mills turned producer with ""The History of Mr. Polly"" (1949) from the novel by H. G. Wells. It was directed by Anthony Pelissier and Mills said it was his favorite film. Pelisse also made ""The Rocking Horse Winner"" (1949) which Mills produced; he also played a small role. More liked at the box office was a submarine drama, ""Morning Departure"" (1950), directed by Baker. By this stage his fee was a reported £20,000 a film. After ""Morning Departure"" Mills took almost two years off."
"John Sloss John Sloss (born 1956) is an entertainment lawyer, film sales agent, and manager, who has produced or executive produced over 50 films including the Academy Award-winning ""The Fog of War"", ""Boys Don't Cry"" and ""Boyhood"". Other credits include ""Bernie"", ""City of Hope"", ""Friends with Kids"", ""A Scanner Darkly"", ""Far From Heaven"", and ""Before Sunrise"". Through his companies, Sloss Eckhouse LawCo and Cinetic Media, he has facilitated the sale or financing of over 600 films such as Lee Daniels' ""Precious"", ""Napoleon Dynamite"", ""The Kids Are All Right"", ""Little Miss Sunshine"", and ""Super Size Me"". Filmmakers with whom he has"
"work in this series and for her role in the film ""Avanti!"" in 1972. She won an Emmy Award for her performance in the television miniseries ""QB VII"" (1974). In 1983, Mills joined The Mirror Theater Ltd's Mirror Repertory Company, performing in repertory productions such as ""Rain"", ""Paradise Lost"", ""Inheritors"" and ""The Hasty Heart"" throughout their seasons. From 1999 until 2008, she had a role on the daytime drama series ""Passions"", for which she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award. Mills was born in London during World War II (1941), though her parents, actor Sir John Mills and playwright"
"Bryan, Wilfred Shingleton) and Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, and was nominated for Best Director, Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Great Expectations (1946 film) Great Expectations is a 1946 British film directed by David Lean, based on the novel by Charles Dickens and starring John Mills, Bernard Miles, Finlay Currie, Jean Simmons, Martita Hunt, Alec Guinness and Valerie Hobson. It won two Academy Awards (Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography) and was nominated for three others (Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay). The script, a slimmed-down version of Dickens' novel – inspired after David Lean witnessed"
"Rusty Mills Russell P. ""Rusty"" Mills (c. December 16, 1962 – December 7, 2012) was an American animator and director. A Primetime Emmy winner, Mills was best known for his work with Warner Bros. Animation, including ""Animaniacs"", ""Tiny Toon Adventures"", and ""Pinky and the Brain"". Mills was a five time Emmy winner, receiving one Primetime Emmy and four Daytime Emmy awards. Mills, a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts high school in 1980. He then completed his studies at California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles after high school."
"""Great Expectations"" (1946) and ""Ice Cold in Alex"" (1958), and had won an Academy Award for his role in ""Ryan's Daughter"" (1970). Mills, whose only previous television credit at the time was ""The Zoo Gang"" (1974), was reluctant to take the part but was persuaded by his wife, who liked the script. Following ""Quatermass"" he appeared in ""Gandhi"" (1982), ""Martin Chuzzlewit"" (1994) and ""Hamlet"" (1996), working right up to his death in 2005. Joe Kapp was played by Simon MacCorkindale, who had previously appeared in ""Baby"", one of the episodes of Nigel Kneale's ""Beasts"" series. MacCorkindale was delighted with the"
"a film documentary by Alby Mangels. He followed with the soundtrack of television mini-series, ""A Fortunate Life"" in 1986. Millo developed a successful career in television and film soundtrack composition and production, winning six industry awards for work in ""The Lighthorsemen"" (1987), ""G.P."" (1989), ""Brides of Christ"" (1991, two awards), ""See How They Run"" (1999) and ""Changi"" (2001). ""Brides of Christ"" won an Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Music Award in 1992 for 'Best Original Soundtrack Album' - Millo was nominated for the same award in 1997 for ""G.P."" and in 2002 for ""Changi"". In 1994, Millo, Pilt and the"