Todd Douglas Miller is an American filmmaker known for directing the award-winning films ''
Apollo 11
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Dinosaur 13
''Dinosaur 13'' is a 2014 American documentary film directed and produced by Todd Douglas Miller. The film premiered in competition category of ''U.S. Documentary Competition program'' at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 16, 2014.
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Early life and career
Miller grew up in Columbus, Ohio. In the 1990s, Miller attended the Motion Picture Institute in
Detroit, Michigan
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Eastern Michigan University
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He is a member of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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Filmography
Accolades
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2014 Sundance Film Festival
The 2014 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 16, 2014 until January 26, 2014 in Park City, Utah, United States, with screenings in Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance Resort in Utah. The festival opened with ''Whiplash'' directed by Da ...
- US Documentary Grand Jury Prize (nominated)
*2014 Black Hills Film Festival - Best Documentary (won)
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2015 News and Documentary Emmy Award - Outstanding Science and Technology Programming (won)
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2019 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing For Nonfiction Programming (won)
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2019 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program (nominated)
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2019 Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures (won)
*2019 Cinema Eye Honors - Outstanding Achievement in Editing (won)
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2019 American Cinema Editors Awards - Best Edited Documentary (Feature) (won)
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2019 Sundance Film Festival
The 2019 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 24 to February 3, 2019. The first lineup of competition films was announced on November 28, 2018.
Films
U.S. Dramatic Competition
* '' Before You Know It'' by Hannah Pearl Utt
* ''B ...
- Special Jury Award for Editing (won)
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2019 Sundance Film Festival
The 2019 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 24 to February 3, 2019. The first lineup of competition films was announced on November 28, 2018.
Films
U.S. Dramatic Competition
* '' Before You Know It'' by Hannah Pearl Utt
* ''B ...
- US Documentary Grand Jury Prize (nominated)
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2019 Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication - Film Community (won)
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2019 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Editing (won)
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2019 Critics' Choice Documentary Awards - Best Director (nominated)
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2019 Critics' Choice Documentary Awards - Best Editing (won)
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2019 Critics' Choice Documentary Awards - Best Documentary Feature (won)
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2019 Critics' Choice Documentary Awards - Best Archival Documentary (won)
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2019 Critics' Choice Documentary Awards - Best Science/Nature Documentary (won)
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2019 Peabody Awards - Documentary (won)
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2019 British Academy Film Awards - Best Documentary (nominated)
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2019 Independent Spirit Awards - Best Documentary Feature (nominated)
Outstanding Directing For Nonfiction Programming Nominees/Winners 2020 Emmy Awards, Television Academy
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References
External links
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Living people
American documentary filmmakers
American film editors
American film producers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Primetime Emmy Award winners