---
name: "Michael R. Miller"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-r-miller"
fi1m_id: "michael-r-miller"
imdb_id: "nm0588998"
tmdb_id: 5175
wikidata_id: "Q11778387"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-17T15:42:37.749220+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Michael R. Miller

## Identity

Michael R. Miller

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-r-miller
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-r-miller
- **IMDb ID:** nm0588998
- **TMDB ID:** 5175
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11778387
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11778387, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0588998/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5175

Editor. Born 1 January 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 January 2000
- **Active:** 1979–2001
- **Also known as:** Michael Miller
- **Frequently works with:** [Ethan Coen](https://film.one/person/ethan-coen.md), [Joel Coen](https://film.one/person/joel-coen.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 78 (1), 1980s 84 (1), 1990s 73 (2), 2000s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 69 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 3, Crime 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $637m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11778387, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0588998/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5175

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Ghost World*](https://film.one/film/ghost-world.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Michael R. Miller is a film editor. He began his career as an assistant editor on Woody Allen’s *Manhattan* (1979) and Martin Scorsese’s *Raging Bull* (1980). He edited the first three films directed by the Coen brothers: *Blood Simple* (1984), *Raising Arizona* (1987) and *Miller’s Crossing* (1990).

Miller’s other editing credits include *I’m Gonna Git You Sucka* (1988), *Boys on the Side* (1995), *Anaconda* (1997), *Ghost World* (2001) and *Liberal Arts* (2012). He has also worked as an additional editor on *Armageddon* (1998). Since 2015 he has taught at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where he is chair of the Department of Picture Editing and Sound Design. He is the author of the book *Developing the Editor’s Eye* (2026).

*Sources: imdb.com, yesweekly.com, uncsa.edu.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Ghost World* (2001), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-world.md)
- *Armageddon* (1998), Fi1m 64, Additional Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/armageddon.md)
- *Miller's Crossing* (1990), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/millers-crossing.md)
- *Raising Arizona* (1987), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/raising-arizona.md)
- *Manhattan* (1979), Fi1m 78, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/manhattan.md)

## Complete filmography (50)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Leah Ross* (2019), Thanks
- *The Runner* (2015), Editor
- *Last Weekend* (2014), Editor
- *Water & Power* (2014), Editor
- *The Bag Man* (2014), Editor
- *Infinitely Polar Bear* (2014), Editor
- *Liberal Arts* (2012), Editor
- *Happythankyoumoreplease* (2011), Editor
- *Confined* (2010), Editor
- *The Six Wives of Henry Lefay* (2009), Editor
- *Motherhood* (2009), Editor
- *Older Than America* (2008), Editor
- *Slipstream* (2007), Editor
- *Farce of the Penguins* (2006), as French Critic (voice) · Editor
- *Strangers with Candy* (2006), Editor
- *The Oh in Ohio* (2006), Editor
- *Soul Plane* (2004), Editor
- *Eddie Griffin: DysFunktional Family* (2003), Editor
- *Deuces Wild* (2002), Editor
- *Black Knight* (2001), Editor
- *Ghost World* (2001), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-world.md)
- *Skipped Parts* (2000), Editor
- *Picking Up the Pieces* (2000), Editor
- *Stigmata* (1999), Editor
- *Orgazmo* (1998), Editor
- *Armageddon* (1998), Additional Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/armageddon.md)
- *Mr. Magoo* (1997), Editor
- *Anaconda* (1997), Editor
- *Head Above Water* (1996), Editor
- *Boys on the Side* (1995), Editor
- *With Honors* (1994), Editor
- *Swing Kids* (1993), Editor
- *Medicine Man* (1992), Editor
- *The Marrying Man* (1991), Editor
- *Mr. Destiny* (1990), Editor
- *Miller's Crossing* (1990), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/millers-crossing.md)
- *The Lemon Sisters* (1989), Editor
- *I'm Gonna Git You Sucka* (1988), Editor
- *Patty Hearst* (1988), Editor
- *D.O.A.* (1988), Editor
- *Nightmare at Shadow Woods* (1987), Editor
- *Raising Arizona* (1987), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/raising-arizona.md)
- *Willy/Milly* (1986), Editor
- *The Equalizer* (1985), series, Editor
- *Blood Simple* (1985), Sound Editor
- *Violated* (1984), Editor
- *A Marriage* (1983), Editor
- *Split Cherry Tree* (1982), Editor
- *Stardust Memories* (1980), Assistant Editor
- *Manhattan* (1979), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/manhattan.md)

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