---
name: "Sam Miller"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sam-miller"
fi1m_id: "sam-miller"
imdb_id: "nm0589284"
tmdb_id: 134156
wikidata_id: "Q2216559"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "28 September 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "director"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-07T12:03:54.639619+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."
---

# Sam Miller

## Identity

Sam Miller

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sam-miller
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sam-miller
- **IMDb ID:** nm0589284
- **TMDB ID:** 134156
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2216559
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Miller, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2216559, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0589284/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/134156

Director. Born 28 September 1962 in Saxmundham, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 28 September 1962, Saxmundham, England, UK
- **Active:** 1984–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 8: 1 acting, 7 directing
- **Frequently works with:** [Audrey Cooke](https://film.one/person/audrey-cooke.md), [James Hawes](https://film.one/person/james-hawes.md), [Andy Goddard](https://film.one/person/andy-goddard.md), [Antonia Bird](https://film.one/person/antonia-bird.md), [Charles Beeson](https://film.one/person/charles-beeson.md), [Colm McCarthy](https://film.one/person/colm-mccarthy.md), [Euros Lyn](https://film.one/person/euros-lyn.md), [Farren Blackburn](https://film.one/person/farren-blackburn.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as director, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 86 (2), 2000s 77 (1), 2010s 77 (3), 2020s 76 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 74 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Crime 3, Action & Adventure 2, Mystery 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Miller, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2216559, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0589284/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/134156

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*I May Destroy You*](https://film.one/tv/i-may-destroy-you.md) (88)
- **Netflix:** [*Black Mirror*](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md) (81)
- **Disney+:** [*Marvel's Daredevil*](https://film.one/tv/marvels-daredevil.md) (78)
- **Apple TV:** [*Spooks*](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md) (77)
- **AMC+:** [*Luther*](https://film.one/tv/luther.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Sam Miller (born 28 September 1962) is a British television and film director and former actor from Saxmundham, England.

As an actor he appeared as Sgt. John Maitland in the ITV series *The Bill* (1990–1993). He began directing in the mid-1990s on BBC dramas including *Cardiac Arrest* and *This Life*, and has since directed episodes of *Luther* (2010–2015), *Black Mirror* (2023), *Snowpiercer* (2020) and *I May Destroy You* (2020).

Miller has received three Primetime Emmy nominations for directing, including for *Luther* (2012) and two for *I May Destroy You* (2021), and won a BAFTA Television Craft Award for directing fiction on the latter. He is the father of actor William Miller.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

### Performed in (1)

- *Nil by Mouth* (1997), Fi1m 87, as Club Comic — [page](https://film.one/film/nil-by-mouth.md)

### Directed (7) — the average rests on these

- *I May Destroy You* (2020), Fi1m 88, Executive Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/i-may-destroy-you.md)
- *Snowpiercer* (2020), Fi1m 63, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/snowpiercer-2020.md)
- *Marvel's Daredevil* (2015), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/marvels-daredevil.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Luther* (2010), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/luther.md)
- *Spooks* (2002), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *This Life* (1996), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-life.md)

## Complete filmography (50)

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

- *Steal* (2026), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *A Gentleman in Moscow* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Surface* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Danny Boy* (2021), Director
- *I May Destroy You* (2020), series, Executive Producer, Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/i-may-destroy-you.md)
- *Snowpiercer* (2020), series, Director — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/snowpiercer-2020.md)
- *Rellik* (2017), series, Director
- *Guerrilla* (2017), series, Director
- *Marvel's Luke Cage* (2016), series, Director
- *Flesh and Bone* (2015), series, Director
- *The Hunt for Ted Bundy* (2015), Writer
- *Marvel's Daredevil* (2015), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/marvels-daredevil.md)
- *American Crime* (2015), series, Director
- *Fortitude* (2015), series, Director
- *No Good Deed* (2014), Director
- *Those Who Kill* (2014), series, Director
- *Black Sails* (2014), series, Director
- *Mom* (2013), series, Teleplay
- *Low Winter Sun* (2013), series, Director
- *Good Cop* (2012), series, Director
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Single Father* (2010), series, Director
- *Luther* (2010), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/luther.md)
- *10 Minute Tales* (2009), series, Director
- *The Fixer* (2008), series, Director
- *Tripping Over* (2006), series, Director
- *Krakatoa: The Last Days* (2006), Director
- *Hotel Babylon* (2006), series, Director
- *The Quatermass Experiment* (2005), Director
- *Quite Ugly One Morning* (2004), Director
- *Murder City* (2004), series, Director
- *Spooks* (2002), series, Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, Director
- *Elephant Juice* (1999), Co-Producer, Director
- *Among Giants* (1998), Director
- *Nil by Mouth* (1997), as Club Comic — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/nil-by-mouth.md)
- *King Leek* (1997), Director
- *King Girl* (1996), Director
- *This Life* (1996), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-life.md)
- *Out of the Blue* (1995), series, Director
- *Cardiac Arrest* (1994), series, Director
- *Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors* (1992), as Prince Andrew, Duke of York
- *Murder East - Murder West* (1990), as Christian
- *Clowns* (1989), as Brian
- *Campion* (1989), series, as P.C. Brimble
- *The Great Escape II: The Untold Story* (1988), as Air Reconnaissance Officer
- *Fortunes of War* (1987), series, as Singing Patient
- *The Bill* (1984), series, as John Maitland · Director
- *Van der Valk* (1972), series, as Frederick
- *Vought Rising*, series, Director

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