Sam Miller

Sam Miller
Born	Saxmundham, England, United Kingdom
Died
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Sam Miller (born 28 September 1962) is a British television director and former actor from Saxmundham, England. As an actor, he is known for his role as Sgt. John Maitland in the ITV police procedural drama The Bill from 1990 to 1993. As a director, he has worked on the BBC television dramas Cardiac Arrest, This Life and Luther. He works with London-based production company Mustard Film Company. He is the father of the actor and footballer William Miller, who played Oliver Twist in the 2007 television adaptation.

Miller has received three Emmy nominations for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special, one in 2012 for Luther and two in 2021 for I May Destroy You for the episodes "Eyes Eyes Eyes Eyes" and "Ego Death" (with Michaela Coel).

Filmography

Film

Director

• Among Giants (1998)
• Elephant Juice (1998) (Also co-producer)
• No Good Deed (2014)

Narrator

• Krakatoa: The Last Days (2006)

Television

Director

Year	Title	Director	Executive Producer	Notes
1995	Cardiac Arrest	Yes	No	4 episodes
1996	This Life	Yes	No	3 episodes
1997	King Leek	Yes	No	TV pilot
2003–2009	Spooks	Yes	No	6 episodes
2004	Murder City	Yes	No	2 episodes
2006	Tripping Over	Yes	No	3 episodes
2010	Single Father	Yes	No	Miniseries
2010–2015	Luther	Yes	No	10 episodes
2012	Good Cop	Yes	No	2 episodes
2015	Fortitude	Yes	No	2 episodes (Also co-producer)
	American Crime	Yes	No	Episode 7
2015	Flesh and Bone	Yes	No	1 episode
2016	Luke Cage	Yes	No	Episode 6
2017	Guerrilla	Yes	No	2 episodes (Also associate producer)
	Rellik	Yes	Yes	3 episodes
2018	Daredevil	Yes	No	Episode 39
2019	Just Roll with It	Yes	No	episode 6
2020	Snowpiercer	Yes	No	2 episodes
2020	I May Destroy You	Yes	Yes	12 episodes
2022	Surface	Yes	Yes	4 episodes
2023	Black Mirror	Yes	No	Episode "Loch Henry"
2024	A Gentleman in Moscow	Yes	Yes	5 episodes
2026	Steal	Yes	Yes	3 episodes

TV movies

• King Girl (1996)
• Quite Ugly One Morning (2004)
• The Quatermass Experiment (2005)
• Krakatoa - The Last Days (2006)
• Danny Boy (2021)

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role
1988	The Great Escape II: The Untold Story	Air Reconnaissance Officer
1990	Murder East - Murder West	Christian
1990-1993	The Bill	Sgt. John Maitland
1992	Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors	Prince Andrew, Duke of York

References

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