Sam Miller

{{short description|English film director}}

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|birth_place= Saxmundham, England, United Kingdom

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|occupation = Television and film director
Film producer
Actor

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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.{{cite news|title=Seeing the director's point of view|date=2006-08-27|newspaper=Financial Times|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/50cfb916-35e9-11db-b249-0000779e2340.html}} 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).