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Mike Mills Net Worth, Age, Height, Bio, Birthday, Wiki!

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Mike Mills Biography

Mike Mills is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on March 20, 1966 in California, California, United States. Directed the acclaimed independent films Thumbsucker and Beginners. As a graphic artist, he has created album covers and other visuals for musicians like Beck and The Beastie Boys.

His 2010 film Beginners featured a stellar performance from veteran actor Christopher Plummer, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work.

Mills played guitar and performed background vocals with the short-lived indie rock band Butter 08 along with Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori of Cibo Matto, Russell Simins of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, and Rick Lee of Skeleton Key. The band released one self-titled album in 1996 on the now defunct Grand Royal record label.

Mills was born in Berkeley, California, the son of Janet L. Dowd, a draftsperson, and Paul Chadbourne Mills, an art historian and museum director. He graduated from Cooper Union in Lower Manhattan, New York City. His mother died of brain cancer in 1999. Six months after she died, his father Paul came out as gay at the age of 75 and after 44 years of marriage. Five years later, his father died of lung cancer.

He married artist and fellow director Miranda July and the couple welcomed a son named Hopper in 2012.

NameMike Mills
First NameMike
Last NameMills
OccupationDirector
BirthdayMarch 20
Birth Year1966
Place of BirthCalifornia
Home TownCalifornia
Birth CountryUnited States
Birth SignPisces
Full/Birth Name
ParentsJanet L. "Jan" Dowd, Paul Mills
SiblingsNot Available
SpouseMiranda July
Children(s)Hopper Mills

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Mills is married to fellow artist and film director Miranda July, with whom he has a son, born in February 2012.

Mike Mills Net Worth

Mike Mills is one of the richest Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mike Mills's net worth $60 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He graduated from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

He played guitar in the 90’s indie rock band Butter 08.

Michael Chadbourne Mills (born March 20, 1966) is an American film and music video director, writer and graphic designer. He is best known for his independent films Thumbsucker, Beginners, and 20th Century Women. For the latter, Mills was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Net Worth$60 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeDirector
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

Thumbsucker (2005) was his feature-film directorial debut, for which he also created the film posters. In 2007, Mills filmed the feature-length documentary Does Your Soul Have A Cold?, which explored the issues around the introduction of anti-depressants to Japanese culture. The film premiered at SXSW Festival and was part of IFC’s documentary film series. He followed this up with Beginners in 2010. Mills next directed 20th Century Women, starring Annette Bening, Greta Gerwig, Elle Fanning and Billy Crudup. The film had its world premiere at the New York Film Festival, and was released on December 28, 2016, by A24.

In 2019, he directed the short film I Am Easy to Find starring Alicia Vikander, which accompanied the album of the same name by The National.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Mike Mills height 5 feet 9 inches Mike weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Height5 feet 9 inches
WeightNot Known
Body MeasurementsUnder Review
Eye ColorNot Available
Hair ColorNot Available
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He has released some of his art/documentary photography works with the two books, Gas Book 11 (2003) and Humans (2006). In 2009, the Berlin-based culture magazine 032c devoted an issue to Mills. For the occasion Mills was interviewed by Nick Currie, best known for his work as Momus, in a piece called “Getting Through the New Depression”.

Who is Mike Mills Dating?

According to our records, Mike Mills married to Miranda July . As of December 1, 2023, Mike Mills’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Mike Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Mike Mills celebrates birthday on March 20 of every year.

Who is Mike Mills of REM married to?

He is engaged to Jasmine.

Why did Mike Mills leave REM?

They’re too pure, too respectful of their own thing.” R.E.M. actually made their decision a few months ago, before they met in Athens, Georgia, this summer to record three new songs for a two-CD greatest-hits package, R.E.M., Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage 1982- 2011, out November 15th.

How old is Mike Mills?

63 years (December 17, 1958)

Who is the bass player in REM?

Bassists

What is Mike Mills of R.E.M. doing now?

Mike Mills is still making loads of music today. Along with former R.E.M. bandmate Peter Buck, he’s been involved with The Baseball Project, which formed around 2007.

You may read full biography about Mike Mills from Wikipedia.