About Allan Miller

 
 
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Allan Miller has been called by the New York Times, “The finest maker of documentary films on music in the U.S.”

Miller has produced and directed over 35 films and television programs around the world. He has won 2 Academy Awards: best Feature-Length Documentary for his 1979 film “FROM MAO TO MOZART - Isaac Stern in China,” and in 1975 for “THE BOLERO,” best short feature, with Zubin Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. “SMALL WONDERS,” the story of a violin program in the public schools of East Harlem, was nominated for an Academy Award in 1996.

Miller won a national Emmy Award in 1999 in the Classical Music and Dance category for his film “ITZHAK PERLMAN - Fiddling for the Future,” for PBS.

 
 

ALLAN MILLER FILMS

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  • BOLERO – with Zubin Mehta and The LA Philharmonic, 1974 – ACADEMY AWARD. Presented availability in italics internationally in theaters, festivals, and on television - First Run Features
  • THE MUSIC PROJECT PRESENTS: THREE ESSAYS - “THE SECRET LIFE OF AN ORCHESTRA - WAGNER'S “MEISTERSINGER PRELUDE;” KAREL HUSA'S “MUSIC FOR PRAGUE;” “WIZARD WITH SOUND,” 1975 - AMiller
  • ANCIENT VOICES OF CHILDREN, George Crumb, 1975 - AMiller
  • AMAZING GRACE, America In Song – PBS Bicentennial Special, 1976 - AMiller
  • MEMORIES OF EUBIE – Eubie Blake, Alberta Hunter, Billie Taylor, Gregory and Maurice Hines, 1978 - national non-theatrical distribution - Vivian Perlis
  • ORMANDY AND HIS ORCHESTRA – Tour of Japan, 1979 – PBS - AMiller
  • CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA 60TH BIRTHDAY CONCERT – Lorin Maazel, Beverly Sills, Isaac Stern, Leonard Rose, 1979 - PBS - AMiller
  • TONIGHT AT CARNEGIE HALL – with the Isaac Stern – Pinchas Zukerman – Leonard Rose Trio 2 Programs, 1980 – PBS
  • FROM MAO TO MOZART – ISAAC STERN IN CHINA, 1981 – ACADEMY AWARD Distributed internationally on television and in theaters - Four Oaks Foundation
  • THE HUBERMAN FESTIVAL – 100th Anniversary of the Israel Philharmonic – 6 Concert Programs with Mehta, Stern, Zukerman, Perlman, Gitlis, Haendel, and Others, 1981 - Israeli television, U.S. not available
  • IN SEARCH OF BACH - Bach Aria Group at Stony Brook - 1981 - AMiller
  • PLAYING TO WIN - International American Music Competition for Pianists - 1981 - AMiller
  • CHARLES IVES FOURTH SYMPHONY - Baden Baden TV station 1982 - AMiller
  • HARY JANOS - Baltimore Symphony Orchestra - 1984 - AMiller
  • A HUNGRY FEELING – The Life and Death of Brendan Behan, 1984 – 16mm film. New York theatrical showing, Irish television - Four Oaks Foundation
  • AARON COPLAND – A SELF-PORTRAIT, 1985 – American Masters – PBS - Vivian Perlis
  • HIGH FIDELITY – The Adventures of The Guarneri String Quartet, 1987 - Four Oaks Foundation
  • I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY AND I AM SAYING IT, JOHN CAGE, 1990 - Vivian Perlis
  • NOVEMBER’S CHILDREN…REVOLUTION IN PRAGUE, 1991 – International TV - Four Oaks Foundation
  • MY FAVORITE OPERA – Katia Ricciarelli in Venice, 1991 - EUROARTS
  • A MAESTRO BETWEEN TWO WORLDS – Kurt Masur with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and The New York Philharmonic, 1992 - EUROARTS
  • ORPHEUS IN THE REAL WORLD – A Performance Documentary of the World Famous Chamber Orchestra, shot in rehearsals, recording sessions, and concerts, 1995 – Channel Thirteen/WNET - EUROARTS
  • MUSIC FOR THE MOVIES: ZHAO JIPING – Chinese Film Composer, 1996 - Alternate Current
  • SMALL WONDERS – Roberta Tzavaras’ East Harlem Violin Program, 1996 - ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION New York theater, international non-theatrical - Four Oaks Foundation
  • BOWING OUT – Robert Mann’s Last 3 Days with the Juilliard String Quartet, 1997 - Bravo - Four Oaks Foundation
  • FIDDLING FOR THE FUTURE – Itzhak Perlman and young musicians, 1998 – PBS EMMY AWARD - PBS
  • MUSICAL ENCOUNTERS – Isaac Stern returns to China 20 years after “FROM MAO TO MOZART: ISAAC STERN IN CHINA,” 2000 - PBS - ­Four Oaks Foundation
  • THE TURANDOT PROJECT – The making of Turandot in Florence and the Forbidden City of Beijing – staged by Zhang Yimou, conducted by Zubin Mehta, 2000 - PBS - Zeitgeist Films
  • IN SEARCH OF CEZANNE, 2000 – bio-documentary First Run Features
  • PERLMAN IN SHANGHAI, Itzhak Perlman's visit to Shanghai with 30 students, 2002 - Four Oaks Foundation
  • 7 MASTER CLASSES CONDUCTED BY DANIEL BARENBOIM, featuring pianists Lang Lang, Jonathan Biss, Shai Wosner, and others, working on movements from the Beethoven piano sonatas, 2005 – European Television, US Channel 13, NY - Barenboim-Beethoven
  • HOUSE OF LIFE - THE OLD PRAGUE JEWISH CEMETERY, with artist and scholar, Mark Podwal - narrated by Claire Bloom, 2007 - PBS - First Run Features
  • MAESTRO – PORTRAIT OF CONDUCTOR VALERY GERGIEV, 2008 – 55-minute version, PBS, BBC - PBS
  • YOU CANNOT START WITHOUT ME – VALERY GERGIEV, MAESTRO, a feature length documentary, 2009 - Bel Air Media
  • I SING BEIJING, 2010 - 40 western singers go to Beijing to study and perform in Mandarin - Roaring River Productions
  • SPEAK THE MUSIC - ROBERT MANN AND THE MYSTERIES OF CHAMBER MUSIC, 2013 - portrait of Robert Mann, first violinist and founder of the Juilliard Quartet, and the leading chamber music player in the second half of the twentieth century. With Seiji Ozawa, Itzhak Perlman, the Juilliard Quartet - in North America - First Run Features; in Europe and Asia - ACCENTUS Music