Gavin Millar
Gavin Millar
Biography
Gavin Millar (11 January 1938 – 20 April 2022) was a Scottish film director, critic and television presenter. Millar was born in Clydebank, near Glasgow, the son of Tom Millar and his wife Rita (née Osborne). The family relocated to the Midlands when he was nine and he was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham. He undertook national service in the Royal Air Force and then read English at Christ Church, Oxford from 1958 to 1961. Millar took a postgraduate film course at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. Millar was a film critic for The Listener from 1970 to 1984. He also contributed to Sight and Sound and the London Review of Books. He wrote a new section to Karel Reisz's book The Technique of Film Editing for the 1968 edition. On television, he wrote, produced and presented Arena Cinema for the BBC from 1976 to 1980, and wrote and presented numerous other cinema and visual arts documentaries. In 1980, he directed Dennis Potter's Cream in My Coffee for London Weekend Television, which received a BAFTA nomination. His first feature film as director was 1985's Dreamchild. He would later collaborate with Dreamchild's producer Rick McCallum again on the episode Peking, March 1910, part of George Lucas's television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles in 1993. It was later re-edited to be part of Journey of Radiance when the series became The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones on its DVD release. His 1994 television film Pat and Margaret, featuring Victoria Wood, received a further BAFTA nomination, and Housewife, 49 (2006), a later collaboration with Wood, won the 2007 award. Millar died of a brain tumour on 20 April 2022, aged 84. He was survived by his five children and by six grandchildren.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
44
Gender
Male
Birthday
1938-01-11 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
Acting

2004

New Tricks as Theatre Director

1995

Funny Bones as Steve Campbell

1990

Creative Process: Norman McLaren as Self - Interviewer (archive footage)

1976

Monsieur Hulot's Work as Self - Interviewer

1970

The Eye Hears, the Ear Sees as Not available

1967

Omnibus as Self
Crew

2009

Albert Schweitzer Director

2006

Housewife, 49 Director

2004

King of Fridges Director

2004

Benefit to Mankind Director

2003

The Last Detective Director

2002

Foyle's War Director

2000

Complicity Director

2000

My Fragile Heart Director

1998

Talking Heads 2 Director

1997

Sex & Chocolate Director

1996

The Crow Road Director

1995

Belle Époque Director

1994

Pat and Margaret Director

1994

The Dwelling Place Director

1992

My Friend Walter Director

1991

A Murder of Quality Director

1988

Tidy Endings Director

1988

Talking Heads Director

1987

Scoop Director

1986

The Russian Soldier Director

1985

Dreamchild Director

1985

Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill Director

1985

Unfair Exchanges Director

1983

Secrets Director

1982

Intensive Care Director

1980

Cream in My Coffee Director

1975

Goodbye Director

1970

Play for Today Director