Christopher Miles

Christopher Miles 19 April 1939 15 September 2023 was a British film director producer and screenwriter Due to A Vol dOiseau Miles was able to persuade the Boulting Brothers to part finance his first 35mm project The SixSided Triangle 1963 which he wrote directed and coproduced The film was nominated for an Academy Award After joining the Grade Organization Leslie Grade asked Miles to write and direct a film for The Shadows pop group Rhythm n Greens 1964 which was distributed as a supporting feature throughout the ABC Cinemas circuit Grade then offered Miles his first feature film Up Jumped a Swagman 1965 a surrealist musical comedy At 26 Miles became the youngest feature director working in England which position he held for another five years Attracted to the French attitude to the cinema and their ways of life Miles made the Rue Lepic Slow Race 1967 and also filmed an original Jean Anouilh screenplay A Time for Loving 1971 and later Jean Genets The Maids 1975 for the American Film Theatre The Maids was shown out of competition at Cannes in 1975