Mike Mills

Career Overview

Mike Mills has 40 screen credits in a career dating back to 1995. Signature works include C'mon C'mon, 20th Century Women, Beginners. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

40

Birth Date

1966-03-20

Birth Place

Berkeley, California, USA

Known For

• 

  C'mon C'mon
• 

  20th Century Women
• 

  Beginners
• Talking Heads: Psycho Killer
• 

  I Am Easy to Find
• 

  Does Your Soul Have a Cold?

Frequent Collaborators

• Kate Adams (2 collaborations)
• Hans-Peter Thomas (2 collaborations)
• Kai Lennox (2 collaborations)
• Mika Ishikawa (2 collaborations)
• Joaquin Phoenix (1 collaborations)
• Gaby Hoffmann (1 collaborations)
• Woody Norman (1 collaborations)
• Scoot McNairy (1 collaborations)
• Molly Webster (1 collaborations)
• Jaboukie Young-White (1 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (20 credits)

  • Untitled Mike Mills Film

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Talking Heads: Psycho Killer

    director

    directing
    2025
  • C'mon C'mon

    director

    directing
    2021
  • I Am Easy to Find

    director

    directing
    2019
  • 20th Century Women

    director

    directing
    2016
  • A Mind Forever Voyaging Through Strange Seas of Thought Alone

    director

    directing
    2014
  • Beginners

    director

    directing
    2011
  • The Boy and the Creature, 1981

    director

    directing
    2009
  • Does Your Soul Have a Cold?

    director

    directing
    2007
  • Cinema16: American Short Films

    director

    directing
    2006
  • Pulp Hits

    director

    directing
    2002
  • Paperboys

    director

    directing
    2001
  • Deformer

    director

    directing
    2000
  • Not How, Or When, Or Why, But Yes

    director

    directing
    2000
  • Air: Eating, Sleeping, Waiting and Playing

    director

    directing
    1999
  • The Architecture of Reassurance

    director

    directing
    1999
  • Richard June's Backyard

    director

    directing
    1998
  • Hair Shoes Love and Honesty

    director

    directing
    1998
  • Skating with Dave and Jared

    director

    directing
    1995
  • An Introduction to Harmolodics

    director

    directing
    1995

• writing (6 credits)

  • Untitled Mike Mills Film

    writer

    writing
    2026
  • C'mon C'mon

    writer

    writing
    2021
  • I Am Easy to Find

    writer

    writing
    2019
  • 20th Century Women

    screenplay

    writing
    2016
  • Beginners

    screenplay

    writing
    2011
  • The Architecture of Reassurance

    writer

    writing
    1999

• crew (2 credits)

  • Sentimental Value

    thanks

    crew
    2025
  • Where the Wild Things Are

    thanks

    crew
    2009

• actors (11 credits)

  • The National: I Am Easy to Find, Live from New York's Beacon Theatre

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Fight for Your Right Revisited

    Sir Stewart Wallace

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • A Short Film About Making Beginners

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • The Magnificent Tati

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Family Portrait

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Beautiful Losers

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Creative Life Store

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Not How, Or When, Or Why, But Yes

    Self - Interviewer

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Air: Eating, Sleeping, Waiting and Playing

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1999

• production (1 credits)

  • Does Your Soul Have a Cold?

    producer

    production
    2007