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Perry Miller Adato

Overview

  • Born
    December 22, 1920 · Yonkers, New York, USA
  • Died
    September 16, 2018 · Westport, Connecticut, USA
  • Birth name
    Lillian Perry Miller

Biography

  • A pioneering American filmmaker, Miller first pursued an acting career, but after working as a film consultant for the United Nations at the end of World War II she became interested in filmmaking. She made her first film, the documentary "Dylan Thomas: The World I Breathe" in 1968.

    Throughout her long career her works have been recognized and honored. She received an Emmy nomination for her documentary, "Picasso-A Painter's Diary" (1980). And she was the first woman ever to win the coveted Directors Guild of America Award for her documentary "Georgia O'Keeffe" (1977). She subsequently won three more DGA awards as best documentary director for "Picasso: A Painter's Diary" (1980), "Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences" (1982), and ""Eugene O'Neill: A Glory of Ghosts" (1986).
    - IMDb mini biography by: anonymous

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  • Spouse
      Neil Mony Adato(September 11, 1955 - October 23, 2017)

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  • Perry Miller Adato was the first woman ever to win the Directors Guild Award for directing, for her documentary Georgia O'Keeffe (1977).

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