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Frank Miller - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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Born January 27, 1957, Olney, Maryland, USA is an American screenwriter, actor, producer and director.
In the eighties Miller lived in New York's Hell's Kitchen, which undoubtedly influenced his work. Life in Los Angeles in the nineties inspired Sin City. In 2001, Miller relocated to Hell's Kitchen, where he worked on Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again, including during the 9/11 attack, which took place just 4 miles from his home.
In 2005, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino directed Sin City, a storyboard based entirely on Miller's drawings. Miller starred in a cameo role as a priest.
Miller's work was first published in the Western Publishing - Gold Key Comics imprint, in a comic licensed from the television series The Twilight Zone, he drew Royal Feast in issue # 84 (June 1978), and Infinite Clouds in No. 85 (July 1978).
After a little job at Western Publishing, Marvel Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter advised Miller to contact DC Comics. Inspired, he came to DC, and after a fair amount of criticism, Joe Orlando turned to art director Vince Colette, who recognized the talent and let him work on a one-page comic strip (although it never got posted on the Grand Comics Database). Miller's first published work was the six-page Deliver Me From D-Day, with writer Wyeth Gwion, in Weird War Tales # 64 (June 1978). A two-page story, written by Roger McKenzie and entitled "Slowly, Painfully, You Forge Your Way Out of the Cold, Choking Ruins ...", appeared in Weird War Tales # 68 (October 1978). Other early work in DC was the six-page "The Greatest Story Never Told" and the five-page "The Edge Of History" in Unknown Soldier # 219 (September 1978). Another of Miller's first work for Marvel Comics, the pencil-drawn story "The Master Assassin of Mars, Part 3" in "John Carter, Warlord of Mars" # 18 (Nov 1978).
At Marvel, Miller got a full-time job as a cover artist for various episodes. One of these works was the cover for Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man # 27-28 (February-March 1978), in which Daredevil appears. Sales of Daredevil were low at the time, but Miller saw something about the character that he liked and asked the editor-in-chief, Jim Shooter, if he could work with the comic on a full-time basis. Shooter agreed and made Miller the new penciller for the series.
Dark Knight Returns) were critical acclaim, and Batman: Year One was even better received for its bold style. Most of his previous works, such as Ronin, 300 and Sin City, were also successful. However, Miller's later work was met with more criticism. Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again received mixed reviews. All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder received even more criticism.
Several of Miller's works have been accused of lack of humanism, particularly the abundance of prostitutes in Sin City. When The Avenger, an adaptation of Will Eisner's comic book The Spirit, was released in 2008, it was met with a lot of negativity, receiving only 30 points out of 100 on Metacritic.com. However, the film was very different from the original.
His work Holy Terror has been heavily criticized for its portrayal of Muslims.
On November 7, 2011, Miller posted an article on his website against the Occupy Movement. This article was met with criticism from Alan Moore, who called Miller's recent work full of homophobia and misogyny.
