13 Facts About Christopher Miles

Christopher Miles was a British film director, producer and screenwriter.

Christopher Miles was born in London, England, the eldest of four children to Clarice Remnant, a councillor, and John Miles, a consulting engineer, whose family had been in the steel industry for several generations.

The names of two railway promoters named Miles are on a plaque in Yarm commemorating the centenary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.

At age 16, while still at Winchester College, Christopher Miles became the first person to show 8mm film on television, at the invitation of the BBC's children's program All Your Own.

In 1967 Christopher Miles married the painter Suzy Armstrong in Chelsea, where they lived until 1993 when they moved to Wiltshire.

In 2009 Christopher Miles organized and raised funds for the restoration of the 1707 Royal Coat of Arms, in their local church.

Christopher Miles died of cancer in Devizes on 15 September 2023, at the age of 84.

At 26, Christopher Miles became the youngest feature director working in England, which position he held for another five years.

Christopher Miles chose Chekhov's Zinotchka, which was adapted by Melvyn Bragg with Charlotte Rampling in the title role.

Jean Genet's The Maids was directed by Christopher Miles who co-wrote the screenplay and filmed it in 10 days with Glenda Jackson, Susannah York and Vivien Merchant for the American Film Theatre.

David Ambrose the writer, decided with Christopher Miles to re-work the plot of a script he had with Anglia Television as if it was a documentary.

Daley's Decathlon' in which Daley Thompson not only won the event, but broke the World Record enabling Christopher Miles to get the best film existing of the first athlete in history to hold European, Commonwealth and Olympic Gold medals simultaneously.

On condition that Christopher Miles could continue making films, he accepted the Royal College of Art's invitation to run the Film and Television courses as Professor of Film and Television.