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Christopher Miles (born 19 April 1939) is a British film director, producer and screenwriter. ==Personal life== Miles was born in London, England, the eldest of four children to ‘Wren’, a councillor, and John Miles, a consulting engineer, whose family had been in the steel industry for several generations.〔Brandt, D.J.O. “The Manufacture of Iron and Steel” English Universities Press, 1953 pg 132〕 Two engineers named Miles are on a plinth in Yarm, commemorating the first railway in the world, from Stockton to Darlington in 1825.〔Memorial plinth erected in 1925 by the inhabitants of Yarm in memory of the five pioneers of the first public railway in the world, two of whom were Miles’〕 At age 16, while still at Winchester College (1953–57),〔Maclure, P. S. W. K.; Stevens, R. P. ''Winchester College, A Register''. Winchester College, 2014. Page 284.〕 Miles became the first person to show 8mm film on television (6 April 1957),〔Aitken, Jonathan. “Young Meteors” Martin Secker & Warburg, 1967 pgs 241,242〕〔BBC – Television contract 35/BH 26 March 1957 for “All Your Own”〕 at the invitation of the BBC’s children’s program ''All Your Own''. During this time he helped produce and write a variety entertainment, ''The Begmilian Show'', in which his sister Sarah Miles first performed publicly.〔Eastern Daily Press – “Youth takes the stage” - 6 September 1957〕〔DVD - ‘Priest of Love’ Odeon Entertainment ODNF405 – interview ‘Christopher Miles Early Career’ – released 2012〕 At age 19, under suspicion of being a spy, he was imprisoned in Communist China for filming in Chinwangtao. In fact he was making his first commissioned film for the owner of the Silver Line, and was released from prison after 20 hours of non-stop questioning. Miles' film footage, which was some of the first from behind the ‘Bamboo Curtain', was later sold to Movietone News.〔Essex Weekly News - “Chinese Reds clapped him in goal” - 20 February 1959〕 After six months at Stewarts & Lloyds Steel Works in Corby, he decided to study film direction at the Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques (1961 - 62) in Paris. During the summer vacation, he wrote and directed ''A Vol d'Oiseau'' (1962) a half-hour film, which was shown at Studio 28, a Parisian cinema.〔France Soir – “ 3 étudiants ont choisi Anne Nordmann et ce parapluie comme vedette de leur 1er film” - 22 November 1962〕〔The Guardian – “This Year at Marienbad” by Peter Lennon - 24 November 1962〕 In 1967 Miles married the painter Suzy Armstrong in Chelsea, where they lived until 1993 when they moved to Wiltshire〔Evening Standard ‘Londoners Diary’ – 26 April 1971〕 Their daughter Sophie is a painter and potter.〔Wiltshire Times ‘ My Wiltshire Life’ – 9 February 2007〕 In 2009 Miles organized and raised funds for the restoration of the 1707 Royal Coat of Arms, in their local church.〔Gazette & Herald – “Film-maker delves into past – delight as coat of arms is restored” – 30 July 2009〕 Miles is Patron of the Christopher Marlowe Society, and helped raise money in 2002 for a window in Westminster Abbey in memory of the great Elizabethan poet and playwright.〔Daily Telegraph – “Marlowe tribute puts question mark over Shakespeare” - 11 July 2002〕 He is also Vice President of the D.H.Lawrence Society; as well as a committee member of Marbles Reunited, which was created to reunite the sculptures taken from the Parthenon temple in Athens by Lord Elgin.〔The Guardian ‘Parthenon Marbles’ – 2 April 2012〕 From her mother Clarice Remnant's father Francis Remnant, Sarah Miles claims to be the great-granddaughter of Prince Francis of Teck and thus a second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II.〔(Worldroots.com )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christopher Miles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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