Felix Mendelssohn
German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent
Frank Miller is an acclaimed American comic book artist, writer, and screenwriter known for his influential works like Daredevil, The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City, and 300. He’s known for blending film noir and manga styles in his unique visual storytelling. Miller has won numerous industry awards and was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame.
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About the Frank Miller
Frank Milleris an American comic book artist, comic book writer, and screenwriter known for his comic book stories and graphic novels such as his run on Daredevil, for which he created the character Elektra, and subsequent Daredevil: Born Again, The Dark Knight Returns, Batman: Year One, Sin City, and 300.
Miller is noted for combining film noir and manga influences in his comic art creations. He said: “I realized when I started Sin City that I found American and English comics be too wordy, too constipated, and Japanese comics to be too empty. So I was attempting to do a hybrid.” Miller has received every major comic book industry award, and in 2015 he was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame.
Miller’s feature film work includes writing the scripts for the 1990s science fiction films RoboCop 2 and RoboCop 3, sharing directing duties with Robert Rodriguez on Sin City and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, producing the film 300, and directing the film adaptation of The Spirit. Sin City earned a Palme d’Or nomination.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frank Miller was born on January 27, 1957.
Frank Miller is known for his work on Daredevil, The Dark Knight Returns, Batman: Year One, Sin City, and 300.
Miller said he was attempting to create a hybrid style, combining the wordiness of American and English comics with the emptiness of Japanese manga.
Frank Miller has received every major comic book industry award, and in 2015 he was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame.
Frank Miller’s feature film work includes writing the scripts for RoboCop 2 and RoboCop 3, co-directing Sin City and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, producing the film 300, and directing the film adaptation of The Spirit.
Frank Miller created the character Elektra during his run on the Daredevil comic book series.
The Sin City film earned a Palme d’Or nomination, reflecting the critical acclaim for Frank Miller’s unique visual style and storytelling.
7 Quotes by Frank Miller
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You can’t have virtue without sin. What I’m after is having my characters’ virtues defined by how they operate in a very sinful environment. That’s how you test people.
Frank MillerAmerican writer, artist, film director (born 1957)
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What I want to bring back to superheroes with this project is a sense of play. Things have gotten so dreary. The heroes have gotten so ugly that even their muscles have muscles.
Frank MillerAmerican writer, artist, film director (born 1957)
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Think of me as the weathered sheriff coming back into Dodge ’cause the youngsters are shooting up the church and scaring the horses and not doing right by the women.
Frank MillerAmerican writer, artist, film director (born 1957)
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I will throw all my best efforts into it, my thoughts and political observations, but ultimately I want to create a narrative that keeps you turning the pages and leaves you with a sense that this thing has a reason for being there.
Frank MillerAmerican writer, artist, film director (born 1957)
- 5.
Sometimes the solitary voice can be the best one.
Frank MillerAmerican writer, artist, film director (born 1957)
- 6.
My feeling is that the hero has now been defined by phrases like the odious one that we were all raised with – crimes does not pay. Of course it pays, you schmuck. That’s not why we don’t do it. We don’t do it because it is wrong.
Frank MillerAmerican writer, artist, film director (born 1957)
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The noir hero is a knight in blood caked armor. He’s dirty and he does his best to deny the fact that he’s a hero the whole time.
Frank MillerAmerican writer, artist, film director (born 1957)