Trivia

Did not direct a feature film until he was 38 years old.

Has directed 6 actors to Oscar nominations: Philip Seymour Hoffman and Catherine Keener for Capote (2005); Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill for Moneyball (2011), and Steve Carell, and Mark Ruffalo for Foxcatcher (2014). Hoffman won an Oscar for his work in Capote (2005).

All three of Miller's feature films have received Oscar nominations for Best Actor, Best Screenplay (Original for Foxcatcher and Capote, Adapted for Moneyball) and either Supporting Actor or Supporting Actress.

Is a huge fan of chess, and wants to make a chess movie in the future.

Along with Paul Thomas Anderson; he is the only director to direct the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman more then once.

All of his films (as of 2018) have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, with the exception of Foxcatcher (2014). However, he was nominated for directing the film.

Graduated Mamaroneck High School, 1985. Classmate of Dan Futterman.

Friends with author Sarah Vowell and is mentioned numerous times in her book 'Assasination Vacation'.