Writer

Arthur Miller

1915 – 2005

Active years (films on this site)

1951–1985

Genres

DramaRomanceWestern

Schools and movements

Classical HollywoodNew German Cinema

Directors worked with

László Benedek1 filmJohn Huston1 filmVolker Schlöndorff1 film

Biography

Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist in 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953), and A View from the Bridge (1955). He wrote several screenplays, including The Misfits (1961). The drama Death of a Salesman is considered one of the best American plays of the 20th century.

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Awards and honours

International

• Tony Award for Best Author 1947
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama 1949
• Tony Award for Best Author 1949
• Tony Award for Best Play 1949
• Tony Award for Best Play 1953
• St. Louis Literary Award 1980
• Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Speech 1993
• Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play 1995
• Berlin Prize 1998
• Praemium Imperiale 2001
• Princess of Asturias Literary Prize 2002
• Jerusalem Prize 2003
• honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense 2003
• star on Playwrights' Sidewalk

National / local

• Kennedy Center Honors 1984
• National Medal of Arts 1993
• Jefferson Lecture 2001
• Evelyn F. Burkey Award
• PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award

3 films on this site

1. Death of a Salesman (1951) 1951 · László Benedek · IMDb 7.2 · Writer
2. The Misfits 1961 · John Huston · IMDb 7.2 · Writer
3. Death of a Salesman 1985 · Volker Schlöndorff · IMDb 7.2 · Writer