Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Mike Mills


Related Topics

In the News (Fri 25 Dec 09)

  
  Mike Mills - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mike Mills' influence was arguably greater on that album than ever before, with his piano lines and keyboards coming to the fore far more than the guitar playing of Peter Buck.
Mills was arrested for indecent exposure in Athens in the early 1980s, known in R.E.M. lore as "the watertower incident".
Mills was responsible for toning down the lyrics of the song "Welcome to the Occupation." Stipe's original lyric was "Hang your freedom fighter" which, given the Reagan administration's active support for the contra "freedom fighters" in Nicaragua, sounded very violent and militant.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mike_Mills   (858 words)

  
 Mike Mills (director) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about Mike Mills, the film director.
Mike Mills (born 1966 in Los Angeles) is a film director/music video director.He graduated from Cooper Union.
His name was immortalized when Air named the fifth song on their album Talkie Walkie after Mills.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mike_Mills_(director)   (144 words)

  
 Mike Mills goes the distance - The Boston Globe
Fresh from the Toronto Film Festival, the soft-spoken Mills was dressed in a pin-striped suit jacket and green T-shirt with a cartoon and slogan ''Homeyland security." His tendency to end his sentences in a questioning tone belies the very articulate way he reflects on his career and aesthetic.
Mills managed to attract A-list art-house actors such as Tilda Swinton and Vincent D'Onofrio (Justin's parents), as well as more crossover stars such as Vince Vaughn (the debate team coach) and Keanu Reeves (Justin's soul-searching orthodontist) to the project.
Mills, whose training as a documentary director favors the unexpected (''Keep it alive all the way till you're done" is one motto), often wrote material from the improv sessions back into the script.
graycrane.net /Ethan/mike_mills_goes_the_distance.html   (1170 words)

  
 About Mills Music
Mills Music has always been open six days per week and it was with great relief that the first full-time employee was hired.
Mike and Mary have overseen and guided the growth and expansion of the company for the past 28 years.
To stay in business, Mills Music is committed to staying on top of all musical needs whether for the church, the private teacher or school music education program, or the individual student or musician.
www.millsmusic.com /about_mills_music.htm   (1038 words)

  
 mu | exhibitions | past | not how, what or why but yes
Mike Mills is currently working on his first Hollywood movie based on Thumbsucker, a book by Walter Kern.
Mike Mills was born in Los Angeles as the son of a retired museum director.
Mills was educated at the Cooper Union in New York and lived in NYC for 15 years.
www.mu.nl /exhibitions/49-mike/mike-eng.html   (639 words)

  
 Screentalk Interview - Thumbsucker - Mike Mills and Lou Pucci
Mills is still blown away by how painless it was to round up his cast.
In fact for Mills the only thought that troubled him during the process was how bad a writer he was.
Even though he was full of self doubt regarding his writing ability, Mills is quick to admit that writing is to him is what thumbsucking is to Justin in the film, an escape - however clichéd that may be.
www.screentalk.biz /interviews/millspucci_interview.php   (1027 words)

  
 Mike Mills - About Mike
Mike attended Bromley Hills Primary School between 1990 and 1996, he then moved onto Crestwood Secondary School in Kingswinford until left education in 2001.
Throughout his life Mike has always lived on Ketley Road in the house that Big Mike built, the adjoined garage has always been Mike's favourite play den containing whatever project he's working on at the time.
Mike may not be in the best place for a man who hates getting up early.
www.mikemills.co.uk /about.html   (339 words)

  
 L. Michael Mills   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Mills has over 21 years experience in the marketplace, where he specializes in developing solutions for his office clients.
Mills has extensive experience in representing both sides of a transaction in leasing and sales with over 1,200 completed transactions to date.
As a result of his professionalism and dedication, Mills is a recipient of several Cohen-Esrey awards recognizing the highest level of client satisfaction ratings, including the Chairman’s Award for production of over $1 million in commission volume and the Silver Award for being the company’s second-highest producer in 2002 and 2004.
www.cohenesrey.com /company/profiles/mmills.asp   (322 words)

  
 Adventures with Mike Mills
Mike & co. would start at 17, so this guy (who worked for ESPN and whose name was Jack) told me that since we were at 18 already, I should just wait for them to get back here, rather than traipsing out to 17 to just have turn turn around and trudge back to 18.
Mills a silkscreen that I'd done (of a pocket watch that is open and the numbers are falling off, and as they fall they turn into leaves and land in a pile) that I had done years ago.
Mike standing, Mike squatting to line up his putt, Mike putting, Mike leaning, etc. I, of course, had told all the folks around me who Mike was, etc., so when he'd gotten through putting he was surrounded by a small crowd of folks wanting autographs.
users.vnet.net /gina/mills.html   (2753 words)

  
 Mike Mills: 1,000,000: R.E.M.
Michael Edward Mills was not the type that you would expect to end up in a rock 'n roll band.
Mike was exposed at an early age to finer pieces of music as opposed to the Velvet Underground which, although, is a truely wonderful band.
Mike was everything Bill hated: perfect student, didn't smoke or drink and he got along with the teachers.
www.fortunecity.com /tinpan/penny/0/mills.html   (303 words)

  
 Mike Mills   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Mike Mills is best-known for his role as the bassist in R.E.M., arguably the most important and influential American rock band of the post-punk era.
Michael Edward Mills was born in Orange County, California on December 17th, 1958, before moving to Macon, Georgia soon afterwards.
After Mills had finished school, he rented an apartment with Berry, and the duo formed a three-piece called the Frustrations with Ian Copeland (brother of Stewart Copeland who later found fame as drummer for The Police).
fender.demonweb.co.uk /players/MikeMills.asp   (1274 words)

  
 Mike Mills: ZoomInfo Business People Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Mike Mills's summary was automatically generated using 731 references found on the Internet.
Mills, who started his journalism career at Congressional Quarterly (CQ) and rose to prominence as a technology reporter before moving to the Washington Post, will take over CQ's burgeoning daily and real-time news operations, which have become the fastest growing publications of the 56-year-old publishing company.
A graduate of Michigan State University, Mills was a staff reporter at the CQ Weekly Report from 1988 to mid-1994, where his beats included leadership politics, transportation and telecommunications.
www.zoominfo.com /people/mills_mike_890230.aspx   (613 words)

  
 IGN: Interview: Mike Mills
Mills: To me when I hear 'coming-of-age story' it's never quite how I experienced the whole process; or, to put it another way, if it is another coming-of-age film, it also is for all of the 40-year olds, all of the adults.
Mills: Well, some of the stuff that we were just talking about - how hard we worked on the parents being full people and just sort of symbolic battle points.
Mills: I'm writing a new script, and I feel in many ways like Thumbsucker was especially my writing school because I wasn't really a writer.
dvd.ign.com /articles/682/682891p1.html   (1552 words)

  
 Mike Mills   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Mills’ intent is not to make a statement but to ask questions, to make people more curious: “I hope the things I make can grow on people over time.
Mike Mills is widely renown as a graphic artist and filmmaker.
Mills has directed various commercials, music videos, and short films and his first feature film, Thumbsucker, adapted by Mills from the homonymous novel by Walter Kirn will be released this fall.
www.nieves.ch /mikeabout.html   (218 words)

  
 ...a way to make you smile... An R.E.M. fan site Mike Mills biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Michael Edward Mills was born in Orange County, California on December 17th, 1958.
Mills had switched from to playing sausaphone to electric bass guitare and so turned up at a session.
The tree spent their time attempting to convert Paragon's reluctant staff to the joys of the Dammed, the Sex Pistols, and especialy The Police.
www.rem-fan.com /mmills.htm   (236 words)

  
 'boards - Mike Mills
For Mike Mills, a subversive take on work, life and existence itself has made for a diverse spread of work spanning way beyond commercials into music videos, short film and graphic design.
Mills gleaned his education at two top-notch institutions: Cooper Union in New York and the mean streets of Santa Barbara from a skate's-eye view.
Mills says the idea of a monster who loves a beautiful woman has had several incarnations in treatments, one of which puts the codependent monster in a therapy session with Moby after his bestial jealousy results in a backyard full of torn-off arms.
www.boardsmag.com /articles/magazine/20010501/mills.html   (578 words)

  
 NPR : Artist Mills Adds 'Thumbsucker' to Resume
Mike Mills has turned his many interests -- and talents -- into a varied career in video and design.
Fresh Air from WHYY, February 10, 2006 · The multi-talented Mike Mills has long worked on cool, edgy projects that mix art and commerce, from the Beastie Boys to the Gap.
Mills has made several short documentaries -- on subjects from love to skateboarding -- as well as commercials for Levi's, the Gap, Volkswagen, MasterCard and Nike.
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4863604   (282 words)

  
 Mike Mills MP3 Downloads - Mike Mills Music Downloads - Mike Mills Music Videos
Mike Mills was the bassist for R.E.M., arguably the most important and influential American rock band of the post-punk era.
Following the Green tour, R.E.M. took an extended break, during which time Mills, Buck, and Berry teamed with singer/songwriter Warren Zevon to record an LP as the Hindu Love Gods.
While touring in support of 1995's Monster, Mills was forced to undergo abdominal surgery to remove an intestinal tumor.
www.mp3.com /mike-mills/artists/86473/biography.html   (281 words)

  
 Mike Mills @ LaunchBase.org (Launch Base)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Michael Edward Mills is the bass player of the band R.E.M. He was born on December 17, 1958, in Orange County, California, to Frank and Adora, but moved with his family to Macon, Georgia in the early '60s.
The son of a dramatic tenor and a piano teacher, he developed a love of music at an early age.
More Mike Mills Page Titles on this Site
www.launchbase.org /encyclopedia/Mike_Mills   (738 words)

  
 Mike Mills Music - Favorite Songs - Lyrics From   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Mike Mills was the bassist for R.E.M., arguably the most important and influential American rock band of the post-punk...
Mike Mills was the bassist for R.E.M., arguably the most important and...
Mike Mills (born 1966 in Los Angeles) is a film director/music video director.He graduated...
www.lyricsfrom.com /artists/m/Mike-Mills.html   (1756 words)

  
 Mike Mills Elected to Board of Directors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Mike Mills, Bernie, has been elected to the board of directors of MFA Oil Company.
Mills, who will represent Southeast Missouri on MFA Oil’s eight-member board, was elected at the company’s recent annual meeting at Branson.
Mills and his wife Charlotte, a retired special service teacher with the Dexter Public School system, have two sons and two grandsons.
www.mfaoil.com /mike_Mills.asp   (105 words)

  
 Biography for Mike Mills (II)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Mike's first feature film, Thumbsucker (2005), which he adapted from the novel by Walter Kirn, won acting awards at the 2005 Sundance film festival, the Berlin International film festival, and Mike received the 2005 Guardian New Directors award at the Edinburgh International film festival.
Mike has designed scarves and fabrics for Marc Jacobs, skateboards for Subliminal, Supreme, and Stereo, and he has designed books such as "Hyper Ballad" and "Baby Generation" featuring the photographs of Takashi Homma.
This one-of-a-kind release was accompanied by a touring exhibition in the summer and fall of '96 in New York City at the Andrea Rosen Gallery, The Adam Bray Gallery in London, as well as galleries in Tokyo and Sydney.
www.imdb.com /name/nm0590122/bio   (813 words)

  
 EXPN.com - Story
Mills himself was a sponsored amateur skater familiar to all the skateparks from Santa Barbara to Big O to Upland in the late-70s and early-80s.
The son of a museum director dad and an architect/writer mom, the connection between skate and art that was lost on the world at large was immediately obvious to him.
Early on, Mills focused on making gorgeous album covers like the Beastie Boys "Root Down" and Sonic Youths "Washing Machine." Trip hop label supreme Mo Wax put out a collection of his covers and artwork as 12" album sleeves.
expn.go.com /skt/s/2000/0728/773.html   (786 words)

  
 Kultureflash ::: Artworker of the Week ::: Mike Mills
Mike Mills is a man of many talents: a graphic artist, video/commercial and now feature film director.
Mike Mills: My friend Bob Stephenson sent it to me. He'd read a synopsis of it in a magazine and to him it smelt like me. I read it and indeed felt that this was something very honest and authentic.
I then read the text on it [talking about the death of Mike's father] and I really loved it.
www.kultureflash.net /archive/137/priview.html   (2036 words)

  
 Mike Mills
These pages are regularly updated with details of Replica Mike's recent outings so remember to add us to your favourites and tell all your friends.
Built to replace 'Real' Mike and should not be confused with the genuine article, Replica Mike is a temporary replacement for Real Mike and is taken out with several of his friends as if Real Mike was really here.
Replica Mike is treated as if he really were Real Mike and everyone has a really good time with the Replica.
www.mikemills.co.uk   (330 words)

  
 Mike Mills Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
A one-of-a-kind collection of recipes, photographs, and behind-the-scenes stories from legendary pitmaster Mike Mills.
In this unique combination of cookbook, memoir, and travelogue, Mike Mills, the unrivalled king of barbecue, shares his passion for America's favorite cuisine--its intense smoky flavors, its lore and traditions, and its wild cast...
Now available in paperback, writer Pat Mills (Marshal Law) is joined by artists Glenn Fabry (Preacher) and Mike McMahon (Judge Dredd) to bring you a world of mists, magic and the ultimate Celtic warrior, Slaine!
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Mike_Mills   (434 words)

  
 Mike Mills (II)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Mike Mills was born in 1966, Berkeley, California.
Discuss this person with other users on IMDb message board for Mike Mills (II)
Find where Mike Mills is credited alongside another name
www.imdb.com /name/nm0590122   (108 words)

  
 Mike Mills - Photo - LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 06 - Moviefone
Mike Mills - Photo - LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 06 - Moviefone
LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 06: (US TABS AND HOLLYWOOD REPORTER OUT) Writer and director Mike Mills arrives for the Sony Classics Premire of "Thumbsucker" September 6, 2005 at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
Mike Mills photo of 'LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 06' on Moviefone.
movies.aol.com /celebrity/mike-mills/390954/photos/.../1379140   (86 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.