Sharron Miller

Sharron Miller
Born
Occupation(s)Director, screenwriter, producer

Sharron Miller is an American television and film director, producer, and screenwriter. She is one of the pioneering women directors who worked regularly in mainstream Hollywood in the 1970s and 1980s (along with Elaine May, Lee Grant, Joan Darling, Joan Micklin Silver, Karen Arthur, Gabrielle Beaumont, Lela Swift, Gwen Arner, Randa Haines, and Kim Friedman).[1] In 1984 she was the first woman ever to win the coveted Directors Guild of America Award (DGA Award) for directing a narrative (non-documentary) work.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "ROUGH GOING IN TV FOR WOMEN DIRECTORS". Los Angeles Times. November 18, 1986. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
  2. ^ "Awards / History / 1983". www.dga.org. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
  3. ^ "WOMEN DIRECTORS EARN MORE NOMINATIONS IN '87". Los Angeles Times. March 4, 1987. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
  4. ^ "Celebrating Excellence - The DGA Awards' 60th Anniversary". www.dga.org. Retrieved June 26, 2021.