Glen Milner
Director
Film, TV & Theatre
Film, TV & Theatre
Glen Milner is an award-winning documentary filmmaker from Yorkshire, England.
Starting in camera teams on films like Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, he developed a striking visual style in documentary storytelling. His early shorts such as Return of the Sun and Letters of Fire for National Geographic screened at BAFTA and Academy Award-qualifying festivals worldwide, while further commissioned works like Channel 4’s Elders and SKY's Iranian, Gay & Seeking Asylum won multiple awards.
His long-form documentaries for Disney+, LucasFilm, and the BBC often explore complex subjects but with an intimate approach, blending personal storytelling with a cinematic sensibility. This has led to critical acclaim, with his films receiving awards and nominations at prestigious festivals such as Tribeca Film Festival, AFI Docs, Prague Television Festival, and Sheffield Doc-Fest. In addition, his BBC documentaries have earned director and cinematography recognition at the Royal Television Society and the Grierson Awards.
Recent projects include Tribeca nominated Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds (Tribeca 2023 / Disney+) and now North, a BFI-backed feature documentary currently in production capturing the changing landscapes and lives of post-industrial Britain.
Documentaries
Production | Company | Notes |
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NORTH 2025 | BFI | BFI funded feature documentary on the changing industrial landscapes of Yorkshire |
2024 | Disney+ | Feature documentary profiling legendary video games designer Hideo Kojima. Premiered and nominated at Tribeca Film Festival 2023. |
2023 | Disney+ | Intimate hour-long documentary following director Gareth Edwards during the making of the ground-breaking film 'The Creator' |
2018 | BBC FOUR / CLEARSTORY PRODUCTIONS | Four-part series profiling pioneering contemporary dance artists |
2017 | BBC FOUR / BBC STUDIOS | WINNER: RTS AWARD 2018 FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY |
2017 | LUCASFILM / DISNEY | Documentary following Gareth Edwards in the making of the motion picture Star Wars: Rogue One |
2016 | BBC FOUR / BBC STUDIOS | Triple RTS award nominated documentary for BBC4 profiling the famous piano makers |
2016 | BBC4 | BBC4 film challenging the way we look at disabled women through the re-imagining of |
2009 | THE DOCUMENTARY CHANNEL | Current affairs documentary exposing number of prisoners held without trials over rape |