Glen Milner

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Film, TV & Theatre

Agent: Christian Ogunbanjo
Assistant: Jocelyn Waddell

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

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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
WINNER Grand Prix at Prague Golden Arts Fest 2019

2017

BBC FOUR / BBC STUDIOS

WINNER: RTS AWARD 2018 FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
NOMINATED: BEST DOCUMENTARY RTS YORKSHIRE 2018

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
Steinway & Sons
NOMINATED: RTS AWARDS 2017 FOR BEST EDITING, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST
SOUND.

2016

BBC4

BBC4 film challenging the way we look at disabled women through the re-imagining of
Shakespeare classic Romeo & Juliet

2009

THE DOCUMENTARY CHANNEL

Current affairs documentary exposing number of prisoners held without trials over rape
allegations during the Rwandan Genocide