CinemaOSMovie · 2001 · 0h 59m

Lee Miller: A Crazy Way of Seeing

Documentary

Documentary charting the fascinating life and work of Lee Miller, a model for Vogue in 1920s New York who became the only female photojournalist to cover the Second World War. Having given up photography in later life and virtually disowned her own work, Miller's extraordinary archive of 40,000 negatives was only rediscovered after her death. George Melly, David Hare, friends, colleagues and her only son, Tony Penrose, trace the story of her unconventional life through her own remarkable pictures and photographs, as well as rarely seen archive footage.

Directed bySarah Aspinall

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 59m
Language
EN
Released
August 25, 2001
Studios
BBC Scotland

Featuring

Cast & crew

6 credited
Starring
Kirsty Wark

Kirsty Wark

Self - Narrator (voice)

Jana Sheldon

Voice of Lee Miller (voice)

George Melly

George Melly

Self

David Hare

David Hare

Self

Antony Penrose

Self

Lee Miller

Self (archive footage)

Creative team
Directed by
Sarah Aspinall
Produced by
Andrew Lockyer
Sarah Aspinall

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