Gavin Millar

Gavin Millar (born 11 January 1938 in Clydebank, Scotland) is a Scottish film director, critic and television presenter.

Millar was a film critic for The Listener from 1970 to 1984.[1] He also contributed to Sight and Sound and the London Review of Books. With the film director Karel Reisz, he co-authored The Technique of Film Editing (1968).[2] On television, he wrote, produced and presented Arena Cinema for the BBC from 1976 to 1980, and wrote and presented numerous other cinema and visual arts documentaries.[3]

In 1980, he directed Dennis Potter's Cream in My Coffee for London Weekend Television, which received a BAFTA nomination.[4] His first feature film as director was 1985's Dreamchild.[5] His 1994 television film Pat and Margaret, featuring Victoria Wood, received a further BAFTA nomination, and Housewife, 49 (2006), a later collaboration with Wood, won the 2007 award.[6]