Capturing Lee Miller

2020 • 60’ • UK

Best known for her self-portrait in Hitler’s bath, Lee Miller’s life was as extraordinary as her photos. A Vogue model and artists’ muse, she bewitched men by her beauty, but easily held her own in the company of Man Ray and Pablo Picasso. She picked up a camera and became the only female combat photographer in Europe during WW2. Today, she is celebrated as one of the most important photographers of the 20th Century.

Director:
Teresa Griffiths

Producer:
Rachel Hooper

  • Rose d’Or Award
    — Best Art & Culture Documentary

    BAFTA Television
    — Best Directing: Factual
    — Best Editing: Factual

    DocAviv Film Festival 2020
    Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival 2021
    Salem Film Festival 2021
    International Photography Festival of Castilla y León 2021
    UE Human Rights Film Days 2021

  • “War photographer Lynsey Addario and supermodel Karen Elson testify to her ground-breaking spirit.”Stylist

Filmmaker’s Biography

Teresa Griffiths has been working in film and television for more than 20 years. She began her career working in the Arts Department at the BBC and has also worked for Channel 4. She has made single broadcast documentaries on a range of arts subjects, and has also retraced the footsteps of Cortes in Mexico for a feature length C4 history special. Teresa has also crossed the Sahara with desert nomads and has made drama documentaries for the Museum of Islamic Art and the Qatar Foundation.

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