Sidney Mier Sidney Mier (8 September 1922 – 23 December 1989) was a British documentary film maker. Mier was born in Edmonton, London, the son of a Lithuanian Jewish refugee from the Nazi holocaust who became a schoolteacher. As a child, he witnessed severe air raids during the London Blitz and lived through World War II. He began his career as an amateur boxer and fought on the British amateurs' Heavyweight title under the name of Sid Mier and the Millers. He then moved to becoming a professional boxer with 11 fights, and in 1952 was advised to give up professional boxing due to his left eyelid being so badly damaged by an opponent's right-hand punch that it left him temporarily blind. He turned his attention to documentaries about boxing, in both the UK and abroad. Mier made a significant documentary with the German photographer in 1969 on the boxer Joe Louis before his death the year before, in a road accident in Apalachin, New York. Mier died in Camden, London, in 1989 at the age of 67. Partial filmography References External links Sid Mier Obituary in The Times Photographs by Mier Category:British documentary film directors Category:British Jews Category:1922 births Category:1989 deaths Category:English Jews Category:English male journalists Category:English film producers Category:English people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent Category:English people of Polish-Jewish descent Category:English people of German-Jewish descent Category:English amputees Category:People from Edmonton, London Category:Boxing people Category:English male film actors Category:20th-century British male actors Category:Male actors from London Category:British male boxers Category:Sportsmen from London Category:English male non-fiction writers Category:Boxing commentators Category:Journalists from London Category:Labour Party (UK) people Category:Jewish theatre Category:20th-century British businesspeople Category:English Jews