Gangs of New York was Day-Lewis' first film in five years

Day-Lewis recently picked up the Bafta award for best actor for his role in Gangs of New York - his first movie in five years after saying he did not enjoy film-making.

But Miller, an actress-turned-director, told BBC One's Breakfast that she was preparing to direct him in a new project.

Millions of viewers saw Day-Lewis pay an emotional tribute to Miller as he accepted his Bafta on Sunday.

"We are going to collaborate on something this summer," Miller told Breakfast.

"We've been thinking about it for a long time. Daniel liked the idea of shooting in the way that I shoot, which is a little bit different from the really big films."

Hollywood newspaper Variety reported that the film would be called Rose and the Snake, and would also be co-written by Miller.

Day-Lewis paid tribute to Miller at the Baftas ceremony

Day-Lewis, who won an Oscar for My Left Foot in 1989, famously moved to Italy and took an extended break from acting after making box office flop The Boxer in 1997.

He recently said that he did not enjoy any part of the film-making business, that he felt like "dog meat" as an actor and that the process left him feeling "a little empty inside".

He said he would have waited 10 years for the right part had Martin Scorsese not got him "hooked" on the story of gangland New York.

He is now favourite to be named best actor at the Oscars after his Bafta triumph.

'Simply the best'

At the Bafta ceremony in London, he paid tribute to his wife, saying: "There are so many things that I could say but what I am going to say is that you are simply the best sport that I ever met in my life."

Miller, daughter of playwright Arthur Miller, has received acclaim for her latest film, Personal Velocity, which she directed after adapting from her own short stories.