Randall Miller

Randall Miller
Born (1962-07-24) July 24, 1962 (age 62)
Pasadena, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Southern California
AFI Conservatory (MFA)
Occupations
  • Film director
  • producer
  • screenwriter
  • editor
  • actor
Years active1984–2019
Spouse
Jody Savin
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(m. 1999)​

Randall Miller (born July 24, 1962)[1] is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, and occasional actor.

At the American Film Institute (AFI), Miller received acclaim for his 1990 short film Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School. This led to a career directing films in Hollywood in the 1990s, including the comedies Class Act (1992), Houseguest (1995), and The 6th Man (1997).

In his 40s, Miller ventured into independent film, taking money out of his house to direct and produce Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (2005), an expansion of his 1990 short into a full-length feature. Miller followed this with the indie films Nobel Son (2007), Bottle Shock (2008), and CBGB (2013), all starring Alan Rickman in the lead role. Miller self-distributed and raised the money for Bottle Shock, his greatest critical success.

Miller has closely collaborated with his wife Jody Savin on many of his projects, writing and producing multiple films together.[2]

In 2015, Miller pled guilty in the train crash death of film crew member Sarah Jones to keep his wife out jail so that she could return to their two school aged children.[3] The film was Midnight Rider, which he was directing and producing.[4] Miller served one year in jail and is completing nine years of probation.[5] Miller is the first filmmaker to be imprisoned for a film-related death.[6]

  1. ^ "Rotten Tomatoes/Celebrity/Randall Miller". www.rottentomatoes.com. Archived from the original on December 29, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  2. ^ "Married, with movies". Pasadena Star-News. December 3, 2008. Archived from the original on March 15, 2023.
  3. ^ "Midnight Rider director Randall Miller pleads guilty in death of camera assistant|The Associated Press". CBC. March 9, 2015. Archived from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  4. ^ Johnson, Ted (March 9, 2015). "'Midnight Rider' Director Pleads Guilty, Gets Two Years in Prison". Variety. Archived from the original on February 2, 2019. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
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