Randall Miller

Randall Miller is an American film director. He has directed 10 features and television movies, including his self-distributed 2008 film Bottle Shock which premiered at the Sundance Film festival in 2008.[1] His previous films "Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm SchooI" premiered at the Sundance Film festival in 2005; "Nobel Son" premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2007 and "CBGB" was the opening night film of the CBGB Music and Film Festival in 2013. In 2014, while he was directing the film Midnight Rider, a member of the film crew was killed during the filming of a scene, and Miller ultimately pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for his role in the death.[2] He is the first director to go to jail for causing the death of a cast or crew member during filming.[3]

In 1993 Miller was nominated for CableACE Awards for his writing and direction of a short children's musical entitled Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School[4] (later remade as a feature film with the same title).[5] In 2000 he was nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Children's Programs for the Wonderful World of Disney episode "H-E Double Hockey Sticks".[6][7]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ Anderson, John (July 30, 2008). "No Film Distributor? Then D.I.Y.". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  2. ↑ Johnson, Ted (March 9, 2015). "'Midnight Rider’ Trial: Executive Producer Jay Sedrish Won’t Serve Jail Time". Variety. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  3. ↑ Robb, David; Busch, Anita (March 9, 2015). "‘Midnight Rider’ Director Randall Miller’s Prison Sentence Marks Historic First". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ Jennifer Pendleton, "Rivals for CableAces not even close to HBO", Variety, November 17, 1992.
  5. ↑ Dennis Harvey, "Review: ‘Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School’", Variety, January 6, 2005.
  6. ↑ Dave McNary, "DGA names noms for day, kids", Variety, February 16, 2000.
  7. ↑ Jerry Roberts, Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors (Scarecrow Press, 2009), ISBN 978-0810863781, p. 394. Excerpts available at Google Books.

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