- Nickname
- Chip
- Height6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
- Born in Paterson, New Jersey, with a BFA from Manhattan's School of Visual Arts, Miller is a multiple award-winning film, television, content, commercial, documentary, live concert, and music video director, producer, screenwriter, editor, music producer, music supervisor, former film development exec, Madison Ave creative director, and partner at Desert C.A.M. Studios, a top production and post-production facility in Burbank and Palm Desert, CA. Miller is also a recording artist with the British alt rock band, Old Sand Mill. He studied briefly with Norman Rockwell and had an original painting on display at the Smithsonian Institute's Aerospace Division for 15 years. He moved to Hollywood in the early 80's to pursue his film career. With a full development and production slate of high-profile feature films, TV programs, TV concert specials, and a live-action, drama series for 2024 and 2025, key projects include: "Stranger Paths," a family friendly theatrical movie to star Kevin Sorbo, Rebecca Holden, and Susan George, set for 2024 written by Miller and Allen Plone. Sorbo is set to direct. Miller just completed the script for "Extension of a Man: The Brief Life & Music of Donny Hathaway" for Desert C.A.M. Studios and producers Terrell Edwards and Kevin Wachs, which is projected for a late 2024 shoot. Miller also wrote a stage play adaptation for a 2024/2025 tour based on the Donny Hathaway story. "Ride to Justice," an indie futuristic biker film written by Miller from a story by Miller and Harley Hatcher. He has two documentaries in the works for 2024 with partner, actress Rebecca Holden - "The Butterfly & Goliath" and "A Hero Named Louis." An original western, "The Californian: 1869" - a story co-written with actor Liam Neeson, was previously optioned at Clint Eastwood's Malpaso Films, and then at Penny Marshall's Parkway Pictures. It has been rebooted for 2024/2025 at Desert C.A.M. Studios. "Nobody Wrote It Down: True Tales of Black Pioneers," a docudrama drama series co-written with multiple Grammy-winning African American recording artist, Dom Flemons, who's hit 2019 Grammy nominated album, "Black Cowboys" served as inspiration for the program. Flemons will also be an on-screen host, and actress Shari Belafonte co-produces. "Zhohi Shoon-Kah," an original theatrical motion picture screenplay co-written with indigenous award-winning Native American singer/songwriter, and best-selling pop star, Jana Mashonee. The duo originally created the project as a live-action series for Amazon Prime Studios. It is projected for production in late 2024. "The True Tale of Bass Reeves," a 2025 content feature film for major streaming platforms, also co-written with multiple Grammy-winning African American recording artist, Dom Flemons for Desert Star Film & TV Productions. "Harlem," is a mini-series based on the best-selling Double Day novel by the late Len Riley, previously in development with Motown producer, Suzanne DePasse, and now rebooted at Desert C.A.M. Studios for 2025. Miller wrote the pilot teleplay for, "The Marriage Zone," in development as a sci-fi comedy series based on the hit stage play by Jeff Gould. Miller will direct. Project is slated for early 2025. "Devil in Disguise," is an indie movie and true story about Elvis Presley during his Army years co-written with Harley Hatcher who served with Presley. Miller will direct. "The Great Silence of Harry Gleeson," is a true biopic on Ireland's first posthumous pardon of a man hanged for murder 75 years ago, and who was recently exonerated by the President of Ireland. Gleeson was Miller's 107-year-old Grandmother's younger brother. Project is projected for 2025. "Loudmouth: The Odyssey of Morton Downey, Jr.," is a content biopic originally developed at Fox TV Pictures/FX Channel, and scripted by Miller who will direct in 2025. In development is: "Scotch and Soda: A Story about The Kingston Trio", being scripted by Miller and Mike Marvin. The Trio is the 3rd best-selling artist in Capitol Records history, along with The Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, and The Beatles. Miller directed four TV concert PBS specials with The Kingston Trio, a documentary, and numerous music videos, as well as captured the historic last performance of Bob Shane, the Trio's founder, who passed in 2020. Miller's development slate for 2024/2025 also includes "Redemption Lane" adapted from a best-selling sports memoir, is being scripted for 2024.
For a complete detailed list of projects, visit Desert C.A.M. Studios official website. Future projects on their active slate includes high profiles projects on psychic Edgar Cayce; a biopic on The Mamas and The Papas (Miller originally developed the project for 6 years with Michelle and John Phillips); and biopics on rockabilly icon, Gene Vincent (originally developed with actor Nicolas Cage); "Trini Lopez: The Last Years" a film biopic by Miller and Allen Plone. Miller helmed two TV concert specials with Lopez). In 2022, Miller formed a creative partnership with Grammy-nominated and 9-time Nammy Award winner, Native American singer, songwriter, and pop star, Jana Mashonee, to develop indigenous and diversity-driven projects for film, TV, and content, under their banner, The Mashonee-Miller Machine.
Chip directed 40 plus national commercials for such clients as: CBS TV; Paramount Pictures; Filmways Pictures; Toyota; Kellogg's Corp; Kodak; Marriott Hotel Corp; Pepsi Corp feat. Eddie Murphy; Bob's Big Boy feat. Mike Myers; KIMN Radio feat. Rodney Dangerfield; Jergen's Lotion feat. Lindsay Wagner; Jamaican Tourism; Tourism Ireland; Wrangler Jeans; Pizza Hut; IBM Corp; Levi's Cords feat. Steve Martin; MTV; Ford Motors; Progresso; Canada Dry; American Dairy Association; Becton Dickinson, and Schering-Plough Pharmaceutical. In addition, he directed and produced hundreds of music videos for major and indie recording artists of every genre, from rock, rap, pop, country, hip hop, r&b, jazz, dance, and EDM. As a film development executive at several major production studios, Miller worked on, "Fire in The Sky," with. James Garner, DB Sweeney, Robert Patrick, Peter Berg, & Henry Thomas; "Square Dance," with Jane Alexander, Jason Robards, Rob Lowe & Wynona Ryder; and "A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon," with River Phoenix, Ann Magnuson, Ione Skye & Matthew Perry. His many awards include: a Clio, two CMT Music Awards, three MTV2 Music Video Awards, an MTV Australia Music Video Award, four MTV Europe Music Video Awards, three Billboard Music Awards, Houston International Film Festival Best Screenplay Award, three National Accolade Awards, two Aegis Awards, two Danae Literary Awards, and a dozen awards as a professional illustrator and graphic designer. Memberships include: (WGAw) Writer's Guild of America west; (PGAw) Producers Guild of America; Academy of Television Arts & Sciences; and the Southern California Motion Picture Council. He is also a published author and poet.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Chip Miller
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