Fred Miller (producer)
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Fred Miller | |
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| Born | Fred W. Miller January 23, 1943 |
| Years active | 1969 - present |
| Spouse | Kathryn Buffington Miller (1967-present) |
Fred W. Miller is an American media producer, teacher and consultant.
Personal life
Born in East Texas to Rupert and Era Miller (January 23, 1943), he was raised in Texas. His father was a minister who served several congregations in the state.
He is married to Kathryn Buffington Miller (1967) and has one son, Browning Blake Miller (born 1972). Miller and his wife reside in Austin, Texas.
Education and early career
Miller attended
Miller then began developing curriculum for the Texas Education Agency, using role-playing games and short “trigger” films to teach Career Education. During the seventies, Miller assisted Warren Skaaren in starting the Texas Film Commission. Miller also began developing feature films with John Heyman of World Film Services, Inc.
Career
Filmmaker
In the early 1990s, Miller and a team of educators and sociologists designed a program for IBM called “The Advancement of Women.” Miller chose Rosabeth Kanter’s classic male and female stereotypes as the basis for humorous “trigger” videos. In addition to producing and directing the five videos, called “Perceptions”, Miller traveled to many of the IBM plants facilitating two-day workshops for IBM executives.
Texas Entertainment News! was founded by Miller in 1995 to combine
That same year Miller received the W. R. White Meritorious Service Award from Baylor University.
In 1999 Miller joined Lloyd Walker at Human Code, Inc., a digital-content studio that built web sites, developed computer games and created broadband programming. Human Code was eventually sold to
In 2000, Miller produced and directed A Most Significant Journey,[3] one of the first high definition traveling showcases presented in major cities across America.[4] The 35-minute HD show gave a first hand look of what it was like to be a student at Baylor University in 2000.[5]
The Comical Sense Company (now The Trevor Romain Company) was founded by Miller, Trevor Romain and Woody Englander in 2003 with the goal of promoting social and emotional fitness for elementary school children through animated programming. The Trevor Romain Show is seen on PBS. Some of the awards it has received are: Cine Golden Eagle, a top Telly, and the Oppenheim Gold DVD Award. Miller retired from the company in 2007.
Miller, along with producers
In 2018, Miller wrapped production on the feature film When We Last Spoke,[6] based on the novel of the same name by Marci Henna.[7] The movie stars Melissa Gilbert, Corbin Bernsen and Oscar and Emmy-winner Cloris Leachman,[8] among others.
Miller continues to guest lecture at
See also
References
- ^ "No Ordinary Folk". Austinchronicle.com. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "The Criterion Collection: For All Mankind by al Reinert". Archived from the original on 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ "A Most Significant Journey". Archived from the original on 2006-09-03. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ "A Most Significant Journey - About the Journey". Archived from the original on 2006-09-03. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ "Baylor Magazine || Baylor University || News". Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
- ^ "When We Last Spoke, Movie #5 in Toccoa-Stephens County!". Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "When We Last Spoke". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Cloris Leachman". Emmys.com. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
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