Lee Miller

Lee Miller is a writer/director originally from Providence, RI. He wrote and directed the film, "Lessons in Self-Defense" starring, Alfred Molina, which qualified for a 2012 Academy Award. His most recent film, "Hotline", starring Camryn Manheim, premieres in 2013. Originally from Providence, Rhode Island Miller was one of the founding members of the underground cult menace Basement Beer Band. After graduating from Goddard College in Vermont with a degree in Music and Photography, Miller moved to San Francisco then to Austin, TX, where he served the masses as a wandering troubadour. In 1997, he graduated with an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College in Boston, where he focused on screenwriting and freelance feature writing. Miller moved back to the Bay Area to teach screenwriting at Cogswell College in San Jose. It was there that he created and chaired the Digital Motion Picture Department for 6 years. During that time he made the critically acclaimed youth prison documentary, "Real Time". A three-time Sundance Screenwriters Lab final rounder, Lee's films have played in Italy, Switzerland, Bulgaria, France and the U.S.A . Four have been sold to distributors. A very diverse range of his 16 feature scripts have been either optioned or have received recognition from fellowships and workshops. His past projects have included the "Dangerous Women" TV pilot made for Strike TV, starring the original Ladies of The Evil Dead and the feature film, "Tween".