Education
National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, UK
University College London, University of London, Bachelor of Science, Zoology and Genetics (BSc Hons)
Paul Miller is producer, executive and consultant working in the United States, Europe and the Middle East. He currently Head of Film at Madrid baased ISB Films.
Miller produces frequently in the Middle East, his most recent film Norah, premiered at Un Certain Regard in Cannes 2024. Previous regional films, include Scales which won the Verona Award for Innovation at the 2019 Venice Film Festival and was the Saudi submission for the 2021 Academy Awards.
Previously, Miller was Director of Film Financing at the Doha Film Institute and Head of Film Production at New York based Crossroads Films, under deal with United Artists/MGM.
Miller’s credits include Golden Globe nominated, A Love Song For Bobby Long, Prozac Nation, Snow Angels and John Sayles’ Golden Globe nominated Men with Guns, the Academy Award nominated Lone Star.
Miller works often as a government consultant on film and TV policy and strategy (including the Netherlands, Greece and Saudi Arabia).
Miller was educated in the UK and is a graduate of the National Film and Television School. He is a member with Ateliers du Cinéma Européen (ACE), the European Film Academy, the DGA and the PGA. He is a frequent speaker and panelist on international film financing.
Genres: Screenwriting
Partial Filmography:
Winter of the Crow, Dir: Kasia Adamik, 2024, Executive Producer
The Invisible Contract, Dir: Luciana Kaplan, 2024, Executive Producer
Norah, Dir: Tawfik Alzaidi, 2023, Producer
How I Got There, Dir: Zeyad Alhusaini, 2022, Producer
Blindfold, Dir: Daniel Fernandez-Cañadas, 2020, Executive Producer
Motherlands, Dir: Gabriel Babsi, 2020, Executive Producer
Scales, Dir: Shahad Ameen, 2019, Producer
The Workers Cup, Dir: Adam Sobel, 2017, Executive Producer
The Birder’s Guide to Everything, Dir: Rob Meyer, 2014, Producer, Screen Media
Babygirl, Dir: Macdara Vallely, 2013, Producer, Quad Releasing
Pioneer, Dir: Erik Skjoldbjaerg, 2014, Associate Producer, Magnolia Pictues
Mark Lombardi – Kust und Konspiration (doc.), Dir: Mareike Wegener, 2012, Executive Producer, ARTE
Poor Consuleo Conquers the World (doc.), Dir: Peter Friedman, 2011, Producer, ARTE
Snow Angels, Dir: David Gordon Green, 2008, Producer, Warner Independent Pictures
A Love Song for Bobby Long, Dir: Shainee Gabel, 2004, Producer, Lions Gate
Prozac Nation, Dir: Erik Skjoldbjaerg, 2001, Producer, Miramax
Men with Guns, Dir: John Sayles, 1997, Producer, Sony Classics
Lone Star, Dir: John Sayles, 1996, Producer, Sony Classics
The Secret of Roan Inish, Dir: John Sayles, 1994, Assoc. Producer, First Look
Holier Than Thou (TV, short), Dir: Charlie Watson, 1992, Producer, Channel 4
Awards: Producer of Norah, winner of the Audience Award for Best Film (2023), Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia. Producer of How I Got There, winner of the Audience Award for Best Film (2022), Red Sea International Film Festival, Saudi Arabia. Producer of Scales, winner of Verona Award for most Innovative Film at Venice Film Festival (2019), Official Submission for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the 2020 Academy Awards. Producer of Snow Angels, named one of 10 best films of 2008 by National Board of Review (2009). Producer of A Love Song for Bobby Long, which was nominated for Golden Globe Award (2005). Producer of Men with Guns, which was nominated for a Golden Globe Award (1998), Independent Spirit Awards (1998). Producer of Lone Star nominated for Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Independent Spirit Awards and another 15 wins and 11 nominations (1996). Miller’s movies have premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, New York Film Festival, San Sebastian Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, Havana Film Festival and many others.
Current residence: Greece