Randall Miller

Randall Miller born July 24 1962 is an American film director producer screenwriter editor and occasional actor At the American Film Institute AFI Miller received acclaim for his 1990 short film Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing Charm School This led to a career directing films in Hollywood in the 1990s including the comedies Class Act 1992 Houseguest 1995 and The 6th Man 1997 In his 40s he ventured into independent film taking money out of his house to direct and produce Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing and Charm School 2005 an expansion of his 1990 short into a fulllength feature He followed this with the indie films Nobel Son 2007 Bottle Shock 2008 and CBGB 2013 all starring Alan Rickman in the lead role He selfdistributed and raised the money for Bottle Shock his greatest critical success He closely collaborated with his wife Jody Savin on many of his projects writing and producing multiple films together In 2015 he pled guilty in the train crash death of film crew member Sarah Jones in a plea deal so that his wife also charged could go home to their two schoolaged children The film was Midnight Rider which he was directing and producing He served one year in jail and is completing nine years of probation He is the first filmmaker to be imprisoned for a filmrelated death