Brian A. Miller
Brian A. Miller is a Los Angeles based feature film writer/director who focused his attention on writing and developing projects that were both character driven and visually stylized. In 2009 Miller wrote and directed his first feature film "Caught in the Crossfire", which starred Chris Klein, Adam Rodriguez, Curtis 50 Cent Jackson, and Richard T. Jones. Based on the budgetary limitations and a tight schedule, Miller developed the project around the concept of containing the audience within the action. The approach paid off and after "Crossfire" was released by Lionsgate in 2010, Miller was hired to write the screenplay for Curtis 50 Cent Jackson's football movie "All Things Fall Apart" along with Mario Van Peebles and took on several writing assignments before being asked to rewrite and direct "House of the Rising Sun" with Dave Bautista for Lionsgate.
In 2011 Miller was brought on board to direct the feature film "Officer Down" by Producer Jeff Most ("The Crow"). A complex, film noir action thriller, "Officer Down" gave Miller the opportunity to work with a phenomenal cast of name actors that included Stephen Dorff, James Woods, Stephen Lang, David Boreanaz, Dominic Purcell, Annalynne McCord, and Walton Goggins. The movie premiered at the 2012 Dubai International Film Festival.
In 2013 and 2014, Miller was brought on board to direct Bruce Willis, Jason Patric, John Cusack, Curtis 50 Cent Jackson, and Korean star Rain in the action thriller "The Prince" for Lionsgate and was asked to return to direct Bruce Willis, Thomas Jane, Bryan Greenberg and Ambyr Childers in the sci-fi action thriller "Vice".
In 2015 and 2016, Miller began early development on the DEA action thriller "Interdiction" and "Into the Crossfire". In 2017 - 2019 he was hired to direct the action thriller Reprisal, starring Bruce Willis, Frank Grillo, and Olivia Culpo, followed by "Backtrace"with Sylvester Stallone, Matthew Modine, and Ryan Guzman.
From 2020 to 2023, Miller took on several screenplay projects as "Reprisal" climbed into Netflix's Top 5.
From 2022 to 2024, Miller temporarily relocated to Miami to research and write "The Big Rush", inspired by Louis Ippolito's book "Just One More Load". The film tells the true story of Ippolito, the most prolific marijuana smuggler in U.S. history, who made over $1 billion tax free and then spent more than a decade outmaneuvering a federal task force determined to convict him under the Kingpin Statute. As Backtrace reached Netflix's Top 5, Miller began shopping "The Big Rush" alongside the serial killer thriller "In The Shadows", inspired by true events.
