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 CHARLES
MILLER - Producer, Sunrise West
Productions
Sunrise West Productions co-founder Charles Miller focuses on producing,
writing, and directing. His latest project, First Flight, is the
story of the rush by various groups around the world to invent the airplane
at the dawn of the twentieth century. The project is being developed into a
mini-series. Charles also created the television series, Exploring
America's Ruins, which is currently being developed for cable outlets,
and has worked as a producer for the televised Women's Image Network Awards.
Charles wrote, produced, directed, and edited the award winning short film,
A Song for Honest Abe, a mock documentary about the journey of an
American folk singer who sets the great speeches of Abraham Lincoln to
music--rewriting them a bit for creative purposes. The film features
original music composed by Charles and recording artist Mimi Chen. Charles
produced The Wind Effect, featuring Abe star, Kathy
Christopherson, with Emmy nominated actors Marcia Cross (Desperate
Housewives, Melrose Place) and William Devane (24, The
West Wing, Knots Landing), plus the venerable Grace Zabriskie (Twin
Peaks, Norma Rae, The Big Easy); Broken Circle,
starring Emmy winner Michael Badalucco (The Practice, O Brother
Where Art Thou?, Summer of Sam) along with Laura Ceron (E.R.)
and Delilah Cotto (Empire); and Trail End starring Emmy
nominee Barry Corbin (Northern Exposure, War Games, One
Tree Hill) which was shot entirely in Charles' home state of Kansas.
A writer interested in character-driven material, Charles' screenplays
include Journey for a Dead Friend, a story of three separated friends
in their late twenties taking a trip together that was postponed since high
school; The Pork and Beans Society, a drama/comedy about seven
teenagers in a small town in Kansas; Rhyoliters, an off-beat romantic
comedy about a Madison Avenue advertising executive who travels back in
time; Impending Matrimony, which follows an ensemble of couples
through the struggles, failures, and successes of relationships; and
Sunset Motel, a series of shorts set in a hotel room over the course of
fifty years.
Among the several industry professional organizations to which he devotes
time, Charles is a charter member and past president of Kansas Connection,
Inc., a nonprofit charitable corporation linking the entertainment industry
communities of Los Angeles and Kansas. He has worked with the Kansas
Governor and testified before the Kansas Legislature to promote film
industry growth in Kansas.
Charles studied Music and Communications at Washburn University, where he
shot commercials and shorts while also becoming a national champion public
speaker, student body president, and graduating first in a class of 3,000.
After further Music Composition study at the University of Kansas, he
entered the University of Southern California Graduate Cinema Production
Program where he was a national Phi Kappa Phi Fellow while developing his
filmmaking skills. Once in Los Angeles, his music career took hold. His
score to the short, The Performance, with composer Kevin Brenneman,
launched a recording career when the twosome formed the band, Middle Allens.
Their first album included the single, No More Time.
A native of the small communities of Montgomery County, Kansas, Charles grew
up reading the plays of fellow native William Inge and shooting stills of
the countryside. Though he prefers most aspects of the city life in Los
Angeles, he remains a dedicated fan of the hapless Kansas City Royals
baseball team.
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