Steven C. Miller

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Steven C. Miller is an American screenwriter, editor, and director. His feature film debut, Automaton Transfusion, became an instant cult classic and catapulted his career into Hollywood. He directed the remake of Silent Night, Deadly Night titled Silent Night in 2012 and then shifted from horror to action. He has directed films starring notable actors such as Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone, Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Aaron Eckhart, Giancarlo Esposito, and Dave Bautista.[1]

Education

Miller attended Full Sail University where he majored in film and television production.[2]

Career

His feature film debut, Automaton Transfusion (2006), was made for under $15,000; it was purchased and released worldwide by Dimension Films after premiering at the 2007 Screamfest Horror Film Festival. After signing with Aperture Entertainment and United Talent Agency, Miller was attached to direct several studio films, including a cancelled MGM remake of Motel Hell (1980).[3][4]

In 2011, Miller embarked on directing three more independent features. The first was the thriller The Aggression Scale (2012), described by IndieWire as "Home Alone with more death".[5] After premiering at South by Southwest, the film was purchased by Anchor Bay Entertainment for worldwide distribution.[6] His second project was Under the Bed (2012), referred to by JoBlo.com as "a blood-soaked horror extravaganza"; the film premiered at Fantasia Festival[7] and was acquired for release by XLrator Media. Miller's next film was the Christmas slasher film Silent Night (2012), a remake of Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984).[8] Fearnet stated "this straightforward and scrappy little remake is somehow more entertaining than half of what passes for 'wide release' horror movies these days."[9] Silent Night, like The Aggression Scale, was released by Anchor Bay.

In 2015, Miller made a shift to mainstream filmmaking with four films produced by Emmett/Furla/Oasis and released by Lionsgate Premiere: Extraction (2015), Marauders (2016), Arsenal (2017) and First Kill (2017). Miller had his fifth collaboration with EFO and Lionsgate through the sequel Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018).[10][11] Through these titles, Miller has collaborated several times with Bruce Willis, Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Dave Bautista, Adrian Grenier and Johnathan Schaech. In 2019 his most well received action-thriller, Line of Duty (2019) starring Aaron Eckhart, Courtney Eaton, Ben McKenzie, and Giancarlo Esposito.[12][13] The film was released with a limited theatrical run by Saban Films.

In 2022, Miller returned to horror with the smart home thriller Margaux (2022) from Paramount Pictures. Rob Hunter of Film School Rejects gave the film a positive review and wrote, "You’ll laugh, you’ll chortle, you’ll wonder why characters aren’t simply leaving out a broken window, and you won’t regret your stay."[14]

Millers latest is the action-horror film, Werewolves, starring Frank Grillo, Lou Diamond Phillips, Ilfenesh Hadera, and Katrina Law. The film hits theaters December 6, 2024.[15]

Filmography

Year Film Details
Distributor(s) Budget(s) Gross RT Details
2004 Suffer or Sacrifice Template:NA Template:NA Template:NA Short film
2006 Automaton Transfusion Dimension Extreme Template:NA $30,000 50%[16] Directorial debut; also writer and actor
2011 Scream of the Banshee After Dark Films Template:NA 14%[17] TV movie
2012 The Aggression Scale Anchor Bay Films Template:NA Template:NA Template:NA Also editor
Granny Template:NA Template:NA Template:NA Short film
Under the Bed XLrator Media Template:NA Template:NA 40%[18] Also editor
Silent Night Anchor Bay Films rowspan="2" Template:NA $114,633 64%[19] Remake of Silent Night, Deadly Night
2015 Extraction Lionsgate Premiere $988,548 6%[20]
2016 Submerged IFC Films colspan="2" Template:NA 29%[21]
Marauders Lionsgate Premiere rowspan="3" Template:NA $1 million 25%[22]
2017 Arsenal $41,037 3%[23]
First Kill $347,343 13%[24]
2018 Escape Plan 2: Hades Summit Entertainment $20 million $16.7 million 9%[25] Sequel to Escape Plan (2013)
2019 Line of Duty Saban Films, Lionsgate Template:NA $640,363[26] 59%[27]
2022 Margaux Paramount Pictures colspan=2 Template:NA 59%[28]
2024 Werewolves Briarcliff Entertainment colspan=2 Template:NA

Other credits

Music videos

Miller has directed music videos for the bands Blinded Black and Tokyo Rose.[29]

References

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