Troy Miller is an American film producer, director and screenwriter.
18 Facts About Troy Miller
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Troy Miller directed the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Mark Twain Prize with Julia Louis-Dreyfus at the Kennedy Center and produced the 2018 and 2019 seasons of Arrested Development, for Netflix.
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Troy Miller produced and directed all episodes of Brian Regan's Stand-up and Away with Brian Regan for Netflix.
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Troy Miller produced and directed the first season of Hulu's Deadbeat.
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Currently, Troy Miller has several projects in development through his production shingle Dakota Pictures.
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Troy Miller has produced and directed short- and long-form programming for all of the major networks and cable outlets such as MTV, Comedy Central, Bravo, TBS, Disney XD, and many others including the BBC.
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Some notable projects from Troy Miller's past include Mr Show and Tenacious D for HBO, on which Troy Miller served as both executive producer and director.
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Troy Miller directed all episodes in the first two seasons of the Emmy-nominated Tracey Ullman's State of the Union for Showtime, and regularly directs episodes of NBC's Parks and Recreation and The Office.
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Troy Miller is executive producer and one of the directors for both seasons of the acclaimed shows Flight of the Conchords as well as HBO's Bored to Death.
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Troy Miller has produced and directed eight opening films for the Academy Awards Oscar telecast, including those featuring Billy Crystal, Jon Stewart, James Franco and Anne Hathaway.
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Troy Miller is the creator of this "short film opening award show format" that ultimately began with the MTV Movie Awards.
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Troy Miller's films have served as the opening for twenty awards shows.
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Troy Miller is one of the creators of the short-form genre of films that have become common in award show openings.
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Troy Miller produced and directed all of the short films that have opened the Oscar telecast.
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In 2006, Jon Stewart used Troy Miller to construct his Oscar open which featured Clooney, Chris Rock, Halle Berry, Steve Martin and David Letterman.
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Troy Miller directed the opening film for the 83rd Academy Awards parodying Inception, featuring hosts Franco and Hathaway embedded in Best Picture nominees and cameo appearances by Alec Baldwin and Morgan Freeman.
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Troy Miller crafted the opening film for Bette Midler's Las Vegas stage show, The Showgirl Must Go On as well as has directed well a huge array of other short films for various sketch programs and live presentations and film festivals.
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The director of four feature films, Troy Miller is probably best known for directing the seasonal film Jack Frost, starring Michael Keaton.