2003–2009: Early work

Miller's short film The School played at 25 international film festivals, was named Best Canadian Short Film at the Atlantic Film Festival, and received Gold Plaque at the Chicago International Film Festival. Produced as an undergraduate project at York University, Miller worked with a fellow, Ezra Krybus on the film.^[6][3][7][8]

In 2007, Miller released his first feature film, Surviving Crooked Lake, which later won the 2008 Kodak Vision Award for Cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival.^[9][10]

Johnson, and others, wrote and produced the low-budget web series Nirvana the Band the Show from 2007 to 2009. This is the first time Miller works with Matt Johnson, who he goes on to work closely with on other endeavors.^{[11][12][13][4]}

2013–2018: Johnson Collaboration and Zaprunder Films

In 2013, Miller produced The Dirties, feature film written and directed by Johnson, which won Best Narrative Feature at the Slamdance Film Festival.^{[14][15][16][1][17][18][19]}

The same year, Miller and Johnson, started a production company, Zaprunder Films. Three year later, in 2016, the production house released the pair's first project, Operation Avalanche. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, after Zaprunder Films declined the premiere offer from the Toronto International Film Festival.^[20][21][22]

Miller was still active at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival with the re-launch of Nirvanna the Band the Show when three episodes premiered at the festival, with Miller credited as a writer. The full television series was released on Viceland in 2017. Johnson has announced a movie project based on the series currently being shot in Italy and Toronto in June 2023. Miller has yet to confirm any participation.^[23][24][25]

2023: BlackBerry

In 2022, Miller wrote the screenplay for BlackBerry with Johnson, about the Canadian tech company formerly called Research in Motion.^[26] The film stars Glenn Howerton as Jim Balsillie, Jay Baruchel as Mike Lazaridis, and co-writer and director Matt Johnson as Doug Fregin.^[27] BlackBerry premiered in competition at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival on February 17, 2023,^[2] and attracted widespread critical acclaim.^[28]

The screenplay was later adapted into a limited series and released November 2023. It received positive reviews for its detailed portrayal of real-life events. Miller described the adaptation as another opportunity to broaden its audience and promote Canadian media.^{[29][30][31][32][33]}

Miller signed with CAA, alongside production partner Johnson, in 2023.^[4]

Johnson and Miller won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024 for BlackBerry.^[34]

Film

Television