Experience

Network Entertainment

• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creative Director

  • Oct 2019 - Present

• Director | Writer | Punk

  • Aug 2018 - Present

  4 part 1 hour documentary series for Epix

• Director | Writer | I am Richard Pryor

  • Feb 2018 - Sep 2018

  Feature documentary about the life and times of Richard Pryor



Profile Films

• Canada
• Movies, Videos, and Sound
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Producer | Director | Writer

  • Jan 2012 - Present

  Jesse is a Producer, Director and Writer at Profile films which specializes in creating unique content in the factual, feature and documentary space. Current projects in Production: Chasing Evel: The Robbie Knievel story

• Director | Writer | Rabbit

  • Oct 2017 - Sep 2018

  Producing, Directing and Writing Indie feature film "Rabbit". Due for release this winter on Superchannel

• Director | Writer | Chasing Evel

  • Sep 2015 - Feb 2017

  Producing | Writing and Directing the feature documentary Chasing Evel: The life of Robbie Knievel

• Director | Writer | The Roots of Fight

  • Mar 2011 - Oct 2012

  Produced | Wrote | Directed the series The Roots Of Fight. ROF is a short documentary web series, co-produced with Rootsoffight.com that shows the rich history and tradition of martial arts from regions around the globe and connects the history and images of iconic fighters like Muhammad Ali and Bruce Lee with the contemporary global scale of Mixed Martial Arts.



Skybound Entertainment

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director | Writer | The Truth About Wonder Woman

  • Feb 2017 - Sep 2017

  Wrote and Directed Wonder Woman episode for Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics. Wrote and Directed Wonder Woman episode for Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics.



Odyssey Media

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director | MOW

  • May 2015 - Aug 2015

  Directed Movie of the Week "Evidence of Truth" Directed Movie of the Week "Evidence of Truth"



Reel One Entertainment

• Director | MOW

  • Oct 2014 - Nov 2014

  Directed MOW Sorority Murder Directed MOW Sorority Murder



Sophia Entertainment

• Producer | Director | The Good Son: The life of Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini

  • Jan 2011 - Jan 2013

  Produced | Directed the critically acclaimed and multi-award winning documentary -- The Good Son, the life of Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini. This feature documentary focuses on Ray Mancini’s own personal account of his families history, his father’s legacy and Mancini’s own meteoric rise and fall. From the unsolved killing of his brother to the tragic Deuk-Koo Kim fight, which would alter Ray’s life forever, “The Good Son” excavates mysteries all creating an intimate history; a saga of father’s and sons, loss and redemption. Featuring Mickey Roarke, Ed O’Neil, Sugar Ray Leonard and historic interviews with Kim’s own family, including his own son, Jiwan Kim.To see more: http://jessejamesmiller.com/portfolio/the-good-son/



Becoming Redwood

• Director | Writer | Becoming Redwood

  • Jul 2011 - Apr 2012

  Wrote | Directed the critically acclaimed festival hit Becoming Redwood.In 1969, at the height of the Vietnam War, 2 year old REDWOOD FOREST HANSON watched from the backseat of a beat up Volkswagen Van while his mother left his father at the Canadian/American border for good. At the very moment his Mother walked away, Redwood, aided with the background radio news of another JACK NICKLAUS victory, had the beginning of a stress induced epiphany: Beat JACK NICKLAUS, the world’s greatest golfer, and his parents would reunite.9 years later, 11 year old Redwood has yet to defeat Nicklaus and lives in Canada with his draft dodging, dope dealing hippie father, who cannot with all his love make life any easier for his son. School is a constant battle, and even with the aid of his two best friends – an ancient golf club and a 10 year old born-again Christian – his dreams continue to drift. To make matters worse, his father is arrested in a drug deal gone wrong and Redwood is moved to the U.S to live with his mother. His struggle continues further as his mother’s new husband is abusive, his stepbrothers are mean spirited and his only real ally is his elderly agoraphobic step-grandfather who lives in the basement.With his dreams seemingly crushed, Redwoods imagination reaches new heights and with the aid of his grandfather he’s only one shot away from defeating Jack Nicklaus, freeing his father from jail and reuniting his parents once again.



My American Exodus

• Director | Writer | My American Exodus

  • Mar 2010 - May 2011

  Produced | Wrote | Directed the award winning documentary film My American Exodus.In 2006, after 35 years with an aversion to tofu, outright panic of Volkswagen vans and a nasty emotional reaction to Patchouli, Jesse James Miller figured out one important thing.He was allergic to Hippies.So instead of blaming them for his neuroses and the break-up of his family (free-love and a utopian experiment gone wrong) he decided to face his inner demons by taking a road trip with his father back to where he was born (a remote Island in British Columbia, Canada) to visit the last remaining hippie there, Ralph Harris. However during the trip the ride turns into an historical and personal exploration, uncovering his families roots from Hitler to Poncho Villa, while examining 1950’s consumerism, the creation of the Hippie, how his draft resisting parents came to Canada from the U.S and finally unraveling on the beach where he was born where he unearths one of the biggest unanswered questions of his life. Why his parents split up.My American Exodus uses a blend of archival footage, personal family footage (shot by his Grandfather) personal stills (shot by his Father), actuality (shot by himself) and interviews with both his parents, as he eventually turns the camera on himself unveiling a touching story about a young family that just couldn’t hold it together through the peace, free-love and rock’n’roll of the 60’s.



Captain Starship

• Director | Captain Starship

  • Feb 2010 - Mar 2011

  Directing 1/2 hr. pilot comedy presentation pilot starring Paul McGillion, Erin Karpluk, Michael Shanks and the upcoming Quinn Lord.In turnaround, but big on Facebook while it lasted, this comedy pilot had huge potential but just was a little ahead of it's time... Directing 1/2 hr. pilot comedy presentation pilot starring Paul McGillion, Erin Karpluk, Michael Shanks and the upcoming Quinn Lord.In turnaround, but big on Facebook while it lasted, this comedy pilot had huge potential but just was a little ahead of it's time...



Phd Productions

• United States
• Entertainment Providers

• Director | The Seamstress

  • 2008 - 2008

  Directed the feature film "The Seamstress" starring Kailin See and Lance Hendriksen.“A million ways to die. This is the worst.”The Seamstress was brought into being by the desperate curse of an innocent woman being tortured to death by a vigilante mob. Voracious for blood, the hideously-mutilated specter hunts a small group of friends who become trapped on the island where she died. The friends, led by Allie, are searching for Allie’s missing father. As Allie comes to understand that he was one of the vigilantes, her friends begin to die gruesome horrific deaths on the point of The Seamstress’ needle. When the last two surviving vigilantes arrive, locked in their own dance of death and revenge, Allie must either preserve her own innocence or be corrupted by vengeance herself.Boasting a stellar cast anchored by industry legend Lance Henriksen, The Seamstress features rising star Kailin See as Allie, and Guess model Sarah Mutch in her first leading role in a feature film.



Network Entertainment

• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editor | Facing Ali

  • 2008 - 2008

  Edited the academy award shortlisted feature documentary "Facing Ali". The life and career of Muhammad Ali (1942- ) as seen chronologically in archival footage: Ali as a fighter, a personality, a political lightening rod, and a man. Boxers who fought him describe what led up to major fights and the matches themselves; they also offer personal revelations about their own lives: George Chuvalo's family losses, George Foreman's conversion, Ken Norton's gratitude, Ron Lyle's teaching, Earnie Shaver's encounter with the Klan, and Joe Frazier's good humor pack their own punch. The fighters talk about Ali's quickness, cunning, and recuperative powers - and how fighting him changed their lives.



Paperny Entertainment

• Movies, Videos, and Sound
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director | The Week The Women Went

  • 2007 - 2007

  Director on the reality series, The Week The Women Went.What happens to the small town of Hardisty, Alberta when all the women leave for 7 days? How will the men and children survive? Director on the reality series, The Week The Women Went.What happens to the small town of Hardisty, Alberta when all the women leave for 7 days? How will the men and children survive?



Mindset Media

• Director | Uganda Rising

  • 2006 - 2006

  Directed the critically acclaimed feature documentary Uganda Rising with Pete McCormack, featuring narration by Kevin Spacey.“For Children Who Have Never Known Peace, The Fight for Hope Never Ends”For two decades, the Acholi people of Northern Uganda have been caught in a civil war between a rebel group whose main objective is inhumane terror and a government whose military response has often increased misery and suffering. Over 1.5 million people have been displaced into camps and over 25,000 children have been abducted to be used as soldiers and sex slaves.And yet through it all, every day across Acholi-land something remarkable happens. Against a backdrop of dismal statistics, miniscule opportunity and unpredictable terror, in a part of Uganda forgotten by the world, children who have never known peace, face the day as if to live this way is normal, as if they still believe in the future. These children are the embodiment of resilience and hope. This film is the story of Uganda, her stolen children, and the fight to be free.



Various

• Director

  • 1998 - 2005

  Directed both fiction and non-fiction features as well as reality television shows. Directed both fiction and non-fiction features as well as reality television shows.