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Brent Miller (producer)
American television and film producer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Brent Miller is an American television and film producer, best known for the Netflix series One Day at a Time and the documentary feature Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You. He served as President of Production for Act III Productions.[1]
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Early life and education
Miller was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio. He attended Bowling Green State University. After he graduated, Miller moved to Los Angeles.[2]
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Miller began his career in the event planning industry. He was hired to plan a series of events for Norman Lear’s 85th birthday and was subsequently offered a position at Lear's multimedia holding company, Act III Productions.[3] With Lear, Miller co-produced the Declare Yourself Unofficial Presidential Inaugural Ball in 2009.[4]
In 2012, he co-produced a short film called The Photographs of Your Junk (Will Be Publicized!). In 2013, he created and executive produced the AXS TV documentary series Tait Stages, which followed the employees of Tait Towers and their clients, such as Kelly Clarkson and Linkin Park, and the behind-the-scenes of designing and building large scale touring stage sets.[5][6]
In 2016, he co-produced his debut documentary feature film Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You.[7][8] The film was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series.[9] That same year, Miller co-executive produced the first season of the Epix documentary series America Divided. He served as executive producer for the second season.[10][11]
Miller was co-executive producer for the reboot of the 1975 CBS sitcom One Day at a Time. The reboot, focused on a Cuban American family led by a female Army veteran, began production for Netflix in 2016.[12][13][14] The show aired for three seasons on Netflix,[15] while season four was picked up by Pop TV in 2020.[16]
In 2018, the executive produced the NBC pilot Guess Who Died, written by Norman Lear and Peter Tolan.[17][18] In 2019, Miller executive produced the TV special, Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons,[19][20] earning him his second Primetime Emmy nomination and first win.[21][22] He also executive produced the second installment, Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All in the Family and Good Times, which aired in December 2019.[23]
In 2024, Miller signed a first-look deal with Sony Pictures Television to develop series and motion pictures through his company, A House on Brame Productions.[24]
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