Interview with Randall Miller

Jody Savin and Randall Miller are a husband and wife team. In the past two years, under their production banner Unclaimed Freight Productions, the couple has produced Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School, starring Robert Carlyle, John Goodman, Marisa Tomei; Nobel Son, starring Alan Rickman, Mary Steenburgen, Bill Pullman and Danny DeVito; as well as Bottle Shock. Savin also produced Miller’s studio films The Sixth Man and Houseguest for Disney. She has been nominated for three Emmy’s.  Savin received a BA from Princeton University and an MFA from the American Film Institute. As a team, Savin and Miller have worked on numerous projects together and have collaborated on more than a dozen screenplays and teleplays that have been set up in the studio system.

Randall Miller began his career at the American Film Institute with the short film Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom Dancing and Charm School. The film won numerous awards and began Miller’s professional career as a director. Off the heat of the short, Randall directed numerous episodic series such as “thirtysomething,” “Northern Exposure,” “Popular” and “Jack & Jill.” His feature career took off with the films Houseguest and The Sixth Man. Looking to get back to his roots in independent filmmaking, Miller and his wife, Jody Savin, set out to start anew. Ironically, their new start took them back ...

Jody Savin and Randall Miller are a husband and wife team. In the past two years, under their production banner Unclaimed Freight Productions, the couple has produced Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School, starring Robert Carlyle, John Goodman, Marisa Tomei; Nobel Son, starring Alan Rickman, Mary Steenburgen, Bill Pullman and Danny DeVito; as well as Bottle Shock. Savin also produced Miller’s studio films The Sixth Man and Houseguest for Disney. She has been nominated for three Emmy’s.  Savin received a BA from Princeton University and an MFA from the American Film Institute. As a team, Savin and Miller have worked on numerous projects together and have collaborated on more than a dozen screenplays and teleplays that have been set up in the studio system.

Randall Miller began his career at the American Film Institute with the short film Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom Dancing and Charm School. The film won numerous awards and began Miller’s professional career as a director. Off the heat of the short, Randall directed numerous episodic series such as “thirtysomething,” “Northern Exposure,” “Popular” and “Jack & Jill.” His feature career took off with the films Houseguest and The Sixth Man. Looking to get back to his roots in independent filmmaking, Miller and his wife, Jody Savin, set out to start anew. Ironically, their new start took them back to the short with which it all began. Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School is now realized as a full-length feature. The team subsequently completed another labor of love, Nobel Son (2007), starring Alan Rickman as a Nobel Prize winner you hate to love.