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Chris J. Miller is an American director, writer, composer, and actor. ==History== Born in Russleville, Kentucky in 1983, Chris J. Miller started his career as a child actor appearing in numerous commercials and television series, including ''SeaQuest DSV'', ''Maybe This Time'' and ''Evening Shade''. His first theatrical acting role was in ''Star Trek Generations'' as Rene Picard, the nephew of Jean-Luc Picard. With a growing interest in make-up and special effects, Miller began working at (American Make-up and Effects ) working on such films as ''Roman'' and ''Night of the Living Dead 3D'' and the T.V.shows Over There (TV series) and Dexter (TV series). In 2006, Miller started Razorwire Pictures, a film production company specializing in horror films and animation. Miller has since written, directed, and provided the musical scores for numerous features and short films. For the 2008 children's variety show ''Polyphony'',〔http://www.polyphonypictures.com/〕 Miller started doing extensive stop-motion animation work. His other animated shorts can be found on the ''Bizarre Cartoons'' and ''Avant-garde animation'' DVD compilations. In 2009, Miller released ''The Mondo Splatter Collection'', a DVD containing his first three feature films, ''Marblehead'', ''October Nightmare'' and ''Carrion''.〔http://www.amazon.com/Mondo-Splatter-Collection-Todd-Brown/dp/B001VH7AA4/ref=sr_1_8?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1339721038&sr=1-8〕 In 2009, Miller directed the horror-musical ''Ironhorse'',〔http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003CYKZF6〕 starring Eric Lutes, adult film star Brittany O'Neil, and Carl Crew (''Blood Diner''). ''Ironhorse'' has been compared to the cult films ''Eraserhead'' and ''Forbidden Zone'', due to its grainy black and white visuals, and surrealistic elements. Most of the music from the soundtrack was released on CD by Miller under the pseudonym ''(Krzysztof Muller )''.〔http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00328HSM0〕 In 2010, Miller received two Pixie awards from the (American Pixel Academy ) for his work in stop motion animation.〔(List of the 2010 Pixie award winners )〕 In 2011, he received two (Empixx awards ) in the animation category for his short films ''The Lightbulb Factory'' and ''Crawfish''.〔http://www.empixxawards.org/Publicity_files/Empixx.2011.WINNER.List_1.pdf〕 Miller also did some editing and stop motion work for the feature film ''Coffin Baby''〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1866251/〕 AKA Toolbox Murders 2 and he also co-wrote the screenplays to the Christian dramas, ''Lukewarm'',〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1893277/〕 which stars John Schneider, Bill Cobbs and Jenna von Oÿ, and ''Online''. In 2012, Miller completed ''The Second Self'',〔http://www.cinemaglob.com/2012/04/razorwire-pictures-show-off-their-second-self/〕 starring Kyle Morris (''2012: Ice Age'') completing a short film trilogy based on his dreams that began with ''Crawfish'' and ''Tioga''. The three shorts appear together on the DVD compilation ''The Second Self ...and Other Stories''.〔http://www.cinemaglob.com/2012/07/you-left-a-hole-in-the-back-of-my-head-the-second-self-and-other-short-stories/〕 Critics〔http://www.cinemaglob.com/2012/07/ironhorse-the-first-hourseman-of-the-cinepocalypse/〕 have compared Chris J. Miller's films to the early works of such directors as David Lynch, Terry Gilliam, David Cronenberg, Jan Švankmajer, Ed Wood and John Waters. In 2013 Miller completed the post-apocalyptic feature ''2035: Forbidden Dimensions''〔http://www.cinemaglob.com/2012/09/news-news-news/〕 which was an official selection at () The New Orleans Horror film festival. In 2014, ITN Entertainment picked up ''2035:Forbidden Dimensions'' for worldwide distribution. Critical reviews from horror websites Cinemaglob, Dread Central and Horror News praised the film's 80's VHS style homages and psychedelic tone. Most recently Miller worked on various projects for independent movie company The Asylum as an art director for the films ''The Coed and the Zombie Stoner'' and the Christmas special ''Santa Claws''. He also did special makeup effects for ''Sharknado 3''. Miller is currently working on his next motion picture ''Halloween Massacre''. Miller is married to fellow animator and mortician Lydia Blaisdell-Miller.〔http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2974681/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chris J. Miller」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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