At a 1975 production of The Seagull in the West End of London Miller thanked Anderson for making his favorite film, O Lucky Man!

Miller's first screenplay Deadlock (1991 – titled Wedlock abroad) was made into an HBO film starring Rutger Hauer and Mimi Rogers, and he also served as associate producer.

His other screenwriting work includes Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice and Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14. plus the TV pilots for Deadwood (unrelated to the HBO show of the same name) and Don't Be Cruel.

[citation needed] Miller also wrote the short subject Grandfather’s Birthday,[2] (2000) which won a Regional Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Minnesota chapter.

[citation needed] In 2001, Miller co-founded the Silver Lake Children's Theatre Group,[3] as a means for young actors to explore the human condition through challenging themes, material, staging and characters.