Contact:
JJMillerPhoto@gmail.com
IG: @JJMillerPhoto | IMDB: J.J. Miller (I)
Education:
University of Alabama, Masters of Fine Arts in progress
Janes Pang Atelier, Intensive Drawing and Painting Cohort Summer 2023
Webster University, Bachelor of Arts, Film Production with Minor in Screenwriting 2012
Exhibition History:
2025 Alabama Art Photography Club, Student Exhibition, Tuscaloosa, AL Sella-Granata Gallery, MA Show "The Weight of Light", Tuscaloosa, AL Atlanta Photography Group, Choice 2025, Atlanta, GA Black Box Gallery, Black and White 2025, Portland, OR . 2024
Black Box Gallery, Taking Pictures 2024, Portland, OR PH21 Gallery, Vision and Expression, Barcelona, Spain Medium Photo, Size Matters, San Diego, CA Atlanta Photography Group, Film Is Not Dead, Atlanta, GA
West Alabama Juried Showcase, Tuscaloosa, AL
2023
McColough Biennial Exhibition, Tuscaloosa, AL
Bibliography:
2021
Unfolding with Katie Adelia
Photo/Poetry Collaboration
B&W, Film and Digital Images
Selected Film Screenings:
2025 Honey - Short Film (Directed by Gabbie Grabowski) Digital, 3 mins Cinematographer Screened as part of "Monstrous" exhibit, Sella-Granata Gallery, Tuscaloosa AL
2020
Eggs – Short Film
Digital, 3 mins
Director, Writer, Producer
Accepted: St. Louis Filmmaker's Showcase
2018
Milestone Web series, A Slice of Time – Short form internet comedy Skits
Digital, internet release
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Actor
2017
Deal Breaker – Short Film,
Digital, 6 mins
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Accepted: St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, Portland Comedy Film Festival, Chicago International REEL Shorts Film Festival, Austin Micro Film Festival.
2012
On the Way to China – Short Film
16mm Film and Digital, 12 mins
Director, Writer, Producer
Accepted: Saint Louis International Film Festival, St. Louis Filmmaker's showcase, Webster University Student Film Festival (Winner – Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Film)
2011
The Donovans – Short Film (Directed by Joshua D. Sellers)
Digital, 12 mins
Cinematographer
2010
The World Away – Short Film (Directed by Thomas Murray)
16mm, color, 9 mins
Screenwriter, Producer
Ella Who Listens – Short Film (Directed by Harisa Lalic)
16mm, color, 5 mins
Assistant Director
Strange Love – Short Film
16mm, color, 7 mins
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
Accepted: Saint Louis Filmmaker's Showcase, Webster University Student Film Festival
All the Little Things – Short Film (Directed by Joshua D. Sellers)
16mm, color, 5 mins
Cinematographer
2009
The Beach – Short Film
16mm , BW, 3 mins
Director, Writer, Editor, Cinematographer, Producer
Accepted: Webster University Student Film Festival (Winner – Best Editing)
Earl, Son of God – 48 Hour Film (Directed by Dylan Shaffer)
Digital, color, 6 mins
Cinematographer, Actor
Accepted: St. Louis 48 Hour Film Festival (Winner – Best film in St. Louis, Best Actor), Saint Louis Filmmaker's Showcase, Las Vegas 48 Hour Film Festival – "Best Of" National Showcase.
Relevant Professional Experience:
Teaching Assistant/Instructor of Record
(Darkroom Photography, Video Art, Introduction to Digital Art, Introduction to Digital Photography)
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL August 2023-present
Freelance Photographer
Freelance Photography/Videography, Tuscaloosa, AL 2007 to Present
Field Production Assistant
Netflix – Inexplicable Pictures, Burbank, CA Summer 2020
Aerial Photographer/Airborne Sensor Operator
Surdex Corporation, Chesterfield, MO Jan 2013-Jan 2022
Office Assistant
Webster University Film Series, Webster Groves, MO August 2007-May 2011
Intern
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Missoula, MT Fall 2008
Studio Assistant
Crafty Eye Photography, Belleville, IL August 2006-August 2007
Organizational Involvement:
Member, S.E.C.A.C (Southeastern College Art Conference), January 2024-present
Member, S.P.E. (Society for Photographic Educators), November 2023-present
President, Webster Film and Video Society, 2009-2011
Student Representative, Webster Film and Video Society, 2007-2009