Peter Miller is an Emmy and Peabody-award winning filmmaker whose documentaries have screened in cinemas and on television throughout the world.

His films include MARCELLA, about the beloved Italian cookbook writer Marcella Hazan, released by Greenwich Entertainment and PBS American Masters; A.K.A. DOC POMUS, about the legendary songwriter; JEWS AND BASEBALL: AN AMERICAN LOVE STORY, narrated by Dustin Hoffman; and SACCO AND VANZETTI, winner of the American Historical Association’s best film award. With Carlos Sandoval, he directed A CLASS APART for PBS American Experience, now being adapted as a feature film executive produced by Eva Longoria. His musical film THE INTERNATIONALE was short-listed for an Academy Award nomination. He co-wrote and produced Ken Rosenberg’s Sundance doc BEDLAM, about America’s mental health crisis, which aired on PBS Independent Lens, and received a duPont-Columbia Award; with Ken, he is now producing COMMITTED, a new mental health film. His PROJECTIONS OF AMERICA was shown nationally on PBS stations, as were his two collaborations with filmmaker Renée Silverman, SOSÚA: MAKE A BETTER WORLD and REFUGEE KIDS: ONE SMALL SCHOOL TAKES ON THE WORLD. With Renée, he is now making HALLOWEEN PARADE, a portrait of the beloved, iconic Greenwich Village Halloween Parade.

Peter co-directed ROBERT SHAW: MAN OF MANY VOICES, about the celebrated conductor, winner of three Emmy Awards, for PBS American Masters. With his daughter, the poet Nora Claire Miller, he directed EGG CREAM, an award-winning short film about the chocolate soda drink. He wrote and co-produced Brad Lichtenstein and Yoruba Richen’s AMERICAN COUP: WILMINGTON 1898, for PBS American Experience. He has also been a producer on numerous documentaries by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, including the PBS series THE WAR, JAZZ, and the Peabody Award-winning FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT. Peter has served in producing roles on landmark documentaries including THE UPRISING OF ’34, PASSIN’ IT ON, and the Academy Award-winning AMERICAN DREAM, among many other celebrated films. He works regularly as a writer, script consultant, and music supervisor. Peter is a member of the Writers Guild of America and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and serves on the board of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives.