Milo Miller

My newest film, Refrigeromania, was released August 19! It tells the story of a refrigerator repairman and a married couple in turmoil.

Notable film include WAR (2024), which was an attempt to tell a disturbing horror story without using typical horror movie tropes such as jump scares or monsters. The next month, I released Look!, which I produced concurrently with a group of friends. A techno-thriller, it follows a blind man on the run from a dystopian police force when a near-future government outlaws the blind.

In 2025, to make up for my minimal budget and resources, I began experimenting with special effects to elevate my films above and beyond typical grounded storytelling and introduce science fiction and fantasy elements. Removal (2025) was a psychological drama following two brothers preparing to conduct a mysterious procedure for the ubiquitous Health Company. The film utilized Adobe After Effects two double one actor on screen so he could play his own twin.

I spent my spring and summer making Refrigeromania, an absurdist crime comedy. The film follows a rotating cast of characters interacting with a sentient A.I. refrigerator. To portray the refrigerator, which spoke and emoted throughout the film, I used After Effects to track an actress’s face onto the refrigerator as the shots moved and changes to appear embedded. Post-production took 3 months, after which I moved onto my next project. My upcoming film, Operations, will be about business and time travel. It will be released in early 2026.

In 2023, I attended the core filmmaking program at SOCAPA. In 2025, I attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts pre-college program, where I directed, produced, or crewed on nine films.

Theater

Additionally to filmmaking, I have done a lot of theater throughout high school, including as a writer, director, actor, and crew member. My major credits include as a writer for one act plays. A Cold Front Is Rolling In… (performed May 2023) follows a group of teenagers who encounter a stranger while spending the night in a cabin; Unified Front (performed June 2025) is a comedic reinterpretation of Abraham Lincoln’s presidential leadership during the Civil War; and In Outer Space (performed July 2025) is a meta spiritual successor to Unified Front.

As a director I have worked on an abridged play version of the 1985 film Clue for the Northwest School; co-directing Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl for YATC; and scenes from The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa FastHorse for Penguin Productions (all 2024). As an actor, I portrayed Leaf Coneybear in a Northwest School production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in 2025. My other crew credits include as a run crew member in Falsettoland and lighting designer of Proof (both Penguin Productions, 2025).

In 2025, I became the marketing director and secretary for the Young Americans’ Theater Company (YATC). As a board member, I also participate in show selection and pre-production, eventually helping to produce the shows for YATC’s 19th season.

Music

As a musician, I have composed the scores for many of my short films, including Removal and Refrigeromania. I use a KeyLab 49 MIDI keyboard and produce my work using Logic Pro. In addition to scoring my own films, I have written music for other student films, including Dear Jesus (2025), Sewer Rat, and Panel (both forthcoming).

In 2025, as a participant in the Merriman-Ross Family Young Composers’ Workshop, I wrote the string quartet “Combo”, which was performed by Seattle Symphony musicians during a concert in June.

Writing

Since 2023, I have been involved with the TeenTix Newsroom, a group of teen writers who are paid to engage with, and write reviews of Seattle arts events for the TeenTix blog. During two years in the newsroom, I wrote five reviews and contributed a section to one more on mediums such as independent theater, films and documentaries, dance performances, and art galleries. In 2025, I became a member of the Teen Editorial Staff, who operate and run the newsroom. This change meant I stopped writing reviews, and started selecting shows and editing the reviews of other writers.

As a writer, I was important to me to capture the thematic essence of my subject, while also offering personal input that is unique to me. As an editor, my goal is to life up younger or less experienced writers and pass on journalistic skills to them, while also building my own ability to analyze and perfect writing.