Thomas W. Miller
Director of Photography
TELEVISION & DOCUMENTARY CREDITS INCLUDE:
(commercial/corporate credits below)
Showtime - The Stand - feature length documentary based on the life of basketball star Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf.
ESPN - Emmy Award-winning Outside the Lines documentary series (multiple stories), Sportscenter, E:60, NFL Countdown, College Gameday,Sportscentury and others. Feature segments, single and multiple camera interviews, host wraps, live shots, and game footage on everything from the World Series, multiple Super Bowls, Stanley Cup Finals, and the Olympics, to segments on just about every sport.
Heroes & Legends - Kennedy Space Center | U.S. Astronaut Hall Of Fame - Tom and the Big Pictures team traveled across the country interviewing legendary Apollo-Era astronauts such as Frank Borman, Al Bean, and Jim Lovell (and many others) for this new exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center. Falcon’s Treehouse.
NBC Special - Starting Over - Natalie Morales interviews downhill skier Lindsey Vonn. 3-Camera interview.
HBO - Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel - Features including on Brian Shaw, and Diane Van Deren
PBS - Multiple documentary programs for PBS and affiliates including On The Waterways - an award-winning thirteen-part documentary series narrated by Jason Robards exploring the culture and geography along North America’s waterways, Ultimate Restorations, Frontline, The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, Rocky Mountain Legacy, Sew Young Sew Fun, as well as various other single docs and series.
Dateline NBC - DP / Camera Crew on Multiple episodes including Tangled, The Secret Life of a Soccer Mom, Over the Edge (two-hour special)
CBS Sports - NFL player specialty shots and profiles, various features and interviews for College Football Today and other programs.
Forensic Files 2 - Various segments for this re-booted science/crime show
Nickelodeon - Segment on Gen Z Congressman Maxwell frost of Orlando, Warner Media
Destination Pluto (The Mapmaker’s Dream) - CuriosityStream, Skyworks Digital, Inc.
E:60 - ESPN - Multiple Episodes including feature on Olympian Dara Torres, a Prosthetics lab in Salt Lake City, Simeon Rice, Darren McFadden, Steve Fossett, and more.
PGA Tour Entertainment - Multiple programs and segments including feature on Peter Oosterhuis's Battle Against Alzheimers, Daniel Summerhays: The best is yet to come, Sushi With Kevin Na, and many more. Have also worked with PGA on several “Best of…” shows including Best of College Basketball 2016, 2017.
Bleacher Report - Many features and profiles - including branded content with Von Miller and Old Spice (clip), a story about Olympic boxers Shakur Stevenson (clip) & Carlos Balderas, and Demarcus Ware surprising his high school.
Time / People Magazine - 25 Women Changing the World - Feature on Lindsey Vonn and her foundation to empower girls. VIEW CLIP
Brand Amp - Peyton Manning “Retirement Combine”
XPloration DIYSci with Steve Spangler - Big Pictures provided crew and equipment for this ongoing syndicated series which airs nationwide on the 3-hour Saturday morning Xploration Station timeblock, Steve Rotfeld Productions.
ABC - Various programs including World News Tonight, Good Morning America, Person of the Week, and many features for ABC Sports
National Geographic – Megastructures (Darlow Smithson Productions); Death by Natural Causes (Visty/Brennan Productions); other programs
Against the Elements” - Discovery Science Channel
OWN/The Oprah Winfrey Show - DP on 2-camera feature on Martina Navratilova at her home near Aspen (fitness, cooking, etc.) for the episode about her and Chris Evert. We also shot a segment for Where are they Now?
Big Ten Network - The Journey - Various segments
The History Channel - Prehistoric MegaStorms - Show Open and Various episodes - Lightworks-KPI;
Shockwave - Various episodes - Sherri Sundae Productions
TSN - Total Sports Network - Various interviews
Animal Planet - Untamed & Uncut - Animal Planet - Various episodes; AKC/Eukanuba National Dog Show Championships - 2008. Feature for Breeder of the Year - Painless Productions. Aired February, 2nd 2008.
The Discovery Channel - Storm Warning!, How Stuff Works (Digital Ranch Productions), other programs
The Travel Channel – Various programs – including When Vacations Attack, Cheri Sundae
Life Moments – Field Producer for multiple feature segments for this daytime syndicated show that aired on most NBC affiliates - Pie Town Productions
MTV / VH1 - Various feature interviews and concert footage including the Dave Matthews Band, John Fogerty, The Backstreet Boys, and Rave on the Rocks with Fat Boy Slim and the Chemical Brothers - MTV Networks
NBC News - Various for Nightly News
Home & Garden Television (HGTV) - Multiple programs including Extreme Homes (8 episodes), and a one-hour special about outdoor garden railways called Whistlestop Gardens.
Disney - Various feature pieces for Disney including coverage for Entertainment Tonight, Make-a-Wish Foundation, and VNR’s for television affiliates around the world.
The Travel Channel - Top Secret Sights - Feature about NORAD - Indigo Films
A&E Network - The New Face of Crime - Documentary program about crime and the military - BN Productions
Speed Channel - Segments for Ride On, and My Classic Car
Outside the Lines - Various documentary features for this award-winning television series including pieces on the impact of Tiger Woods on golf, the social status of high school athletes, gangs and sports, and others - ESPN
Unsolved Mysteries - Cosgrove-Meurer Productions, syndicated runs on NBC & A&E
Survivors of the Shoah - Documentary project founded by Steven Spielberg capturing the testimonies of Holocaust survivors - MCA/Universal
COMMERCIAL & CORPORATE CREDITS INCLUDE:
These are just a sample of the many high-end commercials and corporate videos I’ve shot for businesses large and small, non-profits, educational institutions, and government entities. Clients include Hewlett Packard, Pepsi, State Farm Insurance, Microsoft, Boston Market, Coors Brewing Company, Cisco Systems, American Express, Discover Card, Disney, Echostar, Kennecot Energy, Lucent Technologies, MCI, Qwest Communications, The U.S. Government, Yellow Freight, United Airlines, and many others.
WaterPik - Various Sonic Fusion spots & Shower Care spots, Idolum
Boehringer Ingelheim pharmaceutical - Patient Profiles
KPMG - Various internal and branding pieces
Molson/Coors - Many internal communication and external marketing pieces including regular work with CEO Pete Coors, as well as other executives.
Volvo - Multiple Award-winning :30 commercial spots
Jeep - Compass Tour
Grease Monkey - A Customer for Life - Employee training video for franchises
EAS - Body For Life - workout training videos given away from EAS website, includes work with Cindy Crawford, and other projects - Petersen Productions
Hertz - Multiple employee training modules - Garman Productions
Hewlett Packard - A variety of computer training modules for engineers, and many other projects
U.S. Humane Society - P.S.A. with Loretta Swit
Dairy Queen - Two Dollar Smile - :30 second commercial spot for Dairy Queen - HGill Advertising
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation - Instructional video to help people with MS
Girl Scouts of America - Fundraising videos
Chicago’s Department of Tourism - Chicago’s Got It! - (skyline aerials) - Commercial for the City of Chicago that aired on United Airlines flights, and other locations.
U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs - Matsunaga Project - Interviews with Native Americans and Alaskan Natives about PTSD and their experiences in Vietnam, Korea, and other wars for Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Also for the VA - Coverage of the National Disabled Winter Sports Clinic, and other projects.