Tim Miller

Biography

Tim Miller (born in Fort Washington, Maryland, in 1964) is an American filmmaker, animator and visual effects artist. He is best known to general audiences for Deadpool, though much of his earlier work came from animation and visual effects. He studied illustration and animation in college.

In March 1995 he co-founded Blur Studio with David Stinnett and Cat Chapman, a company working across visual effects, animation and design. Through the studio he contributed title sequences to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) and Thor: The Dark World (2013), and worked on video games such as Mass Effect 2. His short Gopher Broke (2004), which he co-wrote and executive produced, earned him and Jeff Fowler an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Short Film in 2005. He made his feature directing debut with Deadpool (2016), starring Ryan Reynolds, and later directed Terminator: Dark Fate (2019). Other projects, including an adaptation of Joe Haldeman's Seasons, were developed but never went into production. He returned as an executive producer on both Sonic films.

His work blends the technical craft of animation with a taste for genre spectacle. He created the anthology series Love, Death & Robots, which has brought him several Primetime Emmy Awards for outstanding short-form animated programming. More recently he created the anthology Secret Level, which premiered on Amazon Prime Video in December 2024. His career moves from short films and effects work to large-scale studio filmmaking.

Key films

• Gopher Broke (2004), an animated short nominated for an Academy Award, on which he worked as co-writer and executive producer.
• Deadpool (2016), his feature directing debut, with Ryan Reynolds in the title role.
• Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), directed by Miller as the newest entry in the franchise.
• Sonic the Hedgehog (2020), on which he served as executive producer.