TV Writer Podcast 062 – Kam Miller (Law & Order: SVU, Killer Instinct)
Today is all about mentors, pitching, pilots, and breaking in! In a new topical format, today’s podcast with TV writer-producer Kam Miller is sure to help your career… buckle up!…
Today is all about mentors, pitching, pilots, and breaking in! In a new topical format, today's podcast with TV writer-producer Kam Miller is sure to help your career… buckle up!
Kam Miller is a TV writer-producer who has created pilots for FOX, CBS, 20th Century Fox, Paramount Television, and Universal Cable Productions. She wrote for the long-running show Law & Order: SVU as well as the short-lived show Killer Instinct. Her first feature, The Iris Effect, was produced while she was at USC film school. She also wrote and directed Descendents of Eden, a sci-fi short film that premiered at the San Diego Comic-Con Film Festival.
As a grad student, she created the highly successful USC First Pitch, the official pitch festival for the USC School of Cinematic Arts. As an alumnae, she co- created USC First Team, a program that shepherds teams of writers, directors, and producers through development and takes feature projects out to the industry.
Currently, Kam is attached to the TV project Grave Sight, which is based on True Blood author Charlaine Harris’ Harper Connelly book series. Kam is attached to another pilot with the producers of Saving Grace and The Glades. She also is finishing her first novel, Myth of Crime.
On her blog, Glass half-full in Hollywood, Kam shares insights from other film and TV industry professionals about how they keep their glasses half-full in a town that can be draining. You can find it at kammiller.com. Follow Kam on twitter: @kammotion.
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In his podcast, TV editor/writer Gray Jones profiles television producers and writers, authors, educators, and other industry personnel of interest to TV writers. The purpose of the interviews is to educate and inspire writers of all levels, to raise the profile of existing television writers, to introduce helpful resources, and to aid in career development. Gray's also the author of the book How To Break In To TV Writing: Insider Interviews. His podcast is released in video format, though an audio-only version is available through Podbean and Spotify. The podcast website at www.tvwriterpodcast.com has many helpful resources, including links to free scripts and a Twitter database. Twitter: @GrayJones - Instagram: @grahamajones and @tvwriterpodcast
