Bruce Miller (producer)

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Bruce Miller is an American television writer and producer. He is best known for Eureka (2006), The 100 (2014) and The Handmaid's Tale (2017). [1] For his work on The Handmaid's Tale, Miller won the 2017 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama. [2] It was the first show on a streaming platform to win an Emmy for Outstanding Series. [3] More recently, Miller signed an overall development deal with ABC Signature and Hulu. [4]

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Personal life and education

Miller grew up in Stamford, Connecticut, and graduated from Brown University in 1987. [5]

Television

TitleYearFunctioned asNotes
DirectorWriterProducerOther
ER 2002–2004Yes4 episodes
Everwood 2004-2005YesExecutive
Medium 2005–2006YesExecutive12 episodes
The 4400 2006YesExecutive13 episodes, writer of 2 episodes
Men in Trees 2007YesExecutive5 episodes, writer of 1 episode
In Plain Sight 2008YesConsulting5 episodes, Writer of 1 episode: "Good Cop, Dead Cop"
Eureka 2007-2012YesExecutive18 episodes
Alphas 2012YesExecutive13 episodes
The 100 2014–20154 episodesExecutiveYes28 episodes
The Devil You Know2015YesExecutiveEpisode: "Pilot"
The Handmaid's Tale 2019YesExecutiveCreator46 episodes
These Womenpre-production 2020Executive

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Film

TitleYearFunctioned asNotes
DirectorWriterProducerOther
Providence (1991)1991Yes
The Stranger Beside Me 1995Yes
No One Could Protect Her1996Yes
The Assassination File1996Yes
Sweet Dreams 1996Yes
Higher Ground 2000Yes
She's Too Young 2004Co-producer

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