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]
Miller grew up in Stamford, Connecticut, and graduated from Brown University in 1987. [5]
Title | Year | Functioned as | Notes | |||
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Director | Writer | Producer | Other | |||
ER | 2002–2004 | Yes | 4 episodes | |||
Everwood | 2004-2005 | Yes | Executive | |||
Medium | 2005–2006 | Yes | Executive | 12 episodes | ||
The 4400 | 2006 | Yes | Executive | 13 episodes, writer of 2 episodes | ||
Men in Trees | 2007 | Yes | Executive | 5 episodes, writer of 1 episode | ||
In Plain Sight | 2008 | Yes | Consulting | 5 episodes, Writer of 1 episode: "Good Cop, Dead Cop" | ||
Eureka | 2007-2012 | Yes | Executive | 18 episodes | ||
Alphas | 2012 | Yes | Executive | 13 episodes | ||
The 100 | 2014–2015 | 4 episodes | Executive | Yes | 28 episodes | |
The Devil You Know | 2015 | Yes | Executive | Episode: "Pilot" | ||
The Handmaid's Tale | 2019 | Yes | Executive | Creator | 46 episodes | |
These Women | pre-production 2020 | Executive | ||||
Title | Year | Functioned as | Notes | |||
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Director | Writer | Producer | Other | |||
Providence (1991) | 1991 | Yes | ||||
The Stranger Beside Me | 1995 | Yes | ||||
No One Could Protect Her | 1996 | Yes | ||||
The Assassination File | 1996 | Yes | ||||
Sweet Dreams | 1996 | Yes | ||||
Higher Ground | 2000 | Yes | ||||
She's Too Young | 2004 | Co-producer | ||||
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