Miles Millar (/ˈmɪlər/ MIL-ər; born 1967) is an Australian-British screenwriter, showrunner, producer, creator, developer, and director. He is best known as the creator of Netflix's 2022 live-action comedy horror series Wednesday, the Tim Burton-helmed Addams Family spin-off. It holds the record as the most-watched English-language series in the history of Netflix. Alongside his longtime writing/producing partner Alfred Gough, Millar also created, produced, wrote, and developed other television programs like The WB/The CW's action-adventureSuperman-prequel television hit series Smallville, AMC's 2015 wuxia-influenced dystopian television series Into the Badlands and MTV's 2016 epic fantasy drama television series The Shannara Chronicles (based on The Sword of Shannara Trilogy book trilogy by Terry Brooks). He also co-wrote other feature films like Tom Dey's Shanghai Noon and its sequel Shanghai Knights, Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2 and Rob Cohen's blockbuster action-adventure film The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, as well as Tim Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the sequel to the iconic 1988 movie. He has worked alongside his writing/producing partner Alfred Gough since they met at USC School of Cinematic Arts. Description above from the Wikipedia article Miles Millar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 1, 1967 (59)
- UK
- Writer and producer
- 17 on Motif · 28 credits in all
What are Miles Millar's films like?
Across their 12 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their Motif films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Motif score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 3 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
Light 7 · Serious 4 · Dark 0
Grounded 2 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 4
Gentle 2 · Charged 5 · Intense 4
Steady 3 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 4
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 5
A split, not a type: Casual 6 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 8 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 0
Resolved 10 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy8
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Miles Millar's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 17 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Miles Millar's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
28 credits, 17 with a Motif page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Grim (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice(2024)
Motif score: 67th percentile of all films
Wednesday(2022)
Motif score: 89th percentile of all shows
The Shannara Chronicles(2016)
Motif score: 51st percentile of all shows
Into the Badlands(2015)
Motif score: 90th percentile of all shows
Bullet to the Head(2012)
Motif score: 25th percentile of all films
Charlie's Angels (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)
I Am Number Four(2011)
Motif score: 40th percentile of all films
Motif score: 42nd percentile of all films
Motif score: 15th percentile of all films
Aquaman (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2006)
Herbie: Fully Loaded(2005)
Motif score: 17th percentile of all films
Spider-Man 2(2004)
Motif score: 95th percentile of all films
Shanghai Knights(2003)
Motif score: 48th percentile of all films
Smallville (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2002)
Showtime(2002)
Motif score: 20th percentile of all films
Smallville(2001)
Motif score: 80th percentile of all shows
Shanghai Noon(2000)
Motif score: 68th percentile of all films
The Strip (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1999)
Made Men(1999)
Motif score: 39th percentile of all films
Martial Law (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1998)
Lethal Weapon 4(1998)
Motif score: 64th percentile of all films
Timecop (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1997)
Double Tap(1997)
Motif score: 15th percentile of all films
Bugs (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1995)
Ice Cream Man (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Untitled Animated Addams Family Reboot (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Untitled Beetlejuice 3 (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 28 titles, 25 of them dated from 1995 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
Highest rated
Shanghai Noon (2000)
Most popular right now
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
Nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 2023, Outstanding Comedy Series.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Miles Millar's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 40th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 35th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 17 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the dialogue 44/100 and the plot and story 34/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Miles Millar's work okay for kids?
Across up to 10 Motif titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Miles Millar work with?
People who share at least 2 of Miles Millar's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alfred Gough shares the most, 12.
Directors
- Tom DeyShared titles: Showtime (2002), Shanghai Noon (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Tom Dey
Writers
- Alfred GoughShared titles: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024), The Shannara Chronicles (2016), Bullet to the Head (2012), I Am Number Four (2011), Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009), The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005), Shanghai Knights (2003), Showtime (2002), Shanghai Noon (2000), Made Men (1999), Double Tap (1997)See all 12 shared titles with Alfred Gough
Actors
- Michael KeatonShared titles: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024), Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Keaton
- Jackie ChanShared titles: Shanghai Knights (2003), Shanghai Noon (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Jackie Chan
- Owen WilsonShared titles: Shanghai Knights (2003), Shanghai Noon (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Owen Wilson
Composers
- Randy EdelmanShared titles: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), Shanghai Knights (2003), Shanghai Noon (2000)See all 3 shared titles with Randy Edelman
Producers
- Joel SilverShared titles: Bullet to the Head (2012), Made Men (1999), Double Tap (1997)See all 3 shared titles with Joel Silver
- Steve RichardsShared titles: Bullet to the Head (2012), Made Men (1999), Double Tap (1997)See all 3 shared titles with Steve Richards
- Gary BarberShared titles: Shanghai Knights (2003), Shanghai Noon (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Gary Barber
- Jonathan GlickmanShared titles: Shanghai Knights (2003), Shanghai Noon (2000)See all 2 shared titles with Jonathan Glickman
