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Paul Miller

Paul Miller

Director and producer

Renowned television director who started on "Saturday Night Live" in the 1980s. He is currently responsible for producing and directing all of Comedy Central's stand-up comedy productions.

Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Director and producer
Titles
21 on MovieCove · 68 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 19% in 30 days

What are Paul Miller's films like?

Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Documentary6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 92nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Society
42%
Bonds
21%
Ideas
14%
Self
11%
Survival
5%
Power
4%
Morality
3%
Community7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFame4 titles, browse their movies with this themeLegacy3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 15 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Wry: How sincerely it treats its story and characters, from ironic to earnest. Browse their wry movies.
Tone · Sincerity
ironicearnest

A split, not a type: Ironic 3 · Wry 4 · Earnest 8

Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 14 · Serious 0 · Dark 1

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 12 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 10 · Charged 2 · Intense 3

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 11 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Funny: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their funny movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 12

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 2

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 14 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 15 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
13
Absurd
10
Warm
7
Tense
3
Manic
3
Other
5

How their films linger

Fun13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy11
  • Bittersweet1
  • Tragic1
  • Cyclical4

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 Paul Miller's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 21 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Paramount+ (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Paul Miller's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits 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

68 credits, 21 with a MovieCove page.

  • Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love(2023)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • CMA Country Christmas 2021 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director

  • Scales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Producer

  • CMA Country Christmas 2018 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director

  • The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • CMA Country Christmas 2017 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • It's Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown(2015)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Is Your Brain Male or Female? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Sound

  • Kathy Griffin: Record Breaker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director

  • Kathy Griffin: Calm Down Gurrl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director · Executive Producer

  • Kathy Griffin: Kennedie Center On-Hers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director

  • Kathy Griffin: Seaman 1st Class (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director

  • Kathy Griffin: Tired Hooker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • Kathy Griffin: Pants Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director · Executive Producer

  • Kathy Griffin: Gurrl Down (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • Kathy Griffin: 50 And Not Pregnant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • Kathy Griffin: Whores on Crutches (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director

  • The Women of SNL (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director

  • Kathy Griffin: Does the Bible Belt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director

  • SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas(2009)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Kathy Griffin: Balls of Steel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director

  • Kathy Griffin: She'll Cut a Bitch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director

  • Jo Koy: Don't Make Him Angry(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Word According to Whoopi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Producer

  • 5th Annual End of the World Tour(2007)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Amazing Johnathan: Wrong on Every Level(2006)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Lewis Black: Red, White and Screwed(2006)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • George Lopez: Why You Crying?(2004)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Mario Cantone: Laugh Whore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director

  • D.L. Hughley: Shocked & Appalled (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director

  • Patton Oswalt: No Reason to Complain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director

  • Lewis Black: Black on Broadway(2004)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Blue Collar TV(2004)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows

  • Mitch Hedberg: Mitch All Together (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director

  • Lewis Black Unleashed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director · Executive Producer

  • Jay Mohr: My Turn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director

  • David Alan Grier: The Book of David - The Cult Figure's Manifesto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director

  • Comedy Central Presents: Earthquake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director

  • Wanda Sykes: Tongue Untied(2003)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase(2002)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Jim Breuer: Hardcore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • Kevin James: Sweat the Small Stuff(2001)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner(2001)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • Comedy Central Presents: Dave Attell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • Comedy Central Presents: Mitch Hedberg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • Comedy Central Presents(1998)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Monty Python's Flying Circus: Live at Aspen(1998)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Between Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • The Pest(1997)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Wizard of Oz on Ice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director · Producer

  • Men, Movies & Carol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Director

  • David Foster's Christmas Album (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Director

  • The Nanny(1993)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • The 15th Annual Young Comedians Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Director

  • Martin Mull: Talent Takes a Holiday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Director

  • The Ben Stiller Show(1992)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows

  • Spy Magazine Presents How to Be Famous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Director

  • Norman's Corner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Director

  • Mr. Miller Goes to Washington (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Director

  • Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Director

  • ALF(1986)

    Show 8 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Director

  • The Guthrie Theater Presents A Christmas Carol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Director

  • Madame's Place (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 16 episodes · Director

  • Saturday Night Live(1975)

    Show 53 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • CMA Awards (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

  • Tony Awards (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

Career shape

A full career of 65 titles from 1956 to 2023.

Biggest box office

The Pest (1997)

$3.6M worldwide

Highest rated

Lewis Black: Black on Broadway (2004)

Midcredits 94th

Most popular right now

The Ben Stiller Show (1992)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing63 of 65: 53 only directing, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score76thProducing11 of 65: 1 only producing, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score91stOther crew1 of 65: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

65 titles, 10 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 10 of them.

By decade

1950s1 · crew1960s1 · crew1970s1 · crew1980s7 · crew1990s14 · crew2000s22 · crew2010s16 · crew2020s3 · crew

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 Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Paul Miller's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 79th percentile, the median of all 15; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 77th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Approval · how many liked their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Reach · how many have seen their films

43rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Midcredits score across 21 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 21 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser9
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · director

Blue Collar TV (2004)

93rd percentile spread · 42% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, producer

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love (2023)

Midcredits 96th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 60/100 and the pacing 53/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; 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 Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove 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.

Who does Paul Miller work with?

People who share at least 2 of Paul Miller's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kimber Rickabaugh shares the most, 8.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers