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Rex Miller

Rex Miller

Cinematographer, director and producer

Director/Cinematographer Rex Miller is a visual storyteller with an extensive background as a photographer/filmmaker, having started originally as a photojournalist in N.Y.C. Recently awarded, as Director, Best Sports Documentary for BOTH the Grierson Awards (UK) and the Critics Choice Awards (NYC). He has been part of 2 Peabody-Award-Winning projects (as Cinematographer) and twice nominated for an Emmy for Cinematography. He began his career working for local, national and international newspapers and magazines ((CBS, Musician, Newsweek, New York Magazine, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Spin, Sony Music, and Time) in New York City, after growing up there on the blue collar streets of Queens. His mother emigrated to NY from Jamaica, West Indies and is of Portuguese, African and Jewish descent. . -Film/TV credits include: HBO, CNN Films, Netflix, American Masters/PBS, Hulu, BBC, HBO Max, American Experience, Starz, ESPN, and at Sundance, Telluride, Tribeca, Venice, SXSW, DOCNYC, BFI London Film Festival, etc.

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Works as
Cinematographer, director and producer
Titles
14 on MovieCove
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 5% in 30 days

What are Rex Miller's films like?

Across their 14 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Society
35%
Self
25%
Morality
11%
Bonds
9%
Power
7%
Ideas
7%
Survival
6%
Community4 titles, browse their movies with this themePrejudice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma2 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 4 · Dark 5

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

Grounded 10 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

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

A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 2 · Intense 5

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

Steady 5 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 3 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 1

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

Resolved 9 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful
8
Contemplative
7
Tense
5
Melancholic
6
Warm
4
Other
10

How their films linger

Hopeful10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous3
  • Cyclical1
  • Other1

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 Rex Miller's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Rex 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

14 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page.

  • Harley Flanagan: Wired for Chaos(2024)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy(2022)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Citizen Ashe(2021)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • A Crime on the Bayou(2020)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • In the Same Breath(2021)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • What Happened, Brittany Murphy?(2021)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • Somewhere South(2020)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Rape of Recy Taylor(2017)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • One Vote(2018)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Road to Race Day(2017)

    Show Cinematographer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Althea(2014)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Private Violence(2014)

    Cinematographer · Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • A Chef's Life(2013)

    Show Cinematographer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • The Loving Story(2011)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 8 titles from 2014 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy (2022)

$55K worldwide

Highest rated

In the Same Breath (2021)

Midcredits 93rd

Most popular right now

What Happened, Brittany Murphy? (2021)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing3 of 8: 1 only directing, 2 with another roleProducing3 of 8: 0 only producing, 3 with another roleCinematography7 of 8: 4 only cinematography, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score76th

8 titles, 3 with more than one role — cinematography and directing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

2010s4 · crew2020s4 · 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 Rex Miller's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 76th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 82nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th3
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 14 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed5

Most divisive · cinematographer

One Vote (2018)

99th percentile spread · 46% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

In the Same Breath (2021)

Midcredits 93rd · 82% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 57/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 63, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

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 Rex Miller work with?

People who share at least 2 of Rex Miller's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nancy Buirski shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles