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Ashley Edward Miller is a film and television writer best known for Thor and X-Men: First Class. Most recently in television, Ashley wrote and produced for the second season of Lore on Amazon Prime, and the critically acclaimed fourth season of Black Sails on Starz. He also worked as a writer-producer on Fringe and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Ashley is currently hard at work as an Executive Producer on a new adult anime series for Netflix, as well as developing a number of feature projects at multiple studios. Full Bio »
We're back in the Writers Room this afternoon for The Breakdown Webcast with Film & Television Writer, Ashley Miller!
The Breakdown
Ashley Edward Miller is a film and television writer best known for Thor and X-Men: First Class. Most recently in television, Ashley wrote and produced for the second season of Lore on Amazon Prime, and the critically acclaimed fourth season of Black Sails on Starz. He also worked as a writer-producer on Fringe and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Ashley is currently hard at work as an Executive Producer on a new adult anime series for Netflix, as well as developing a number of feature projects at multiple studios.
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I've been fortunate enough to hear Ashley Miller speak at events countless times over the years and I never fail to learn something new and valuable to my writing journey. This webcast was no exception! ~ Joshua K.
Fantastic webcast today! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience Ashley. I'm off to finish something now! ~ Ingrid W.
"Write scenes not scripts", "short is better than long", "submit to submit, not to win"...so many gems. Thank you, Ashley. Now I am intrigued to watch 'Fringe'. ~ Alicia N.
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