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RSA Films signs writer/director Rebecca Miller for commercials
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Miller's latest film, She Came to Me, was the No. 1 indie film in the country at the box office in its first week in theatres.
RSA Films welcomes acclaimed writer and director Rebecca Miller to the company for commercials and branded entertainment.
An incredibly versatile talent, Miller is a novelist, screenwriter and filmmaker currently enjoying the success of her newly released indie film, She Came to Me (Peter Dinklage, Anne Hathaway, Marisa Tomei). Variety described the film as, “… resonant and real, with characters who have soul instead of a chewy centre,” and Rogerebert.com called it, “… beautifully performed and directed with great charm, unexpected wisdom and sweetness.”
“Rebecca is a special filmmaker and I’m thrilled to welcome her to the RSA roster,” said RSA Films’ President Luke Ricci. “Her films demonstrate her keen power of creating compelling stories with rich and complex characters. And her work is emotionally tactile and beautifully resonant.”
“Rebecca is an extraordinary storyteller and filmmaker,” concurred Buddy Brakha, Executive Producer, RSA Films. “We are thrilled to have her join us and to introduce her to brands and agencies so she can bring her strength for casting, performance and filmmaking craft to commercials. She has a special talent for bringing original stories and characters to life in very unexpected ways, I confess I’ve seen her latest, She Came to Me, three times now - and I know her ability to captivate audiences will bode well in commercials and branded entertainment.”
She Came to Me, inspired by a story of the same name from Miller’s collection of short fiction called Total (nominated last year for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize), features Dinklage as a tortured opera composer, Hathaway as his therapist wife with issues of her own and Tomei as a stalwart tugboat captain infatuated with romance whose boat is temporarily anchored nearby. Not only did Miller write and direct She Came to Me, she also wrote the librettos for the film’s two opera scenes, and with Bryce Dessner, who composed her words into music, brought the operas to life on film. The ensemble cast in her film draws from the idea in her short story about an author who has run out of steam and has no idea what to do for his next book. “We all inspire each other,” Miller offered. “Without other people, there is no inspiration.”
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Miller found her way to RSA Films after her managers at Entertainment360, Eryn Brown and Darin Friedman introduced her to Brakha and Ricci of RSA. She met the two in New York, where she is based.
“We had a lovely meeting,” Miller said. “I immediately got the feeling working with the team at RSA would be personal, hands-on and always with a focus on the highest level of quality around the work. I’m excited to get started.”
Miller’s seven films span poetic dramas, dramedies and documentary. Highlights include the Emmy-nominated documentary Arthur Miller: Writer, Maggie’s Plan (Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore), The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (Robin Wright, Alan Arkin, Keanu Reeves) and Personal Velocity (Kyra Sedgwick, Parker Posey, Fairuza Balk), winner of the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, among other honours. Several of Miller’s films are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA).
