David Keith Miller

Screenwriter

Los Angeles, California

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About David

Writing thrillers, action comedy and stories of adventure and transformation, David Keith Miller's 17 produced screenplays include WRITTEN IN BLOOD with Peter Coyote, TIME LAPSE with Roy Scheider and THE GLASS CAGE with Eric Roberts.

His drama STILL LIFE was recently announced as a top 10 finalist in Table Read My Screenplay's 2021 Virtual Genre competition, where it was beaten in that category by the overall grand prize winner. It was also a quarterfinalist in Stage 32's 2nd Annual Feature Drama Screenwriting Contest

His comic thriller DOUBLE INDIANA is a Finalist in Oaxaca's 2021 Film Fest, won the Texas Film Institute screenplay competition, was a top 5 finalist in the Industry Next competition, quarterfinaled in the Launch Pad Fresh Voices competition with a Spotlight Award nomination for Best Dialogue, and won a mentorship with A-list scribe Andrew Baldwin.

His historical drama THE BOOK OF REVENGE won Best in Genre in Table Read My Screenplay's L.A. competition, won Coverage, Ink's "Get Repped Now" competition, was a quarter-finalist in Austin Film Festival's script competition and a quarter-finalist in the Industry Next competition, and received Honorable Mention in the Screenplay Festival competition.

His comic adventure WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU received a "Recommend" from Coverage, Ink, Honorable Mention in the 2015 Screenplay Festival competition, placed in the top 50 scripts in Tracking Board's 2015-2016 Launch Pad Competition.

His spec pilot INVADERS was one of the winners of Coverage, Ink's "Get Repped Now" competition. His pilot IMPERIUM was a top 25 semi-finalist in the Emerging Screenwriters Genre Competition.

His spec screenplay THE ASSASSIN'S DAUGHTER received "Recommend" coverage from and was a quarter-finalist in the Emerging Screenwriters Genre Competition.

Mr. Miller has written for hire for Living Stone, MPCA, CineTel and American Film Partners and is experienced, flexible and resourceful on writing assignments.

Available specs:

YOU SLAY ME - action comedy
THE ASSASSIN'S DAUGHTER - action comedy
JOHNNY DANGER - action comedy
DOUBLE INDIANA - comic thriller
THE BOOK OF REVENGE - historical action/adventure
STILL LIFE - drama
THE ICEMAN - action thriller
THE FOREST WALKERS - sci-fi thriller
LOST ANGEL - fantasy action/adventure
GRAYER - action
MORIARTY - thriller pilot
IMPERIUM - historical pilot
INVADERS - sci-fi pilot

Gender:
Male

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Loglines

YOU SLAY ME Budget: $10M - $30M | Action ⋄ Comedy After an earthshaking one-night stand, a loner hitwoman has to save a regular guy from her enemies but risks everything when she falls in love with him.
THE ASSASSIN'S DAUGHTER Budget: $10M - $30M | Action ⋄ Comedy When an aging assassin's cover is blown and he learns to his dismay that his daughter has become a hitman too, father and daughter must overcome their disagreements and combine forces against his enemies.
JOHNNY DANGER Budget: $10M - $30M | Action ⋄ Comedy A shy nebbish who transforms into a charismatic action hero whenever he's in danger goes on run from the Mob with his therapist, but when she falls in love with him he’s faced with a dilemma: if he gets them out of danger he'll go back to being a nobody and lose her love, but if he doesn't, they'll lose their lives.
MORIARTY Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama ⋄ Crime Professor Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes's arch-enemy, solves crimes for the sake of a personal vendetta with the help of a young private detective who has no idea she's Sherlock's daughter.
THE BOOK OF REVENGE Budget: $10M - $30M | Historical ⋄ Action A young woman in medieval France sworn to kill the lord who murdered her family disguises herself as a boy to learn swordplay at the fencing school of the lord's right hand man, but falls in love with the lord’s son and realizes her enemies and allies are not what they seem.
MAGIC TIME Budget: $5M - $10M | Action ⋄ Adventure Two thieves and con-men hired to recover a lost relic in the Mongolian highlands find themselves caught in the middle of a battle of modern-day magicians for an ancient artifact that restores magic to the world.
DOUBLE INDIANA Budget: $100K - $1M | Comedy Two low-level mobsters have only one job – deliver money from L.A. to Vegas – but when the cash goes missing after a fatal distraction with a blonde, they must hunt her down and recover the cash before their boss has them whacked.
LOOT Budget: $100K - $1M | Thriller Seven college kids have their friendship tested to the breaking point when they find eighty bars of gold.
STILL LIFE Budget: $100K - $1M | Romance ⋄ Drama When a woman intent on suicide strands herself at the desert cabin of a reclusive artist, he must overcome his dislike of people to nurse her back to health so she can drive out of his landscape and his life, but neither of them is prepared for what happens when they fall in love.

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Credits

Written in Blood (2003)
Film (Crime, Drama and Thriller) Writer When the wife of Detective John Traveller and her lover are executed in bed and John takes the blame, his partner and friend, Detective Matthew Ransom, becomes very upset, affecting his marriage that was not working well. The lover of John's wife was the son of Luke Williams, a detective of the same department, and he does not accept the death of his son. After the trial and conviction of John, Matthew separates from his wife Mary Ramson, being sexually arrested by John's daughter Jude. Meanwhile, a serial killer kills the enemies of John, leaving clues in the crime scenes relatives to Sherlock Holmes tales and Matthew suspects of Jude. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Shattered Souls (2002)
Video (Horror and Thriller) Writer Lured to a dark city by her dying sister's siren call, Carrie Cameron assumes her twin's identity to hunt down the vicious killer that only she believes exists.
Time Lapse (2001)
Video (Thriller) Writer Clayton Pierce is an agent working under deep cover. Although he is a top agent, he is questioning his loyalty after twenty years of service. His devotion has already cost him his wife, family and personal life. During a de-briefing from his last assignment, he is unknowingly administered the drug Oblivion, which destroys brain cells causing permanent memory loss. Within a few days of injection, the drug's effects become irreversible. Clayton will not only lose his memory, he will lose his identity as well. He realizes he can no longer rely on anyone at the agency to help him, not even his boss, Agent LaNova. With nowhere left to go, he appeals to his ex-wife, Kate, for help. Clayton and Kate must locate the antidote before it's too late. Written by Anonymous
The Examined Life (1998)
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Between the Lies (1997)
Film (Drama, Mystery and Thriller) Writer A private detective has an affair with an obsessed client. She then starts putting ideas into his head that his wife is cheating on him with her dance partner hoping he will leave his wife for her. The private detective then thinks that his wife is actually having an affair and starts spying on her and ends up having an affair with his client again thinking it is OK because his wife is cheating on him when she is actually completely innocent. Written by Anonymous
Guarded Secrets (1997)
Film (Thriller) Writer Add a Plot »
Teach Me Tonight (1997)
Film (Mystery, Romance and Thriller) Writer Michael and Janie are a pair of young grad students living together on a quiet college campus. One day, Janie discovers that Michael has been cheating on her. She walks out on him, only to come back the next day to find him dead of a gunshot wound. The police suspect Janie, but the evidence seems to implicate Janie's friend, Frankie. Somehow, Janie must find a way to prove herself innocent while still protecting her friend. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>
After the Game (1997)
Film (Drama and Mystery) Actor Aging gambler, Benny Walsh, dies in a car wreck driving home after the biggest poker win of his life. When the crash looks suspect and the money disappears, Benny's son smells trouble and searches for the money, motives
Ringer (1996)
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Solitaire (1996)
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The Glass Cage (1996)
Film (Drama and Thriller) Writer Swarthy Paul Yeager arrives in New Orleans, and promptly gets a job bartending at La Cage du Verre, a show bar where his former girlfriend Jacqueline is a dancer and the moll of its sadistic owner, Marko. He and Jacqueline smuggle diamonds and drugs, with the local police detective in on the take. Even though Paul is ex-CIA, he's not undercover, he just wants to win Jacqueline back. His CIA pals from black ops are on hand hoping to arrest Marko's boss. Detective Montrachet finds out Paul's past and sets up a double cross. Her aims are less clear: to get back with Paul, to stay with Marko, or to run her own scam and scamper away? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
I Like to Play Games (1995)
Film (Drama) Writer Michael is looking for a woman who likes to play games, but when he finds Suzzanne, she might just be more than he bargained for.
Playing Dangerous (1995)
Film (Comedy, Drama, Thriller and Family) Actor A young scientific whiz (Mikey LeBeau) virtually single-handedly defeats corporate mercernaries who take his family hostage to get a blueprint for a top secret super-fast computer chip. Written by John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
The Fantastic Four (1994)
Film (Action, Adventure and Sci-Fi) Actor In this Marvel Comic adaption, four astronauts get bombarded with cosmic rays when an accident occurs. The four of them acquire special powers, and decide to form a superhero group called the Fantastic Four. They then fight their arch-enemy Dr. Doom. Written by Paul Zenisek <zenny@mn.frontiercomm.net>
Turn of the Blade (1994)
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Treasure Island: The Adventure Begins (1994)
TV Movie (Adventure and Family) Actor A young boy with an active imagination vacations at Treasure Island in Las Vegas with his parents and fantasizes that he meets Long John Silver.
Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert (1993)
TV Movie (Action, Mystery and Thriller) Actor Cutter, a down on his luck cop, waits for a early retirement from the Palm Springs police due to his leg problem, while spending his days in the local bar. P.I. Brita Burrows offers him a 1000 dollars work to follow her client's husband. While on the job he meets a young hotshot cop, Hareem, who's looking for a Mexican who might be involved in a drug trade and was last seen with their client's husband. He joins the case. Cutter asks his ex-cop buddy Graves, who's haunted by the guilt for killing a boy by mistake, to help out with the job. Cutter likes Brita, Brita wants the client's check, Hareem wants a promotion, and Graves needs some peace for his soul. Written by Anonymous

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Awards

Quarterfinalist, Unique Voices Screenwriting Competition (x2)
(2022)
Quarterfinalist, Stage 32 7th Annual Feature Comedy Screenwriting Contest (x2)
(2022)
Finalist, Table Read My Screenplay Genre Competition
(2021)
Finalist, Oaxaca Film Fest
(2021)
Quarterfinalist, Final Draft Big Break Screenplay Competition.
(2021)
Finalist, Industry Next Screenplay Competition
(2020)
Semifinalist, Emerging Writers Pilot Competition
(2020)
Semifinalist, Table Read My Screenplay Competition
(2016)
Quarterfinalist, Austin Film Festival
(2015)
Top 50 Scripts, Launch Pad Screenplay Competition
(2015)
Honorable Mention, Screenplay Festival Competition
(2015)
Best in Genre, Table Read My Screenplay Competition
(2015)
Winner, Texas Film Institute Screenplay Competition
(2002)