Writer / Director / Producer / Author
Trevor Miller
Films, books and project strategy from thirty years inside the machinery of independent film.
Development. Production. Editorial. Packaging. Distribution. The rooms where films get made - and the rooms where they disappear.
Current Projects
In Development
Active projects across feature film and non-fiction. All at various stages of packaging, financing and production.
In Development - Feature Film
ROXY
The story of Andrew Czezowski and Susan Carrington and the 100 nights in 1976/77 at The Roxy Club, Neal Street, Covent Garden that launched The Clash, The Damned, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Jam and The Police. Budget: GBP 10-12 million. In active development.
Pre-Production - Feature Film
Rhinestone Cowboy
A fading TV star and a Gen Z outsider. Over 72 hours they become each other's reason to keep going. Jeff Fahey starring and producing. Jeff Goldberg producing. Shooting script locked.
In Production - Non-Fiction
I Predict A Riot
Oral history of the 12-year making of Riot on Redchurch Street. Co-authored with producer Sean McLusky. Pre-order live at charlievarrick.com. August 2026 delivery.
In Development - Documentary
In White America Still
A documentary about Gary Allan, described by Flea as "our Andy Warhol" in Netflix's Our Brother Hillel.
Surviving The Machinery
The best project does not always win.
I have spent more than thirty years moving between the creative and commercial sides of film. Development, production, editorial, packaging and distribution.
I have sat in rooms where projects were greenlit, rewritten, abandoned, rescued, sold, recut and occasionally misunderstood beyond recognition.
I have worked with studio executives, independent producers, movie stars, first-time filmmakers, musicians, financiers and distributors. I have watched extraordinary projects fail and unlikely projects survive.
One thing becomes obvious after long enough: the industry is not a meritocracy. The best project does not always win. The project that survives is usually the one that creates the clearest connection between the work, the audience and the people capable of moving it forward.
Seeing The Patterns
Most projects do not have a craft problem. They have a signal problem.
Over time I became less interested in whether a screenplay was simply good and more interested in why certain projects generated momentum while others remained invisible.
The same patterns appear again and again. A trailer is selling the wrong movie. A poster is attracting the wrong audience. A project is being compared to the wrong films. A filmmaker is talking about plot when they should be talking about identity.
Most people can tell you whether they like a project. Far fewer can explain why it is connecting, why it is not connecting, or what audience is actually waiting for it.
That is where I tend to become useful.
Working Together
Perspective, not coverage.
I do not sell festival strategies and I do not believe there is a universal formula for getting films made. What I offer is perspective earned from years inside the places where projects are developed, packaged, sold, recut, released and sometimes badly misunderstood.
Sometimes a project reaches a point where everybody involved can feel that something is not working, but nobody can quite explain what. The script is circulating. The package exists. The trailer is finished. The conversations are happening. Yet the project is generating polite interest rather than genuine momentum.
If that sounds familiar, I occasionally work with filmmakers, producers and writers to help identify where the connection has been lost and how it might be restored.
Not every project needs that conversation. But some do.
Film
Riot on Redchurch Street
The Director's Cut
A British rock 'n' roll feature released across North America by Freestyle Digital Media (Byron Allen's Allen Media Group). Starring Sam Hazeldine (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power). Songs by Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama, Shakespears Sister). World premiere theatrical screening at the TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood. Winner of Best Director at the Golden State Film Festival 2025.
"Wildly cinematic - like The Killing of a Chinese Bookie."
Dazed Digital"Prickly as a mohawk."
Stern MagazineBooks
Punk to Prestige
A Rebel Filmmaker's Guide to Crashing the Film Industry
A raw, no-bullshit guide for outsiders who want a real career in film on their own terms - without film school, connections, or a trust fund. How to build a body of work that opens real industry doors. How to talk to agents, producers, and financiers without giving away your power.
"I feel like I've got someone in my corner - a place to turn to when you start questioning why the hell you picked up a camera in the first place."
Matt Holt - Spoon Jar Films, UK"His insights into relationships, momentum, and long-term career development are especially valuable for anyone trying to break into the business."
Tracy Dale - Verified Purchase, US
Your Creative Toolkit
Stay In The Work. Let It Change Everything.
A companion framework for creatives outside film. Part field manual. Part creative survival system. For anyone who needs to keep making things when it stops being easy.
Trip City
The acid house novel. An underground literary landmark.
Originally published in 1989 with a five-track cassette EP by A Guy Called Gerald. The down and dirty side of London nightclubs, dance music, and hallucinogenic drug subculture. The original launch descended into a riot, shut down by the Metropolitan Police. Reissued by Velocity Press in 2021. Audiobook in production.
"An On The Road for the post warehouse-party generation."
The Evening Standard"Sharp and lacerating - like a broken bottle."
The Sunday Times Magazine"A work of much underground intellect. The first of its kind."
The Guardian
I Predict A Riot
The 12-Year Making of Riot on Redchurch Street
Part tell-all memoir. Part visual archive. Part independent film war story. Co-authored with producer Sean McLusky. Built around unseen photographs, production material, nightlife ephemera, and stories from the strange orbit that formed around the film - including Siobhan Fahey, Johnny Borrell, Les McKeown, David Dorrell, and an unexpected late-night visit from Johnny Depp.
Free Download
Five Questions That Might Get Your Project Out Of The Weeds
Not a magic bullet. Five questions - each from a real project - that cut through the noise when something is stuck and nobody can explain why.
No list. No newsletter. Just the PDF.
About
Trevor Miller is a British filmmaker, producer and author whose work the Sunday Times described as "sharp and lacerating like a broken bottle." He holds an MFA in Screenwriting from the David Lynch Graduate School of Cinematic Arts. Based in Los Angeles for over three decades, he has written for studios and independents, collaborating with talent including Sylvester Stallone, John Cameron (Dune: Prophecy, The Pitt) and Siobhan Fahey, with development and editorial experience at Franchise Pictures, Moebius International, and Muse Productions - where he worked as an editor on Spring Breakers and London Fields. His feature film Riot on Redchurch Street - The Director's Cut was released across major US streaming platforms in 2025 and won Best Director at the Golden State Film Festival. He is currently developing ROXY - the story of the 100 nights at The Roxy Club, Covent Garden that launched The Clash, The Damned, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Jam and The Police - and Rhinestone Cowboy, a character-driven independent feature with Jeff Fahey.