Writer / Director / Producer / Author
Trevor Miller
Film first. Outsider stories. Everything else follows.
I overhaul your offer, your positioning, and your output strategy - so your project can actually get financed, packaged, and made. Thirty years inside the industry. No fluff.
The Diagnostic Clinic
Most projects don't fail because the idea is bad. They fail because nobody has thought seriously about the audience before a single production dollar has been spent. And without that - your screenplay, your deck, your finance plan, your entire package is built on sand. I don't offer script notes. I overhaul your offer, your positioning, and your output strategy. For independent filmmakers, producers, writer/directors and screenwriters who are serious about getting their project financed, packaged, and made.
Tier 1
Punk Quick Read
$250
What you get: A page of honest notes on your positioning, audience strategy, and what's blocking the project. Two specific recommendations on how to move it forward.
Delivered within 48 hours.
Tier 2
Prestige Project Diagnostic
$650
What you get: A full audit of your offer, positioning, and output strategy. Bulletpointed notes. Four specific recommendations. A 60-minute Zoom consultation.
Tier 3
P2P Deep Dive
$1,500
What you get: A comprehensive overhaul of your offer, positioning, and output strategy. Detailed written notes. Six specific recommendations. A 60-minute Zoom. A 30-minute follow-up Zoom.
Questions before booking? info@charlievarrick.com
Punk to Prestige
A Rebel Filmmaker's Guide to Crashing the Film Industry and Making It Work for You.
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 turn a punk or outsider background into a distinctive filmmaking voice. 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. How to leverage every small win into the next opportunity instead of letting projects disappear into the void.
The book that built the methodology behind The Diagnostic Clinic.
"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. I've got hundreds of books on the creative side. Now I've got an invaluable guide book to get the next project over the line."
Matt Holt - Spoon Jar Films, UK
"Trevor's love for the industry - and his sharp eye on how it actually works - informs this accessible, thoughtfully written guide. 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
"A genuinely fresh perspective on how to crack the indie film scene. Specific, imaginative and resourceful."
Harrison Milton - Verified Purchase, US
Your Creative Toolkit
Stay In The Work. Let It Change Everything.
A companion framework to Punk to Prestige for creatives outside film. Part field manual. Part creative survival system.
Riot on Redchurch Street - The Director's Cut
A British rock 'n' roll feature released across North America by Freestyle Digital Media in January 2025. Winner of Best Director at the Golden State Film Festival. Built from music, chaos, and the kind of nights that don't end clean.
"Wildly cinematic - like The Killing of a Chinese Bookie."
Dazed Digital
"Prickly as a mohawk."
Stern Magazine
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. A new book from filmmaker Trevor Miller and producer Sean McLusky chronicling the chaotic rise, collapse, disappearance, and eventual rebirth of a film that took more than a decade to survive. Built around unseen photographs, production material, nightlife ephemera, music culture, and stories connected to the strange orbit that formed around the film - including Siobhan Fahey, Johnny Borrell, Les McKeown, David Dorrell, and even an unexpected late-night visit to set from Johnny Depp. Described by Dazed Digital as "wildly cinematic - like The Killing of a Chinese Bookie."
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 first British novel of its kind. The down and dirty side of London nightclubs, dance music, and hallucinogenic drug subculture. The original launch literally descended into a riot, shut down by the Metropolitan Police. Over the decades, everyone from the makers of Raiders of the Lost Ark to the director of Candyman tried to adapt it into a film - and imploded in the process. The galleys of the 25th anniversary edition were destroyed in a fire before they could be proofed or printed. Reissued by Velocity Press in 2021.
"In the vintage of Thomas De Quincey - but smack up to date. A young man's descent into hell - a hell that looks very much like London."
Brian Aldiss, original publisher
"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
Trevor Miller is a British screenwriter, filmmaker, 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, Coen Brothers) and Siobhan Fahey, with development experience at Franchise Pictures, Moebius International, and Muse Productions. 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.