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Tim Miller

Tim Miller

Director, producer and writer · Born October 10, 1964 (62) · Fort Washington, Maryland, USA

3 Primetime Emmys · Oscar nominee · 1 other major award body

Timothy Miller (born October 10, 1964) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, and visual effects artist. He is best known for directing the films Deadpool (2016) and Terminator: Dark Fate (2019). He is also the creator of the animated anthology series Love, Death & Robots (2019–present), for which he has won three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program. Miller is the co-founder of the visual effects company Blur Studio. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film as co-story writer and executive producer of the short animated film Gopher Broke (2004). He also designed the title sequences of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) and Thor: The Dark World (2013). Description above from the Wikipedia article Tim Miller, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 10, 1964 (62)
From
Fort Washington, Maryland, USA
Works as
Director, producer and writer
Titles
9 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 44% in 30 days

What are Tim Miller's films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
30%
Survival
20%
Self
19%
Morality
13%
Society
9%
Ideas
9%
Identity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTechnology2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 5 · Serious 0 · Dark 1

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 0 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 3

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1

Funny: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their funny movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 4

Relentless: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their relentless movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 6

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Thrilling
8
Tense
3
Joyful
2
Absurd
3
Hopeful
3
Other
6

How their films linger

Fun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Tim Miller's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Paramount+ (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Tim Miller's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

17 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.

  • Shiver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Director

  • Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Executive Producer

  • Sonic the Hedgehog 3(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Secret Level(2024)

    Show 15 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Borderlands(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Sonic the Hedgehog 2(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Sonic the Hedgehog(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Terminator: Dark Fate(2019)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Love, Death & Robots(2019)

    Show 45 episodes · Director · Adaptation · Creator · Executive Producer · Original Story

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Deadpool(2016)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Halo Wars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director

  • Gopher Broke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Executive Producer

  • Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas(2004)

    Creative Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • In the Rough (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Additional Writing

  • Rockfish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director · Writer

  • Aunt Luisa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • Alien Legion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 17 titles, 14 of them dated from 2002 to 2024.

Biggest box office

Deadpool (2016)

$783M worldwide

Highest rated

Deadpool (2016)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Love, Death & Robots (2019)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing8 of 17: 6 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting3 of 17: 0 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing8 of 17: 6 only producing, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score69thOther crew4 of 17: 2 only other crew, 2 with another role

17 titles, 3 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

2000s6 · crew2010s3 · crew2020s5 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

3 Primetime Emmys from 6 major nominations, 2005–2025.

WinNomination
  1. 2025
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program
  2. 2022
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
  3. 2021
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
  4. 2019
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Short Form Animated Program
  5. 2017
    • Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film
  6. 2005
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Short Film, Animated

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Tim Miller's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 67th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 71st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Approval · how many liked their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 9 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 9 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · producer

Borderlands (2024)

52nd percentile spread · 43% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

Deadpool (2016)

Midcredits 97th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 59/100 and the pacing 53/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Tim Miller's work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore8 titles39–94 · median 67 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity8 titles14–84 · median 23 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity8 titles34–91 · median 57 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs8 titles13–53 · median 31 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense8 titles37–78 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Tim Miller work with?

People who share at least 2 of Tim Miller's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jeff Fowler shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers