ABOUT UNCP independent
Randall Miller began his directing career at the American Film Institute with the award-winning short film MARILYN HOTCHKISS BALLROOM DANCING & CHARM SCHOOL. Miller then directed numerous episodes of television including THIRTYSOMETHING and NORTHERN EXPOSURE as well as several pilots and Made for Television movies. Miller’s first feature film was CLASS ACT starring Kid 'n Play for Warner Bros, followed by Disney's HOUSEGUEST starring Phil Hartman and Sinbad; followed by the basketball comedy THE SIXTH MAN starring Marlon Wayans also for Disney.
Looking to get back to their roots in storytelling, Miller and his wife produced the feature-length version of the AFI short film: MARILYN HOTCHKISS BALLROOM DANCING & CHARM SCHOOL starring Marisa Tomei, John Goodman, Mary Steenbergen, Danny Devito, and Robert Carlyle. The film premiered at Sundance and was later released by Samuel Goldwyn Films.
Next, the husband and wife team, went to the Tribeca Film Festival for the premiere of NOBEL SON starring Alan Rickman, Eliza Dushku, Bryan Greenberg, Mary Steenburgen, Danny Devito, Shawn Hatosy, and Bill Pullman.
They followed it up with the Sundance premiere of BOTTLE SHOCK starring Chris Pine, Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, Dennis Farina, and Rachael Taylor. The couple raised additional funds to self-release the film through, Roadside Attractions, 20th Fox for Home Entertainment, and Samuel Goldwyn Films.
Miller and Savin then produced the post-civil war drama SAVANNAH starring Jim Caviezel, Oscar-winner Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jamie Alexander, Sam Shepard, Bradley Whitford, and Hal Holbrook.
Once again teaming with Alan Rickman for a third time they made CBGB, which charts the birth of the famed New York punk club CBGB which launched the careers of Blondie, The Ramones, Lou Reed, The Police, and hundreds of others. In addition to Alan Rickman, CBGB starred Ashley Greene, Johnny Galecki, Stana Katic, Malin Akerman as ‘Blondie’, Rupert Grint as ‘Cheetah Chrome,’ Joel David Moore as ‘Joey Ramone’, Taylor Hawkins as ‘Iggy Pop’, and Mickey Sumner as ‘Patti Smith.’
Next was COFFEE WARS, also released through Samuel Goldwyn Films, is set in the world barista competitions, it tells the story of a vegan barista who wants to Save the World one cup of coffee at a time. Marking the sixth feature film that Miller & Savin have produced under their Unclaimed Freight Productions (UNCP) banner.
Jody Savin is a graduate of Princeton University and the American Film Institute, where she earned her M.F.A. Following college, she worked as a playwright and poet while supporting herself as a musical director for such soap operas as The Guiding Light and As the World Turns, winning three Daytime Emmy nominations. Her poetry has been published in dozens of literary magazines. As a screenwriter, Savin wrote the award-winning TNT documentary Chico Mendes: Voice of the Amazon. She has also written and produced feature films for Disney, Universal, Columbia, and 20th Century Fox.
Savin wrote and produced the independent films MARILYN HOTCHKISS BALLROOM DANCING & CHARM SCHOOL starring Robert Carlyle, John Goodman, Marisa Tomei); Nobel Son (starring Alan Rickman, Mary Steenburgen, Bill Pullman, and Danny DeVito), BOTTLE SHOCK (starring Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, Chris Pine, Freddy Rodriguez, Rachael Taylor, Eliza Dushku, Bradley Whitford, and Dennis Farina), SAVANNAH (starring Jim Caviezel, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jamie Alexander, Bradley Whitford, Hal Holbrook and Sam Shepard) and CBGB (starring Alan Rickman, Ashley Greene, Freddy Rodriguez, Donal Logue, Malin Akerman, Stana Katic, Taylor Hawkins, Mickey Sumner, Johnny Galecki, Justin Bartha, Rupert Grint, Richard DeKlerk and Bradley Whitford.)
In addition to being a screenwriter and film producer, Savin is an acclaimed author: Stitched & Sewn: The Life-Saving Art of Holocaust Survivor Trudie Strobel was featured on CBS Mornings with Gayle King and reached as high as #20 on Amazon Bestseller list when it was first released. She and her husband are currently working on a documentary about Trudie that promotes tolerance and Holocaust education.
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