Victor Miller (writer)
| Victor Miller | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Victor Brooke Miller May 14, 1940 New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Occupation | Actor, film writer |
| Years active | 1968–present |
| Spouse(s) | Elizebeth (Tina) Couzens Thurston (1962–present) |
| Website | http://victormiller.com/ |
Victor Miller or Victor B. Miller (born May 14, 1940) is an American writer for film and television. Perhaps his best known and most acknowledged work is his screenplay for the original Friday the 13th film, the popularity of which spawned a long series of sequels. Miller was not involved with any of the sequels, though he remains credited for creating the characters of Jason Voorhees and his mother.
He has also written for several daytime television series, for which he has won three Daytime Emmy Awards. His television work includes Guiding Light, One Life to Live, Another World, and All My Children. Much of his tenure of several shows has been working under head writer Megan McTavish. Recently he mentored the script for the indie horror movie, Nobody Gets Out Alive originally titled Down The Road, featuring Clint Howard.
Miller was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of John Dabney and Barbara Leovy Miller. He attended Yale in New Haven, Connecticut, where he says he took every creative writing course offered. After graduating he married Elizabeth (Tina) Couzens Thurston, to whom he has remained married for over 40 years. Beginning in 1962, he worked in TV programing for a year with Stuart Erwin, Lee Rich, Irwin Segelstein, and Phil Capice at Benton & Bowles Advertising in New York City. He co-founded of the American Shakespeare Theatre's Center for Theatre Techniques in Education and attended Herbert Berghof's playwriting class in New York City.
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