ABOUT

Kerri Lynn Miller

Kerri Lynn Miller is an award-winning filmmaker and actress. Her short films, The Luckiest Man Alive and Awaken Her, which she wrote, directed, and starred in as well as Etymology which she produced and starred in have received critical acclaim as well as numerous nominations and awards including Best Actress, Best Script, Best Short, Best Director, and Jury Prize. Her feature film screenplay, Awaken Her, competed in the prestigious Nicholl fellowship competition and is being produced by Benaroya Pictures (Margin Call, The Words Queen Of The Dessert and Kill Your Darlings) in 2024.

Kerri's acting work can be seen on FBI Most Wanted opposite Julian McMahon, Blacklist opposite Megan Boone, Shades of Blue opposite Jennifer Lopez, Blue Bloods opposite Peter Coyote and many other networks shows as well as feature films.

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  • New York Best Actor Awards
    Best Actor Award
    The Luckiest Man Alive

    New York Best Director Awards
    Best Director Award
    The Luckiest Man Alive

    Best Damn Film Festival
    Best Director
    The Luckiest Man Alive

    Best Damn Film Festival
    Best Romantic Short

    The Luckiest Man Alive

    Garden State Film Festival
    Nominated for Best Actress
    The Luckiest Man Alive

    Houston Comedy Film Festival Nominated for Best Dark Comedy
    The Luckiest Man Alive

    Austin After Dark Film Festival
    Nominated for Best Dark Comedy
    The Luckiest Man Alive

    Best Damn Film Festival
    Best Short Film
    The Luckiest Man Alive

    New York Independent Film Festival
    Best Actress
    Awaken Her (the short)

    Chicago Indie Film Awards
    Best Actress
    Awaken Her (the short)

    The Pasadena International Film Festival
    Best Actress

    Awaken Her (the short

    New Jersey Independent Film Festival
    Best New Jersery film
    Awaken Her (the short

    South Dakota Film Festival
    Jury prize
    Etymology

  • REVIEW: AWAKEN HER
    Writer/Director Kerri Lynn Miller gets to the heart of a woman trying to make it in a man’s world. Catherine, played by Miller, seems at ease as the night starts off – as any good business meeting does – with drinks at a restaurant. The atmosphere is comfortable and hopeful, at least at first.

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    REVIEW: THE LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE
    The Luckiest Man Alive is a story combined with romance and mystery, certifying Kerri Lynn Miller as a talented writer, actor and director. She leaves the audience wanting more, and has them sympathizing with her character’s complex and emotional state of mind with her performance.
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    INTERVIEW: iFilmFestival, One-on-one with filmmaker and actress Kerri Lynn Miller on her short film 'Awaken Her'

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    REVIEW: AWAKEN HER (SHORT FILM)
    Writer/Director Kerri Lynn Miller gets to the heart of a woman trying to make it in a man’s world. Catherine, played by Miller, seems at ease as the night starts off – as any good business meeting does – with drinks at a restaurant. The atmosphere is comfortable and hopeful, at least at first.

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    REVIEW: ETYMOLOGY (2016)
    Etymology is the study of change within words, of context and form. Never has a metaphor been more apt than in Maria McIndoo's short film, itself a character study which follows said themes of context and form, applying them to the relationship between two characters.

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    WOMEN IN FILM: AN INTERVIEW WITH ACTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER KERRI LYNN MILLER
    Having worked in theatre, television and film, versatile is certainly a word that could be attributed to the career of Kerri Lynn Miller. And yet, there is so much more to this incredibly talented woman than simply the label of artist.

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