Mitzi Miller
Vice President at Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Role
- Vice President at Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Mitzi Miller
Mitzi Miller is a best-selling author, celebrated journalist, veteran magazine editor, and well respected tv/film executive. In June of 2021, she was named a Vice President at Warner Brothers Studios in the TV development department. This move follows 2015\'s successful leap from publishing to television and film when she accepted the position of Head of Development at Rainforest Entertainment. During her tenure at the production company, she sold and produced multiple projects including the popular BET drama series,\'The Quad\" and an untitled feature project with Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis at Amazon Studios. In addition, she independently co-produced several Movie-of-the-Week features for BET Networks, including \"Friend Request\" and \"Holiday Heist.\" Prior to the career transition, Miller served as editor-in-chief of two of the country’s historic African-American magazines, EBONY and JET. She is the third individual and only woman to hold both positions. The Connecticut native has co-authored five popular books over the past decade: The Angry Black Woman’s Guide to Life; The Vow: A Novel; and the three-title Hotlanta young adult series. In January 2015, Lifetime Network adapted The Vow: A Novel into the television movie, “With This Ring.” In September 2019, BET Network adapted The Angry Black Woman’s Guide to Life into the television movie, “Angrily Ever After.” A frequent public speaker, in addition to keynote appearances at colleges and universities nationwide; Miller has been a featured guest on several national television programs, including ABC’s Good Morning America. She currently serves as the host of the Peabody Award-nominated criminal justice reform podcast, 70 Million. Miller has been included amongst Crain’s Chicago Business Magazine’s 2011 40 Under 40 roster, The Root 100 honorees in 2013 and 2014 as well as inducted into the Florida A&M University Alumni Gallery of Distinction.
Experience
Vice President
Jun 2021 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US
Education
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Bachelor of Arts, English
1993 — 1997
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