Susan Miller (producer)

Susan Miller is a television and film producer, book packager and licensing executive with a special focus in family entertainment. She is the founder of Mixed Media Group, Inc., a firm specializing in the development, production and licensing of a range of high-quality intellectual properties.

Susan is the co-producer of the 2004 Miramax feature film, Ella Enchanted starring Anne Hathaway. The New York Times described the film as "one of the best films for older children in quite some time."

She is also the co-founder of Bolder Media, Inc., a newly-formed children's publishing and television production company. She is the co-executive producer of an upcoming Nick Jr. animated series and is a driving force behind the formation of a new children's book imprint called Bolder Books for Boys and Girls which Random House will launch in fall 2006. All of the books in the Bolder Books series are original stories written and illustrated by top animators.

Susan has also enjoyed success in the book market where she has put together many multi-million dollar publishing programs with an array of clients and properties including Meredith Corporation, Time, Inc., Scholastic, Harper Collins, Viacom, Marvel, The Mrs. Fields Cookie Corp., World Champion figure skater Michelle Kwan and actor Will Smith. Susan's first book project, The Mrs. Fields Cookie Book, was a New York Times bestseller. Will Smith's book, Just the Two of Us, was awarded the NAACP Image Award for Best Children's Book of the Year.

Susan's newest client is a sheep from England named Russell. In April 2005, Russell will make his American debut in a beautiful picture book, Russell the Sheep, from Harper Collins. His European book debut will be in July 2005. Russell looks forward to starring in his own animated feature film and will be announcing details shortly.

Prior to launching her own company in 1994, Susan was a Vice President of Consumer Products Licensing at Warner Bros. – She brought the award winning Shari Lewis' LambChop and Friends television property to Warner Bros. and is credited as the architect of the successful multinational licensing and consumer products program. She also managed corporate and trademark licensing programs for Pillsbury, Sports Illustrated, Sports Illustrated for Kids, The Mrs. Fields Cookie Corp., Pizza Hut, Burger King and 7Up.

Susan has held sales and marketing positions with Xerox Corp., Colgate-Palmolive and American Express. She holds a B.S. from Cornell and an M.B.A. from New York University.

External links

* [http://www.boldermedia.com/ Bolder Media]
* [http://about.boldermedia.com/ About Bolder Media]
* [http://contact.boldermedia.com/ Contact Bolder Media]