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Morgan Miller

Morgan Miller was born in New York City in 1977. He began making cut-paper and hinged animation as a teenager with a Super 8 camera. William Zimmer of The New York Times once described Miller's work as "mildly sinister, but ultimately has an absurd edge."

Miller's most recent animated short, Farber's Nerve, toured internationally with the 2006 Manhattan Short Film Festival, exhibited at 137 screenings across the US, Canada, and Europe. Morgan received a Finishing Funds 2007 award from the Experimental Television Center.

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Morgan Miller was born in New York City in 1977 and began making cut-paper and hinged animation as a teenager using a Super 8 camera; William Zimmer of The New York Times characterized his work as mildly sinister with an absurd edge. His most recent animated short, Farber's Nerve, toured internationally with the 2006 Manhattan Short Film Festival and was exhibited at 137 screenings across the US, Canada, and Europe. He received a Finishing Funds 2007 award from the Experimental Television Center.

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