Creative studio The-Artery has brought Emmy Award-nominated Flame artist Steven Miller aboard its team. With a career spanning nearly two decades, Miller has among his credits such film titles as Avatar, Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Pirates of the Caribbean. Over the years, Miller’s mastery of his craft led him to roles at studios including The Mill, Electric Theatre Collective and MPC, amassing over 50 feature film credits as well as numerous television and commercial projects.
Vico Sharabani, CEO of The-Artery, noted, “Steven has a deep understanding of the creative power at the intersection of technology and artistry, which is evident across all of his work. The-Artery has a foundation of multifaceted creative talent and Steven’s work across epic features and stunning commercials is a great fit for our roster of artists and directors.”
Miller added, “Vico has created a very deliberate culture of creativity at The-Artery and having already had the experience of working alongside him on Mercedes' ‘New Light,’ his dedication to the creative process is evident. I’m excited to join the team to continue to grow The-Artery’s creative footprint across commercials, television and film.”
Miller began his career at Hydraulx, where he worked on films including Skyline and Battle Los Angeles, while studying at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Hollywood, Calif. In 2017, he partnered with Droga5 on the 2020 Super Bowl commercial “Jeep Groundhog Day,’ leading to multiple Cannes Lions and an Emmy nomination for “Outstanding Commercial.”
Miller relocated from Santa Monica to New York City in 2018, where he exercised his expertise working on shows such as The Walking Dead and Preacher.
Harvey Weinstein hit with new sex crime charge in New York
Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a new sex crime charge in New York, as he awaits retrial in his landmark #MeToo case.
Details of the new allegations were not immediately available. He was charged with committing a criminal sex act.
The jailed ex-movie mogul has long maintained that any sexual activity was consensual.
Prosecutors revealed last week that Weinstein had been indicted on additional sex crime charges that weren't part of the case that led to his now-overturned 2020 conviction. But the new indictment was sealed until his arraignment.
Prosecutors have said that the grand jury heard evidence of up to three alleged assaults — two in hotels in the Tribeca neighborhood and one at a lower Manhattan residential building. The purported incidents took place from the mid-2000s to 2016, prosecutors said.
But it's not clear whether any of those allegations underlie the new indictment.
While bracing for the new charges, Weinstein also is awaiting retrial after New York state's highest court this spring overturned his 2020 conviction on rape and sexual assault charges involving two women. The high court, called the Court of Appeals, ordered a new trial, which is tentatively scheduled to begin Nov. 12.
The Court of Appeals ruled that the then-trial judge unfairly allowed testimony against him based on allegations that were not part of the case. That judge's term expired in 2022, and he is no longer on the bench.
Prosecutors have said they'll seek to fold the new charges into the retrial, but Weinstein's lawyers say it should be a separate case.
Weinstein, who also was convicted in 2022 in a Los Angeles rape case, remains behind bars while awaiting his New York retrial.
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