Directors
Lee Miller
Lee Miller has served as producer, director, associate producer and more for a variety of television series, specials, sitcoms and made-for-television movies. His vast credits include such television events as the Oscar, Emmy and Tony awards telecasts; CBS 50th Anniversary; 19 Jerry Lewis MDA telethons; the first Special Olympics opening ceremony; the People’s Choice Awards, Cable Ace Awards; Intimate Portrait; plus specials starring Cher, Doris Day, Garth Brooks, Mitzi Gaynor, Raquel Welch and Pam Tillis. Miller’s film credits include The Missiles of October, Sandcastles, A Guide for the Married Woman, Seizure: The Kathy Morris Story, The Man in the Santa Claus Suit, A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story, A Fine Romance and Lifestories. Miller has also served as co-executive producer of the last five Creative Arts Emmy Awards shows, and he produced the 2006, 2008 and 2010 Television Academy Hall of Fame Induction Galas. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University’s drama school, Miller served as a Television Academy governor from 1995-1999 and 2004-2008, treasurer from 1997 to 2001 and has served on the Television Academy Foundation Board. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America, as well as the Caucus for Producers, Writers and Directors.
John Moffitt
From Ed Sullivan’s “Really Big Shew” to HBO’s Mr. Show, John Moffitt has been directing for 41 years. Since moving to the West Coast, Moffitt has directed many specials and series for all the major networks, including two Primetime Emmys, the first four American Music Awards, as well as two Emmy-nominated series: The Richard Pryor Show and Dick Van Dyke and Company. In 1979, Moffitt-Lee Productions was formed, producing the comedy series Fridays and the 1979 Primetime Emmys. At HBO, Moffitt-Lee produced nine Comic Relief specials and HBO’s first series, Not Necessarily the News, among many others. Moffitt has won 14 CableAce Awards and been nominated for 12 Emmys — winning two. He recently earned Emmy nominations for Bill Maher: The Decider and Ricky Gervais: Out of England. Moffitt is treasurer of the Caucus for Producers, Writers and Directors and is honored to be in the Television Academy Foundation’s Archive of American Television. Currently, he is the showrunner of a FOX primetime comedy pilot, and preparing to produce and direct a live comedy special for HBO.
