Oliver Miller has had an eclectic career as a filmmaker, cellist, pianist, composer, arranger, sound engineer, music producer, antique restorer, and photographer, and is a co-founder of the improvising ensembles The NOISE string quartet, Amphibious and Bungarribee. Over the last 10 years, Oliver has worked closely with composer Georges Lentz and architect Glenn Murcutt developing the Cobar Sound Chapel, a permanent sound installation currently under construction in the Australian outback.
Early 2019 saw the completion of Electric, a 23-minute short film focused on the world’s first experiments with shock therapy in Italy in 1938. It screened in London as well as in Italy and Australia. During 2020, Oliver has also created a 6-minute film off-shoot titled Electric: The Experiment that is currently in submission to festivals.
Over 2019 and 2020, Oliver has worked extensively directing and creating filmed performances of music and dance including work with Synergy, Taikoz, The Australian String Quartet, Pinchgut Opera, Bandaluzia and The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra.
Oliver has been commissioned by a number of Australian contemporary music and arts organisation to create experimental films including Read/Write Error (2018) for Ensemble Offspring and Video Tunnels (2019) for Backstage music.
In addition to composing music for his own ensembles, Oliver also composes music for film, and has recently composed scores for the successful short films Friends of Mine (2020) and What do you See? (2018).
Oliver has performed extensively as a cello player in Australia, including performing with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Sydney Philharmonia. In late 2020, Oliver will feature on a newly released album for the Cutlan String Project, titled Living.
In 2018, Oliver completed a Master of Arts Screen at the Australian Film Television and Radio School with research focused on the convergence of multi-mediality within film. He also completed a Bachelor of Music in cello performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.