richard miron

Richard is a filmmaker, animator, musician, actor, and writer. He is a recent graduate of Yale University having studied art and film.

26 June 2018 - Dogwoof boards world sales on Doc/Fest title 'For the Birds' - SCREEN DAILY (exclusive)
Documentary specialist Dogwoof has picked up worldwide sales rights to Richard Miron’s debut feature For the Birds following the film’s world premiere at the UK’s Sheffield Doc/Fest. [READ MORE]

10 June 2018 - 'For the Birds': Sheffield Review - SCREEN DAILY

A seemingly straightforward animal welfare case proves to be much more complex in For the Birds, a poignant documentary in which all the collateral damage is human. Richard Miron follows the story as it spirals from comic eccentricity to heartbreak in a film with a similar emotional tug to Sundance Grand Jury prize-winner Dina. It should take flight at festivals... [READ MORE]

7 June 2018 - Reviews From the 2018 AFI DOCS Film Festival - WASHINGTON CITY PAPER

Richard Miron's captivating For the Birds... is a gripping tale, and the film’s greatest achievement may be how it methodically changes our perception of its protagonist... For the Birds unveils a deeply humanistic bent (it’s executive produced by S-Town’s Brian Reed and shares the podcast’s gentle empathy)... It’s a film not to be missed.” [READ MORE]

21 April 2017 - Bloom/Spiegel Partnership Unveils Participants at Tribeca Film Festival - VARIETY (exclusive)
A program aimed at connecting promising American and Israeli filmmakers, the inaugural edition of the Bloom/Spiegel Partnership is set to introduce its eight fellows at Tribeca Film Festival... The Yale-educated Miron, who previously received the IFP Marcie Bloom Fellowship in Film, is currently directing, producing and editing his first feature documentary, For the Birds which participated in the 2016 IFP Documentary Labs. [READ MORE]

9 May 2016 - IFP Announces Documentary Projects for Annual IFP Labs - FILMMAKER MAGAZINE

The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) announced today the ten documentaries selected for the 2016 IFP Filmmaker Labs, IFP’s annual yearlong fellowship for first-time feature directors. [READ MORE]