Photo - Peter Rinko
Thomas Clayton Miller is a multidisciplinary artist, filmmaker, writer, and musician.
He runs the independent production company Pretty Good Productions, where he produces documentary films and podcasts—including People. Nature. Big Ideas. for Trust for Public Land—along with many other creative projects.
He recently completed an artist residency in eastern Finland on the Koitajoki watershed.
He taught himself filmmaking sharing stories of climate resilience through his project Our Place on Earth.
And he is currently finishing his debut novel about a divided world and the difficult, necessary work of imagining something better.
Film
On an icy lake in Finland, a 500-year-old fishing practice continues, unbroken.
The Winter Seiners of Puruvesi portrays one day on the ice with two teams of Finnish fishermen, practicing an unique form of under-ice net fishing. Includes rarely seen footage from the 1930s and 1960s.
Ten Minutes with Minott
This first installment from the “10-Minutes With” series features Minott Kerr, a lover of "consumable liquids" in all forms. While making the perfect Manhattan, and brewing an excellent coffee, Minott pontificates on - and demonstrates - his insatiable appetite for both tasting and for learning.
People. Nature. Big Ideas. Podcast
Thomas is the executive producer, writer, and editor of this popular podcast from Trust for Public Land.
Art, Photography, & Illustration.
Thomas got his first camera at ten, and was drawing dinosaurs long before that.
Process video
Recent Residency in Finland
