Shaun Miller

LL.B. (Hons), B.Comm. Grad. Dip in Intellectual Property Law - Partner

Shaun holds a Bachelor of Laws (with Honours) degree and a Bachelor of Commerce degree both from the University of Melbourne. He also has attained a Post-Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law from the University of Melbourne. 

Shaun has worked in both private commercial law and public law including at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).  He has also worked in many aspects of the film industry including production (with filmmaker Paul Cox) and distribution and exhibition (with Sharmill Films and Cinema Nova).

He is currently Chair of the Board of the Victorian College of the Arts Film and Television School Course Advisory Committee, and has been a past board member of Channel 31 (community television) and the Melbourne Queer Film Festival.  Shaun also lectures in film and entertainment law at Open Channel, VCA, the University of Melbourne and RMIT.

Recent projects Shaun has worked on include the feature films "Ned Kelly", "The Rage in Placid Lake", “Gettin’ Square” and "Suburban Mayhem"; numerous FFC-funded documentaries; AFC and Film Victoria funded shorts and documentaries; as well as the television series "John Safran’s Music Jamboree", “Kick” and “The Abbey” and the telemovie "Curtin".

Shaun also acted for the producer of Adam Elliot’s short animated film "Harvie Krumpet" which won an Oscar at the Academy Awards in 2004. He recently completed contracting their next project - a feature animation entitled "Mary and Max".

Other areas of Shaun’s law practice include trade mark law, defamation law and trade practices law.

Shaun sees the role of today’s film and entertainment lawyer as a "facilitator", that is, liaising with producers, government funding bodies, distributors, financiers and creative talent in order to get films and television programs onto the Big and Small Screen

Contact Details
Phone:           +61 3 9670 5000
Fax:                +61 3 9642 0409
Email:             smiller@mdlaw.com.au