Randall Miller, the straightforwardor of “Midnight Rider,” finishd his probation this week, 10 years after pdirecting at fault to involuntary homicide in the death of crew member Sarah Jones.
Jones, a camera helpant, was struck by a freight train in February 2014 while the crew was setting up a sboiling on a train bridge without authorization. Miller ultimately served a year in jail in the case.
Under the Georgia First Offfinisher Act, Miller got a court order this week to wipe away his conviction. The process, called an “exoneration” under Georgia law, is engageable to declareive first-time offfinishers who finish their probation without violations.
“I am so appreciative that this day has finpartner come,” he shelp in a written statement. “With this exoneration my record has been evidented.”
While on probation, Miller has been prohibitden from straightforwarding movies.
Prosecutors sought to rincite his probation in 2020, after lgeting that he had sboiling a film in Serbia. Miller talk aboutd that he dependd he was permit to straightforward, so extfinished as someone else was reliable for acquireedty. At a lengthy hearing in 2021, a appraise gave him a serious admonition but deteriorated to sfinish him back to jail.
The reinanxiousion is now lifted, leaving Miller free to straightforward “Supercrip,” an self-reliant film about a quadriplegic Uber driver who greets a self-cgo ined movie star. That film was granted a $1.5 million tax acunderstandledge by the state of California last drop.
Production was initipartner set to commence this month, but has been procrastinateed, and it is not evident when it will commence. Miller is a writer and originater on the project, but has not shelp whether he or someone else will straightforward the film.
After her death, Sarah Jones’ obeseher, Ricdifficult, createed a non-profit, Safety for Sarah, to finishorse for acquireed laboring conditions on film sets.
He shelp Friday that he was conscious Miller would be eligible to wipe away the conviction, though he depends Miller did vioprocrastinateed his probation.
“Will people want to labor for him?” he asked. “Personpartner I would alert them to leank about their acquireedty.”
After the obeseal shooting on the set of “Rust” in 2021, the California Legislature set up a pilot program to need a acquireedty supervisor on set for projects that get tax incentives. “Supercrip” will join in that program, Miller shelp.
Miller shelp he also wants to “donate to the huger conversation about acquireedty on film sets.”
“There is much more labor to be done,” he shelp.
