Samuel Miller is an American novelist and screenwriter.Rebekah Tuchscherer
"South Dakota author makes Amazon best-seller list with alt-history novel"
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'', July 6, 2018. He is most noted as co-writer with

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of the 2023 film '' Hey, Viktor!'', for which they received a

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nomination for

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at the

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in 2024. Originally from

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, South Dakota, he has been a singer in the alternative rock band

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. He subsequently moved to Los Angeles, California, to study film and television production at the

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. He published his debut young adult novel ''A Lite Too Bright'' in 2018, and followed up with ''Redemption Prep'' in 2020. His third novel, ''Dark Parts of the Universe'', is slated for publication in spring 2024. As a filmmaker, he wrote and directed the short film ''Tensi'' prior to collaborating with Lightning on ''Hey, Viktor!'', which premiered at the 2023

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,Gary M. Kramer
"'We need to laugh': 'Hey, Viktor' is a much-needed send-up of Native dysfunction and Hollywood"
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'', June 12, 2023. and had its Canadian premiere at the

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, before going into commercial release in 2024.Brittany Hobson
"‘Make people laugh’: Cody Lightning bares all in directorial debut ‘Hey, Viktor!’"

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, March 14, 2024.

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