Bruce Miller talks about the inner workings of The Handmaid’s Tale

Bruce Miller, project creator and an executive producer on The Handmaid's Tale, talks producing. 'I'll sacrifice everything to give my actors a chance to do their job.'

Bruce Miller took a 1985 dystopian feminist novel by Margaret Atwood and turned it into an extraordinary collective ritual for the 21st century. Here is a preliminary interview for his session at Screen Forever in February 2021.

The Australian sector is expecting a fair deluge of fugitive American productions over the next couple of years. Do you think that’s actually likely to happen or is that a fantasy?

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.