MILES DOLEAC
FOUNDER
MILES DOLEAC, the founder and managing member of Historia Films, has worked as an actor, director, writer and producer in television, theatre and film. Miles’ feature-length directorial debut The Historian, starring William Sadler, John Cullum, Colin Cunningham and Glynnis O’Connor won Best First Feature, Best Actor (William Sadler) and Best Supporting Actor (John Cullum) at the 2014 Long Island International Film Expo and, thereafter, received a theatrical release and was distributed in various video, internet and retail outlets in North America and internationally by Devolver Digital Films. Miles also wrote, produced and starred in the film, which was shot in Hattiesburg, MS, and on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Miles recently completed his second feature, The Hollow, a southern noir murder thriller, which he also wrote, directed and produced. The Hollow stars James Callis, Christiane Seidel, William Sadler, David Warshofsky, Jeff Fahey and William Forsythe. The Hollow was also shot entirely in Mississippi and will be distributed this October by Uncork’d Entertainment throughout North America and in Germany, Austria, Hungary and Liechtenstein by Indeed Films. Miles recently won a Best Actor Award at the 2016 Long Island International Film Expo for his performance in the film. At that same festival, The Hollow also took home awards for Best Cinematography (Ben McBurnett) and Best Supporting Actor (William Forsythe). Miles also recently completed the short film, Two Birds, which he directed and co-wrote with his wife, Lindsay Anne Williams.
As an actor, Miles has appeared in numerous television shows and films, including American Horror Story (FX), Banshee (Cinemax), Sleepy Hollow (Fox), Treme(HBO), Breakout Kings (A & E), Complications (USA), Salem (WGN), Underground (WGN), Astronaut Wives Club (ABC), Game of Silence (NBC),Vacation (with Chris Hemsworth, Ed Helms, Christina Applegate and Leslie Mann), Don’t Kill It and Shark Lake (both with Dolph Lundgren), Cat Run 2, Bad Ass 3 (with Danny Trejo and Danny Glover), See Girl Run (with Adam Scott and Robin Tunney), Jake’s Road (with Eric Roberts), Mighty Fine (with Chazz Palminteri and Andie McDowell), The Livingston Gardener, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, director Dustin Schuetter’s Rejects and SyFy Channel Originals Swamp Volcano (with Brad Dourif and Rachel Hunter) and Storm War (with Stacey Keach).
Most recently, Miles appeared in the History Channel’s remake of Alex Haley’s Roots and in the recurring role of “Captain Lee Scott” on the CW’s (and Julie Plec’s) upcoming Containment. He will also appear in Antoine Fuqua-directed Magnificent Sevenreboot with Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt and Ethan Hawke due out later this year. Miles is the Executive Director of FestivalSouth Film Expo, which enjoyed its second year as the kick off of 2016’s FestivalSouth, one of the Southeast’s premiere multi-arts festivals. Miles co-founded New York’s Southern Playwright’s Theatre Project in New York and starred in their off-off Broadway production of Horton Foote’s 1918 and produced and starred in an acclaimed production of Julius Caesar at Los Angeles’ Lillian Theatre. He has appeared on regional stages in recent productions of Les Miserables (“Jean Valjean”), Jesus Christ Superstar(“Jesus/Judas”) and Cabaret (“The Emcee”). He is a member of SAG, Equity, DGA and WGA. Miles is also an impassioned advocate of education. He holds a BFA in Drama from the North Carolina School of the Arts, an MA in History from the University of Southern Mississippi and a PhD in Ancient History from Tulane University. He has studied the history of antiquity all over the world, including at the American Academy in Rome, the American School of Classical Studies in Athens and the Goethe Institute in Munich, Germany. Miles serves as an Assistant Professor of Classics and Film Studies at the University of Southern Mississippi, where he teaches courses in Film, Latin, Greek and the history of the Greco-Roman World. Miles’ book on Alexander the Great, In the Footsteps of Alexander: The King Who Conquered the Ancient World, is currently available at various retail outlets.
WHO WE ARE
Historia Films is a Mississippi-based production company devoted to the making of quality, relevant and entertaining motion pictures and theatrical productions that combine artistic integrity, social conscience and market appeal.
OUR PASSION
Historia Films is a Mississippi-based production company devoted to the making of quality, relevant and entertaining motion pictures and theatrical productions that combine artistic integrity, social conscience and market appeal.
OUR COMMITMENT
We are committed to upholding our most cherished values in every project and task we take on.
Historia Films is a Mississippi-based production company devoted to the making of quality, relevant and entertaining motion pictures and theatrical productions that combine artistic integrity, social conscience and market appeal.
