Miller's filmmaking career took off in the early 1990s when he began directing a series of iconic surf videos for Rip Curl, known collectively as The Search series. These included The Search (1992), The Search 2, The Search 3 - Beyond the Boundaries (1994), Feral Kingdom, Tripping the Planet, and the award-winning Searching for Tom Curren which won the SURFER Poll for best surf film (1997).

Shot on 16mm film, these productions were celebrated for their lavish cinematography, capturing remote waves and top surfers like Tom Curren in stunning detail. Miller's independent works, such as These Colors Taste Like Music with Nathan Fletcher, Breakin' On Thru with the Life's a Beach team, Aloha Bowls 95, Bad Habits, For the Sea, and the OP Pro Boat Trip Challenge (2000), further showcased his creative flair and are now available for streaming on platforms like Nalu TV.

Transitioning to Hollywood in the late 1990s, Miller brought his expertise in extreme water cinematography to major feature films. He contributed as a cinematographer to projects like In God's Hands (1998), Blue Crush (2002), (Sonny was the beach announcer for the surf contest besides filming the water sequences) Riding Giants (2004), The Big Bounce (2004), Lords of Dogtown (2005), Chasing Mavericks, the HBO series about the Fletchers John from Cincinnati (2007), and even the James Bond film Die Another Day (2002), where he captured thrilling surf sequences at Peahi (Jaws) on Maui, besides doing the 2nd unit surfing sequences for Point Break.

Highlighting his versatility. Miller was renowned for shooting from diverse vantage points, beaches, cliffs, jet skis, helicopters, and directly in the lineup – pushing the boundaries of surf filmmaking and earning acclaim for his masterful camera maneuvers in giant waves.