Travis Mills
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 26, 1985
- Birthplace
- Quito, Ecuador
Travis Mills was born in Quito, Ecuador. He spent the majority of his early life abroad in Europe and Africa before returning to the United States. In the U.S., he settled in Arizona where he co-founded Running Wild Films in 2010 with playwright Gus Edwards. Since then, they have produced over 25 feature films and more than 100 short film projects. In 2020, he completed production on his most ambitious project yet: 12 feature-length Western films in 12 Months. The next year, he published a book which is available on Amazon about this experience titled The Making of 12 Westerns: Or How I Made a Dozen Movies During a Global Pandemic and Survived. During 2021, Mills also collaborated with producer Dallas Sonnier on the Gina Carano-starring Western, TERROR ON THE PRAIRIE. He collaborated again with Dallas Sonnier as one of the lead producers on the historical/fantasy TV series THE PENDRAGON CYCLE. During 2024, his screenplay THIEVES HIGHWAY was produced as a feature film starring Aaron Eckhart. Also during 2024, Mills directed and produced a new Western titled FRONTIER CRUCIBLE starring William H. Macy, Armie Hammer, and Thomas Jane.
Filmography
- Don't Forget Me Tomorrow
Don't Forget Me Tomorrow TBA
Director
- That's My Desire
That's My Desire TBA
Actor
Confession 2026
Producer
Run Hide Fight: Infidels 2026
as Officer Cole, Producer
Frontier Crucible 2025
Director, Producer
Thieves Highway 2025
Writer, Story
The Death Rally 2025
as Crucified Surgeon, Director, Producer
Killin' Jim Kelly 2025
Executive Producer
The Legacy of the 12 Westerns 2024
Actor, Director, Producer, Cinematography
The Five 2023
Director, Writer, Producer
Terror on the Prairie 2022
as Gideon, Associate Producer
Heart of the Gun 2021
as Dolan, Director, Writer, Producer
Tales of the Natchez Trace 2021
Writer, Producer, Director
The Wilderness Road 2021
as Little Harpe, Director, Writer, Producer
The Pleasant Valley War 2021
as Samuel Shull, Producer, Cinematography, Director, Writer, Editor
The Woman Who Robbed the Stagecoach 2021
as Joe Boot, Director, Producer, Editor, Writer
The New Frontier 2021
as He, Editor, Director, Producer, Writer
A Guide to Gunfighters of the Wild West 2021
as Baptized Gunfighter, Editor, Producer, Cinematography, Director
Counting Bullets 2021
as Captured Comanchero, Writer, Director
The Adventures of Bandit and Wild Wes 2021
as Wild Wes, Producer, Writer, Director
She was the Deputy's Wife 2021
Director, Producer, Writer
Texas Red 2021
Writer, Director, Producer
Bastard's Crossing 2021
Producer, Director
38,600 MPH 2019
Producer
The Deadbeats 2019
as Gun Shop Owner, Director
If These Porches Could Talk 2019
Writer, Director, Producer
Silver Slipper 2019
Director, Writer
Son of a Gun 2019
Writer, Director, Producer
Bride of Violence 2018
Director, Writer
Cornbread Cosa Nostra 2018
Producer, Writer, Director
Blood Country 2017
Producer, Director, Writer
The Curse of the Dragon Sword 2017
Producer
Tombstone Rashomon 2017
Associate Producer, Casting
Porches and Private Eyes 2016
Writer, Director
Durant's Never Closes 2016
Director
Duel at the Mound 2014
Writer, Director
Fyodor Dostoevsky's A Little Hero 2014
Director, Writer, Producer
James Joyce's The Sisters 2014
Director, Producer, Writer
- Star Babies
Star Babies 2013
Director
- The Detectives Lover
The Detectives Lover 2012
as Scott Miller, Director, Writer
- The Big Something
The Big Something 2011
Director
Credits from TMDB.