Victor Miller

Writing

Victor Miller

Born — Died

1940-05-14 — 2026-08-31

Place of birth

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

17 titles

Victor Miller or Victor B. Miller (May 14, 1940 – August 31, 2026) was an American writer for film and television. Perhaps his best known and most acknowledged work is his script for the first Friday the 13th film, the popularity of which spawned a long series of sequels, none of which has his involvement, though he remains credited for creating the characters of Jason Voorhees and his mother. He has also written for several daytime television series, for which he has won three Daytime Emmy Awards. His television work includes Guiding Light, One Life to Live, Another World, and All My Children. Much of his tenure of several shows has been working under head writer Megan McTavish.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 2 titles

2010s · 4 titles

1970s · 2 titles

Behind the camera

Friday the 13th poster
6.4

Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.

Friday the 13th

1980

A Stranger Is Watching poster
4.6

A twisted man holds a TV newswoman and a girl hostage in the bowels of Grand Central Station.

A Stranger Is Watching

1982

Here Come the Tigers poster
6.0

A cop and his partner manage a little league baseball team, trying to turn the group of misfits into a competitive team.

Here Come the Tigers

1978

Rock, Paper, Scissors poster
3.9

After being released, a reformed serial killer moves into his family's ancestral estate and is haunted by his past -- both the living and the dead.

Rock, Paper, Scissors

2019

Rock, Paper, Scissors poster
3.9

After being released, a reformed serial killer moves into his family's ancestral estate and is haunted by his past -- both the living and the dead.

Rock, Paper, Scissors

2019

Manny's Orphans poster
7.5

Manny coaches soccer for the fashionable Creighton Hall school, but is relieved of duty because he is 'not a good match' for the school. He finds a job at a Catholic home for orphans, where he forms a new soccer team, with the help of one very good player Pepe who turns out to be a girl. 'Pepe' is the sister of one of the orphans, who comes to the all-boy orphanage posing as a boy, because her former foster home was an abusive environment. Along the way, Manny has incurred a gambling debt, his creditors begin to lean on him, and the boys find out. They set up a soccer game and stake the outcome against Manny's debt. If they win, the debt will be forgiven.

Manny's Orphans

1978

The Black Pearl poster
7.6

The young Ramon Salazar, son of a village owner, dreams of becoming a pearl fisherman. His father agrees to let him experience this job. Ramon enters a forbidden cave, den of a giant skate nicknamed the Manta Diablo. He finds an oyster containing a black pearl of unusual size. His father donates it to the Virgin rather than sell it to dishonest traffickers. Shortly after, the flotilla of the village led by Salazar perishes at sea. Ramon must face the Manta Diablo with another fisherman to bring prosperity to the village ..

The Black Pearl

1977