Who Pays the Hitman is a great introduction to the world of Rod Millner. This is a man who has no fear of doing anything having been a Commando in the Aust Special Forces, jumping out of just about every aeroplane you can imagine with his parachute firmly attached.
Rod’s eyes have seen a great deal in life and now it’s this eye that is following his long-time passion to create entertaining films with believable and engaging characters.
“Who Pays the Hitman” is a fascinating one-room drama about the intersection of a Hitman, a Priest and an overworked Doctor. It has won 5 awards including best picture.
As a graduate of both the APA International Film School and then the ‘Dov SS Simmons Film School’ (former students include Quentin Tarantino, Guy Ritchie, and BazLuhrman), Rod has spent many years studying the film industry and perfecting his Directing techniques. Recently he completed a ‘Director’s Studio’ course at NIDA – Australia’s reputable arts entertainment and film school.
Rod’s experience in the extreme and his relaxed onset demeanour enable those around him to give their best and feel they are appreciated and respected. As Rod says:
“My main inspiration for any film comes from the story itself. I search for great scripts that are unique in their approach, unfold cleverly, revealing intricate character details and unpredictable plots all coupled together with some real life experience.“
The set-up for ‘Who Pays the Hitman’ is,
‘There’s this guy, sitting on his own waiting, at a rundown city community hospital, on a busy Saturday night after 12:30, and he’s a Hitman!
Not like your Underbelly, Kings Cross, Druggo moron, but a 15-year SAS, Special Forces veteran and now, mostly, Government contract Assassin.
However, he has a potentially lethal spider bite on his quickly swelling trigger finger and a hit yet to do this very evening!
That’s where we start, and within ten minutes a very young naive priest gets wheeled in by a very gay nurse with a stab wound in his Backside!’
Enjoy the trailer for ‘Who Pays the Hitman!’
Get a glimpse into Rod’s skydiving film of the first wingsuit world record in Cochstedt, Germany in 2006 under the ‘Other Activities’ tab. This is a man who knows danger and a man who is well on his way to bringing his own life experiences with his great visionary talents and turning them into entertaining films about some of the darker sides of life while adding his dark edge humour in the process.
Rod is currently working on a script called ‘The Diva’.