Blue Aeris - About

Meet the Directors

KEHAN MILLER

A producer, director, writer and creative professional with more than three decades of experience, Kehan (often credited as K.W. Miller) has worked across scripted and unscripted film and television, documentary, theatre, live entertainment, music and digital media. His career reflects a uniquely broad production perspective shaped by work across multiple disciplines, cultures and international markets.

His experience spans creative development, producing, directing, writing, production management, talent coordination, post-production and multi-platform content delivery. He has also directed, produced and edited music videos, pitch reels, promotional materials and development reels for music artists and film and television projects. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with directors, writers, performers, producers, entertainment attorneys, agencies, designers, crews and production partners, moving fluidly between creative vision, business strategy and the practical demands of bringing ambitious projects to life.

Kehan is currently guiding the development and negotiations for the live-action feature film adaptation of the award-winning video game DREDGE, created by New Zealand-based Black Salt Games. He secured Los Angeles entertainment law firm Greenberg Glusker for legal counsel and representation with UTA (United Talent Agency). The project team has been working with Wētā Workshop on early concept design while advancing script development with top-tier creative talent, including acclaimed director Andrew Adamson.

He is also the lead producer and editor of the Oscar-qualifying documentary short INK AND GOLD: AN ARTIST’S JOURNEY TO OLYMPIC GLORY. Since early 2023, the film has been an Official Selection at 87 film festivals, earning 79 awards, including 46 Best Documentary Short awards. Among its honors is the FICTS Award for the “Olympic Storytellers” section at SPORT MOVIES & TV 2023 – 40th Milano International FICTS Fest in Milan, Italy. The project is currently in the final stages of development as a premium hybrid docuseries.

Kehan also served as consulting producer on DRUM SONG: THE RHYTHM OF LIFE, a socially and politically relevant documentary told from an Indigenous perspective that explores the impact of the climate crisis through the eyes of Alaska’s Indigenous peoples as they draw upon ancestral knowledge and modern science to survive, adapt and thrive. Its companion project, RECLAMATION, is a rock ’n’ roll call to action bringing Indigenous peoples and their allies together to protect their lands, waters and communities in the face of climate crisis and further industrial development.

His scripted film work includes BACKGAMMON: SURVIVAL OF THE MISFITS, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and received a Best Feature Film Award at the New York International Independent Film Festival, and A COUPLE OF DAYS AND NIGHTS, featuring Allison Munn, Jackie Beat, Deirdre O’Connell, David Lago and Shonda Farr, with Nancy Wilson of Heart serving as composer and consultant. His original feature film scripts ERRONEOUS and PENANCE are currently in development. ERRONEOUS, based on a true story, explores the criminal world behind identity theft, falsification of death records and money laundering within the Social Security system and international banking.

His television credits include work on productions with Wayne Brady, Disney Channel’s THE SUITE LIFE ON DECK, and Nickelodeon’s THE AMANDA SHOW, ALL THAT and THE NICK CANNON SHOW. He has also worked extensively in theatre and live entertainment, including Barry Manilow’s award-winning COPACABANA, THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN starring Wayne Brady, OLIVER TWISTED!, multiple cruise lines and theme parks, and the inaugural opening of Universal Studios Japan as an original director/choreographer. He also co-wrote and directed the critically acclaimed plays ANNE, personally blessed by and based on the writings of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, and THE BASEMENT, a 1969 period drama set in Los Angeles’ Musicians’ Union Local 47, explores artists confronting a technology that threatens their livelihood while shaping the future—and forcing them to decide whether to fight it, embrace it, or coexist with it.

His documentary and unscripted credits include 4 INCH HEALS and FRIENDS: END OF LIFE CELEBRATIONS, while his writing, producing and performing work in music includes songs featured on THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS, CHEF ROBLE & CO., AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL, Sony PlayStation and other platforms. Blue Aeris’ holiday compilation album JOY amassed more than 1.5 million Spotify plays and more than 2.2 million views on companion YouTube videos within its first three weeks of release.

Kehan has also contributed to creative and entertainment productions for organizations including Special Olympics, weSPARK Cancer Support Center, City of Hope, Children’s Hospital of Orange County and the Muscular Dystrophy Association. He has lectured, guest directed and mentored emerging artists and industry professionals at universities, performing-arts institutions and schools in New Zealand and the United States.

Across an expansive career, Kehan Miller continues to work at the intersection of storytelling, production and entertainment, bringing together creative ambition, international perspective, business strategy and hands-on execution to bring projects to life on screen, on stage, in live entertainment, through music and across emerging media.

JASON BRUMBAUGH

Never one to rest on his laurels, Jason continues to enjoy a storied career across numerous disciplines and opportunities within the entertainment and hospitality industries worldwide. Initially hailing from a background in live performance, he has performed extensively across the U.S. and Asia in various regional theater productions, theme parks, vocal groups and industrial shows, and earned his Bachelor of Arts in Drama from the University of California, Irvine, where he participated in UCI’s New York Theater satellite program with Broadway professionals and Tony award winners. These experiences not only helped him develop a heightened understanding of theatricality and context, but also the importance meeting the audience's needs through strategic revealing of content.

A desire to seek other forms of creative expression led Jason to the emerging world of digital entertainment. For over 20 years, he produced numerous best-selling and award-winning digital games, mobile apps, websites, and interactive experiences for the likes of Disney, Hasbro, Discovery Communications, Senior Producer for the Hub TV Network, Leapfrog, Vice President of Digital for Genius Brands International, Paramount Pictures, CerebralFix Limited, and most recently, Virtual Training World. He also worked for several theme parks, including Great America, Kings Island, and Knott’s Berry Farm.

These pursuits had the unanticipated effect of fostering a desire to reconnect with people on a more personal and tactical level, resulting in the rediscovery of his childhood love of baking and the hospitality industry as a whole. During a hiatus from digital work, he earned his culinary degree from Le Cordon Bleu culinary school in Los Angeles and opened a successful dessert catering company shortly thereafter. Despite returning to his digital career, a seed was firmly planted that one day he would own and operate his own "brick and mortar” establishment using his newfound skills. Not long after arriving in New Zealand did that seed grow and blossom when Jason and K.W. took over the well-established Saluté Tapas Restaurant & Bar in Greytown, Wairarapa in July 2017. Their near 3-year tenure with Saluté earned numerous accolades and top reviews from locals and travelers alike, and brought a new level of excellence with its world-class fare, service, artisan products and local events.

Each endeavor has had its own unique foci and challenges, but the underlying principle has always been the same: fostering human connection and joy through mindful creative expression. This is the guiding principle of Blue Aeris, and one Jason is committed to promoting through all aspects of the business.