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Travis Mills

Directing

Born December 26, 1985 · Quito, Ecuador

Biography

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 20 feature films and more than 100 short film projects. In 2020, he completed production on 12 feature-length Western films in 12 Months.

Awards & recognition

  • Magnolia Independent Film Festival · 2018

Filmography28 titles

If These Porches Could Talk

2019Director, Producer, Writer

The Legacy of the 12 Westerns

2024Cinematography, Director, Producer

Durant's Never Closes

2016Director

Thieves Highway

2025Writer

Frontier Crucible

2025Director, Producer

Tombstone Rashomon

2017Associate Producer, Casting

Counting Bullets

2021as Captured Comanchero

The Five

2023Director, Producer, Writer

Blood Country

2017Director, Producer, Writer

The Curse of the Dragon Sword

2017Producer

Heart of the Gun

2021as Dolan

The Woman Who Robbed the Stagecoach

2021as Joe Boot

Bastard's Crossing

2021Director, Producer

Son of a Gun

2019Director, Producer, Writer

She was the Deputy's Wife

2021Director, Producer, Writer

Texas Red

2021Director, Producer, Writer

Tales of the Natchez Trace

2021Director, Producer, Writer

The Deadbeats

2019as Gun Shop Owner

Bride of Violence

2018Director, Writer

Porches and Private Eyes

2016Director, Writer

Killin' Jim Kelly

2025Executive Producer

The Wilderness Road

2021as Little Harpe

The Pleasant Valley War

2021as Samuel Shull

A Guide to Gunfighters of the Wild West

2021as Baptized Gunfighter

The Adventures of Bandit and Wild Wes

2021as Wild Wes

The New Frontier

2021as He

Cornbread Cosa Nostra

2018Director, Producer, Writer

Duel at the Mound

2014Director, Writer