Travis Mills

After discovering a plot to haul stolen cattle in the middle of nowhere, a desperate and isolated lawman becomes the only thing standing between a group of dangerous rustlers and a clear run to the border.

A scorned woman enlists the help of five strangers to execute a bank robbery. Tensions rise as the men anxiously await her arrival with the money, leaving the crew to wonder if they have been betrayed.

In 1870s Arizona Territory, a desperately needed wagon full of medical supplies falls victim to an Apache attack. The only man who can guide it through is Merrick Beckford, but in order to get there, he’ll need to enlist the help of a trio of dangerous outlaws hellbent on survival. When they accidentally kill an Apache scout, all bets are off, and survival is the name of the game.

A pioneering family fights back against a gang of vicious outlaws that is terrorizing them on their newly-built farm on the plains of Montana.

Mr. Patch, the Magical Pirate Clown, is harassed to a breaking point and violence ensues.

After Islamic terrorists hijack a college's pro-Palestine encampment with the goal of enforcing Sharia law on students and executing dissidents whom they deem "infidels", a group of students, a security guard, and a Delta Force veteran team up to fight back.

Over the course of the summer after her graduation, Rian decides to auction off her virginity on a website. This independent drama is based on similar real life situations.

Part of the 12 Western feature films to be made in 12 months during 2020, this film tells the story of Texas Red, an African-American man who was hunted by hundreds through the Winter wilderness of Mississippi.

Exploring the many amazing and horrifying stories about land pirates and thieves along the Natchez Trace in the early 1800s, following both fictional and real life characters on an adventure along the infamous road.

Cam Talcutt had the good luck to win a trading post in a card game. Now, he's stuck in the wilderness trying to run it when he learns the freight company who supplies his store won't be coming anymore. Cam is in a bad spot and might have to do bad things to survive.

A short film inspired by Mississippi, friendship, and outer space.

The story of Jack Durant, notorious restaurateur and ladies man whose connections to the mafia remain a mystery. Direced by Travis Mills.

A look back at the wild and crazy endeavor to make 12 Westerns in 12 Months during 2020 with director Travis Mills, actor/producer John Marrs, and other key cast and crew members.

The incredible true story of America's bloodiest family feud told through a combination of documentary interviews and traditional Western scenes tracking the fallout between the Grahams and Tewksburys which led to a ten year battle and cost up to fifty lives.

The story of Jim Kelly, an African-American ranch hand and enforcer for legendary Texas cattleman Print Olive.

A young boy witnesses the indiscretions of adults at a pool party.

One of the 12 Westerns in 12 Months; Travers, a doctor who deserted his military post, searches the frontier for the wife who left him. His quest is thrown off course when he saves Sarah, a woman left for dead after a wagon raid. With the cavalry, the law, and deranged outlaws on their trail, Sarah and Travers set off together to find this missing woman. Heart of the Gun is a psychological thriller and a romance drama wrapped in a gritty Western setting.

After a priest dies, the young boy he befriended struggles to know how to grieve in a world of suspicion. James Joyce's The Sisters, part of our 52 films in 52 weeks project, completed in 2013. This film was adapted from James Joyce's short story The Sisters, part of his Dubliners collection. All of the 52 films in 52 weeks were produced in Arizona by Running Wild Films and 5J Media. This short features a local cast of actors including Mark DeBoer, Michelle Allen, Ron Foltz, Anne Gentry, Helen Sanger Pierce, Noah Lanouette, and John Miller.

The Gunfight at the OK Corral only happened once, but has been tirelessly recreated in films, television shows and western towns ever since. No one has a monopoly on truth, and in Tombstone Rashomon, the truth is shared by six conflicting, yet historical perspectives. In doing so, the film’s narrative becomes prismatic and the result is perhaps the most comprehensive telling of the most important gunfight in American history. This is the Tombstone story told in the style of the Japanese classic Rashomon where we see history from several perspectives including that of Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Kate, Ike Clanton, Colonel Hafford and Johnny Behan.

One of 12 Westerns in 12 Months: this film tells the story of two women, isolated in the wilderness, whose peaceful life is forever changed when a third woman arrives one day. Along with her, a supernatural force lurks in the woods nearby.

In the next installment of our wasteland series which began with The Mad Man of Miami and continued with The Seven Blood, the Guardian is captured by a tribe who plays deathly games in the wasteland and is forced to compete by the sadistic Game King leader.

A true story of murder, injustice and disorder in Mississippi following the Civil War, based on the short story "The Outlaw, the Sheriff, and the Governor" by Robert E. Jones.

A 1980s crime tale based on true events concerning the Dixie Mafia.

The story of the most notorious land pirates who stalked the Southeast during the turn of the 19th century. Samuel Mason, a Revolutionary War hero, turns to a life of crime. Meanwhile, Big Harpe and Little Harpe, America’s first serial killers, wreak havoc through the region. Soon, these three outlaws will meet along the wilderness road.

Merlin, the immortal son of the bard Taliesin and Atlantean Princess Charis, is followed through his tragic upbringing, descent into madness, and shocking disappearance, leading to the legend that surrounds him. Set before King Arthur's birth, Merlin, assumed dead or a myth, reemerges in sub-Roman Britain to unite the fractured kingdoms under threat from Saxon invaders.