Miles Beckett

Miles Beckett (born Miles Zajaczkowski on February 15, 1978) is an American medical doctor turned filmmaker who is best known for his role in the creation of the lonelygirl15 video series.

The Los Angeles Times identified Beckett as a "Web-obsessed 28-year-old medical school drop-out." The New York Times identified Beckett as a doctor turned filmmaker. Miles graduated from medical school at UC-San Diego and was in a plastic surgery residency when he decided to leave after 1 year.

After considering work as a consultant to transition out of medicine, Beckett instead decided to produce internet videos. His first production was the internet mini-series "West Wingers," which spoofed White House press conferences.

The idea of creating the lonelygirl15 saga was Beckett's. Beckett spent a lot of time on YouTube and noticed that the most popular original content was videobloggers. Beckett imagined creating a story around a videoblogger, and that people would not know if it was real or fake. He met Mesh Flinders at a karaoke-bar birthday party in April 2006. Flinders had been working on a character, a shy but precocious homeschooled teenage girl, who would eventually become Bree. When the two met, they decided to collaborate on the project together. The two then enlisted the help of Greg Goodfried to oversee the business side of things.

Beckett is the editor of the lonelygirl15 videos, sometimes along with Kevin Schlanser. Flinders has credited Miles as the driving force behind the success of lonelygirl15.

Miles is also known for his art nouveau classic titled, "The Great Cloister Caper", completed in 2001-2002 while he lived in Bethesda, MD. Some cite this work as the inspiration behind his future success with lonelygirl15.

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