Miller and Joseph Harkins worked at Sony Pictures Imageworks when they filed the '' Musculo - skeletal shape skinning '' patent used in the making of Spider - Man 3 which was later considered for a 2013 Technical & Science Academy Award .
Miller and Joseph Harkins worked at Sony Pictures Imageworks when they filed the patent for the '' Musculo - skeletal shape skinning '' system used in the making of '' Spider - Man 3 '' . 
 This patent was considered for a 2013 Technical & Science Academy Award .