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Warren Miller, do-it-yourself filmmaker and ‘Pied Piper of skiing,’ will be celebrated in opening film of the Slamdance Film Festival

As a teen growing up in Provo, Brian Wimmer knew winter was coming when Warren Miller brought his latest ski movie on tour.

“It was like Christmas morning when the Warren Miller movie came, because it meant skiing was just around the corner,” said Wimmer, whose career has ranged from actor to film-festival creator to activities ambassador for Robert Redford’s Sundance ski resort. “It got you all amped up ... to go skiing.”

Miller’s long career as “the Pied Piper of skiing,” beating the drum for winter sports and helping the industry grow, is chronicled in the new documentary “Ski Bum: The Warren Miller Story.