About

Known credits:
86
Birthday:
1945-03-03
Place of birth:
Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia
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George Miller

Overview

George Miller AO (born 3 March 1945) is an Australian filmmaker. Over the course of four decades he has received critical and popular success creating the Mad Max franchise, starting in 1979, with two of the films having been hailed as two of the greatest action films of all time. He has also earned numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Golden Globe Award.

Miller rose to prominence directing the dystopian action-adventure films Mad Max (1979), Mad Max 2 (1981), and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985). He then directed the dark fantasy comedy The Witches of Eastwick (1987) and the biographical medical drama Lorenzo's Oil (1992), which he also co-wrote, earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He produced and co-wrote the family film Babe (1995), earning an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nomination, and later directed the sequel Babe: Pig in the City (1998).

In 1995, he also produced the confronting cinema verité documentary Video Fool for Love, which dealt with film editor Robert Gibson's personal life as captured in hundreds of hours of camcorder footage.

He won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Happy Feet (2006) and directed its sequel, Happy Feet Two (2011). He returned to Mad Max, directing the critically acclaimed sequel Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), which went on to win six Academy Awards, with Miller receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director. He then directed the prequel film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024).

Trained in medicine at the University of New South Wales, Miller worked as a physician for several years before entering the film industry full-time. He is a co-founder of the production houses Kennedy Miller Mitchell, formerly known as Kennedy Miller, and Dr. D Studios. Since the death of his producing partner Byron Kennedy, his younger brother Bill Miller and Doug Mitchell have produced his later films.

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Known for

Acting
2024 Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of Furiosa Actor Self N/A
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2023 Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds Actor Self 59
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2017 Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road Actor Self 59
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2016 Road War: The Making of 'The Road Warrior' Actor Self 59
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2015 The Five Wives: So Shiny, So Chrome Actor Himself N/A
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2015 Road Fury: The Tools of the Wasteland Actor Self N/A
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2015 Maximum Fury: Filming 'Fury Road' Actor Himself 60
Fair
2015 Fury on Four Wheels Actor Self N/A
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2015 The Madness of Max Actor Self 59
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2008 Not Quite Hollywood Actor Self 60
Fair
2002 HypaSpace Actor Self 69
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1999 Hollywood's Master of Myth: Joseph Campbell - The Force Behind Star Wars Actor Self N/A
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1997 40,000 Years of Dreaming Actor Self - Host / Narrator 59
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1985 The Making of 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome' Actor Self N/A
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1984 Tausend Augen Actor Mann in der Fähre 58
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Seven Friends: George Miller’s Justice League Actor Self 59
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Directing
2024 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Directing Director 73
Good
2022 Three Thousand Years of Longing Directing Director 66
Fair
2015 Mad Max: Fury Road Directing Director 75
Good
2011 Happy Feet Two Directing Director 61
Fair
2006 Happy Feet Directing Director 61
Fair
1998 Babe: Pig in the City Directing Director 56
Average
1997 40,000 Years of Dreaming Directing Director 59
Average
1992 Lorenzo's Oil Directing Director 65
Fair
1989 Dead Calm Directing Second Unit Director 63
Fair
1987 The Witches of Eastwick Directing Director 63
Fair
1985 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Directing Director 61
Fair
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie Directing Director 62
Fair
1981 Mad Max 2 Directing Director 72
Good
1980 The Chain Reaction Directing Second Unit Director 58
Average
1979 Mad Max Directing Director 66
Fair
1973 Frieze: An Underground Film Directing Co-Director N/A
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1971 Violence in the Cinema, Part 1 Directing Director N/A
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1971 St. Vincent's Revue Film Directing Director N/A
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Mad Max: The Wasteland Directing Director N/A
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Mad Max VI Directing Director N/A
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Mad Max: Furiosa Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2024 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Writing Writer 73
Good
2022 Three Thousand Years of Longing Writing Writer 66
Fair
2015 Mad Max: Fury Road Writing Writer 75
Good
2011 Happy Feet Two Writing Writer 61
Fair
2006 Happy Feet Writing Writer 61
Fair
1998 Babe: Pig in the City Writing Screenplay 56
Average
1997 40,000 Years of Dreaming Writing Writer 59
Average
1995 Babe Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
1992 Lorenzo's Oil Writing Screenplay 65
Fair
1985 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Writing Screenplay 61
Fair
1984 Bodyline Writing Writer 70
Good
1981 Mad Max 2 Writing Screenplay 72
Good
1981 Mad Max 2 Writing Characters 72
Good
1979 Mad Max Writing Story 66
Fair
1979 Mad Max Writing Screenplay 66
Fair
Mad Max: Furiosa Writing Characters N/A
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Mad Max VI Writing Writer N/A
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Mad Max: The Wasteland Writing Screenplay N/A
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Mad Max: Furiosa Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
2024 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Production Producer 73
Good
2022 Three Thousand Years of Longing Production Producer 66
Fair
2015 Mad Max: Fury Road Production Producer 75
Good
2011 Happy Feet Two Production Producer 61
Fair
2006 Happy Feet Production Producer 61
Fair
1998 Babe: Pig in the City Production Producer 56
Average
1997 40,000 Years of Dreaming Production Producer 59
Average
1996 Video Fool for Love Production Producer N/A
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1995 Babe Production Producer 61
Fair
1992 Lorenzo's Oil Production Producer 65
Fair
1991 Flirting Production Producer 60
Fair
1989 Bangkok Hilton Production Producer 69
Fair
1989 Dead Calm Production Producer 63
Fair
1988 Fragments of War: The Story of Damien Parer Production Producer 58
Average
1988 The Riddle of the Stinson Production Producer 59
Average
1988 The Clean Machine Production Producer N/A
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1987 The Year My Voice Broke Production Producer 59
Average
1987 Vietnam Production Producer 59
Average
1987 Vietnam Production Producer 69
Fair
1985 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Production Producer 61
Fair
1985 The Making of 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome' Production Executive Producer N/A
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1984 Bodyline Production Producer 70
Good
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie Production Producer 62
Fair
1983 The Dismissal Production Executive Producer 69
Fair
1980 The Chain Reaction Production Associate Producer 58
Average
Mad Max: The Wasteland Production Producer N/A
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Sound
1999 Voyage au centre de la terre Sound Conductor N/A
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Crew
2017 Baby Driver Crew Thanks 74
Good
2008 The Square Crew Thanks 59
Average

Editing
1981 Mad Max 2 Editing Additional Editor 72
Good