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George Miller

George Miller

Known For Directing
Birthday Mar 03, 1945 (80)
Birthplace Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia
Popularity 0.7 (history)
Updated Jul 14, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Miller (filmmaker), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Baby Driver

Baby Driver

2017

Thanks

Mad Max: Fury Road

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015

Writer

Happy Feet Two

Happy Feet Two

2011

Writer

The Square

The Square

2008

Thanks

Happy Feet

Happy Feet

2006

Writer

Babe: Pig in the City

Babe: Pig in the City

1998

Screenplay

Babe

Babe

1995

Screenplay

Lorenzo's Oil

Lorenzo's Oil

1992

Screenplay

Dead Calm

Dead Calm

1989

Second Unit Director

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

1985

Screenplay

Mad Max 2

Mad Max 2

1981

Characters, Screenplay, Additional Editor

The Chain Reaction

The Chain Reaction

1980

Second Unit Director

Mad Max

Mad Max

1979

Story, Screenplay

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

2024

Director

Mad Max: Fury Road

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015

Director

Happy Feet Two

Happy Feet Two

2011

Director

Happy Feet

Happy Feet

2006

Director

Babe: Pig in the City

Babe: Pig in the City

1998

Director

40,000 Years of Dreaming

40,000 Years of Dreaming

1997

Director

Lorenzo's Oil

Lorenzo's Oil

1992

Director

The Witches of Eastwick

The Witches of Eastwick

1987

Director

Twilight Zone: The Movie

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983

Director

Mad Max 2

Mad Max 2

1981

Director

Mad Max

Mad Max

1979

Director

Frieze: An Underground Film

Frieze: An Underground Film

1973

Co-Director

St. Vincent's Revue Film

St. Vincent's Revue Film

1971

Director

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

2024

Producer

Mad Max: Fury Road

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015

Producer

Forgotten Wars, Forgotten Victims

Forgotten Wars, Forgotten Victims

2012

Executive Producer

Happy Feet Two

Happy Feet Two

2011

Producer

Happy Feet

Happy Feet

2006

Producer

Babe: Pig in the City

Babe: Pig in the City

1998

Producer

40,000 Years of Dreaming

40,000 Years of Dreaming

1997

Producer

Video Fool for Love

Video Fool for Love

1996

Producer

Babe

Babe

1995

Producer

Lorenzo's Oil

Lorenzo's Oil

1992

Producer

Flirting

Flirting

1991

Producer

Dead Calm

Dead Calm

1989

Producer

The Clean Machine

The Clean Machine

1988

Producer

Vietnam

Vietnam

1987

Producer

The Year My Voice Broke

The Year My Voice Broke

1987

Producer

The Cowra Breakout

The Cowra Breakout

1984

Producer

Twilight Zone: The Movie

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983

Producer

The Chain Reaction

The Chain Reaction

1980

Associate Producer

Organization Category Movie
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HypaSpace

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 13, 2002

The Director's Chair

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 10, 2014

Spécial cinéma

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1974

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 02, 1973

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