Editing George Miller (filmmaker)

{{short description|Australian filmmaker (born 1945)}}
{{distinguish|George T. Miller}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Use Australian English|date=November 2011}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = George Miller
| honorific-suffix   = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100|AO}}
| image              = George Miller (35706244922).jpg
| caption            = Miller in 2017
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1945|3|3}}
| birth_place        = [[Chinchilla, Queensland]], Australia
| education          = [[Sydney Boys High School]], [[Ipswich Grammar School]]
| alma_mater         = [[University of New South Wales]]
| occupation         = {{Flatlist|
* Director
* producer
* writer
}}
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{Marriage|[[Sandy Gore]]|1985|1992|reason=divorced}}
* {{Marriage|[[Margaret Sixel]]|1995}}
}}
| children           = 3
| relatives          = [[Bill Miller (film producer)|Bill Miller]] (brother)
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by George Miller|Full list]]
}}
'''George Miller''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (born 3 March 1945) is an Australian filmmaker. Over the course of four decades he has received critical and popular success, and is widely known for creating and directing every film in the [[Mad Max|''Mad Max'' franchise]] starting in 1979, including two entries which are considered [[List of films considered the best#Action|two of the greatest action films of all time according to Metacritic]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Shepherd|first=Jack|title=Mad Max: Fury Road: One of the greatest action films of all time? Here are the top 12 according to Metacritic|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/mad-max-fury-road-one-of-the-greatest-action-films-of-all-time-here-are-the-top-12-according-to-metacritic-10254063.html|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=15 May 2015|access-date=6 July 2015}}</ref> He has earned [[List of awards and nominations received by George Miller|numerous accolades]] including an [[Academy Award]] from six nominations in five different categories.

His directing career started in Australia with the first three ''Mad Max'' films between 1979 and 1985 with his friend and producing partner [[Byron Kennedy]], after which he transitioned to Hollywood with ''[[The Witches of Eastwick (film)|The Witches of Eastwick]]'' (1987). His family drama ''[[Lorenzo's Oil]]'' (1992) earned him his first Academy Award nomination after which he produced and co-wrote ''[[Babe (film)|Babe]]'' (1995) and directed the sequel ''[[Babe: Pig in the City]]'' (1998). He would venture into animation with ''[[Happy Feet]]'' (2006), for which he won the [[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature]], and the sequel ''[[Happy Feet Two]]'' (2011), before returning to ''Mad Max'' with the acclaimed ''[[Mad Max: Fury Road]]'' (2015), which went on to win six Academy Awards, and ''[[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. Miller and Kennedy are the founders of the production house [[Kennedy Miller Mitchell]]. Since the death of Kennedy in 1983, his main producers have been his younger brother [[Bill Miller (film producer)|Bill Miller]] and [[Doug Mitchell (film producer)|Doug Mitchell]]. Other accolades include a [[British Academy Film Award]], a [[Critics' Choice Movie Awards|Critics Choice Awards]], a [[Golden Globe Award]] and six [[AACTA Awards|Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards]].

==Early life and education==
Miller was born on 3 March 1945<ref>{{cite book |last=Buckmaster |first=Luke |date=2017 |title=Miller And Max - George Miller And The Making Of A Film Legend |url=http://www.lukebuckmaster.com/my-book-about-the-making-of-mad-max-and-the-career-of-george-miller/ |publisher=Hardie Grant Books |page=3 |isbn=9781743793084}}</ref> in [[Chinchilla, Queensland]], to [[Greek Australians|Greek immigrant]] parents: Jim Miller and mother Angela. Jim (aka Dimitrios) was born on the Greek island of [[Kythira]] (at Mitata), Jim's father [[anglicised]] his surname from Miliotis to Miller when he emigrated to Australia in 1920; Angela's family were [[Greek refugees]] from [[Anatolia]], displaced by the [[Population exchange between Greece and Turkey|1923 population exchange]].<ref name="Kytherian">{{cite web|url=http://www.kythera-family.net/index.php?nav=3-10&cid=63-90&did=2722&pageflip=1&PHPSESSID=1df799ea7cd9d68e14f74fdcc0d30826|title=George Miller|publisher=Kythera-Family.net|date=22 May 2004|access-date=30 June 2011|archive-date=1 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501161854/http://www.kythera-family.net/index.php?nav=3-10&cid=63-90&did=2722&pageflip=1&PHPSESSID=1df799ea7cd9d68e14f74fdcc0d30826|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Miller attended [[Ipswich Grammar School]] and later [[Sydney Boys High School]],<ref name="Kytherian" /> then studied medicine at the [[University of New South Wales]] with his twin brother John. While in his final year at medical school (1971), George and his younger brother Chris made ''St. Vincent's Revue Film'', a one-minute short film that won them first prize in a student competition.<ref name="autogenerated1">UNSWorld (2007) p. 15</ref>

In 1971, George attended a film workshop at [[University of Melbourne|Melbourne University]] where he met fellow student [[Byron Kennedy]], with whom he formed a lasting friendship and production partnership, until Kennedy's death. In 1972, Miller completed his residency at Sydney's [[St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney|St Vincent's Hospital]], spending his time off crewing on short [[experimental film]]s. That same year, Miller and Kennedy founded [[Kennedy Miller Mitchell|Kennedy Miller Productions]].<ref name="AtoZ">{{cite book|last1=Moran|first1=Albert|last2=Vieth|first2=Errol|title=The A to Z of Australian and New Zealand Cinema|date=21 July 2009|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield|Scarecrow Press]]|location=[[Lanham, Maryland]]|page=174|isbn=9780810863477|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DPyFtajDTmEC&pg=PA174|access-date=10 May 2015}}</ref> The pair subsequently collaborated on numerous works. After Kennedy died in 1983, Miller kept his name in the company. It was later renamed Kennedy Miller Mitchell in 2009 as a way to recognise producer [[Doug Mitchell (film producer)|Doug Mitchell]]'s role in the company.<ref>{{cite web|title=George Miller's New Script|url=http://www.afr.com/it-pro/george-millers-new-script-20111128-jjacj#|website=[[The Australian Financial Review]]|access-date=8 May 2015|date=25 November 2011}}</ref>

==Career==
=== 1971–1985: Ozploitation and ''Mad Max'' trilogy ===
Miller's first work, the short film ''Violence in Cinema: Part 1'' (1971), polarised critics, audiences and distributors so much that it was placed in the documentary category at the 1972 [[Sydney Film Festival]] due to its matter-of-fact depiction of cinematic violence.<ref>''Film Ink Magazine'', Geoff Stanton, November 2008, page 60</ref> In 1979, Miller made his feature-length directorial debut with ''[[Mad Max (film)|Mad Max]]''. Based on a script written by Miller and James McCausland in 1975, the film was independently financed by Kennedy Miller Productions and went on to become an international success.<ref name="AtoZ" /> As a result, the film spawned the [[Mad Max|''Mad Max'' series]] with two further sequels starring [[Mel Gibson]]: ''[[Mad Max 2]]'' also released as ''[[Mad Max 2|The Road Warrior]]'' (1981) and ''[[Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome]]'' (1985).

During the time between the second and third ''Mad Max'' films, Miller directed a remake of "[[Nightmare at 20,000 Feet]]" as a segment for the anthology film ''[[Twilight Zone: The Movie]]'' (1983). Despite not being involved or present, the infamous [[Twilight Zone accident|helicopter crash]] shook him, leading to a re-evaluation of the stunt-work in his future films.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Canby|first1=Vincent|title='Twilight Zone' is Adapted to the Big Screen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/24/movies/twilight-zone-is-adapted-to-the-big-screen.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=19 March 2022|date=24 June 1983}}</ref> He also co-produced and co-directed many acclaimed [[miniseries]] for Australian television including ''[[The Dismissal (miniseries)|The Dismissal]]'' (1983) and ''[[The Cowra Breakout (miniseries)|The Cowra Breakout]]'' (1984).

=== 1987–1995: Established director ===
In 1987, Miller directed ''[[The Witches of Eastwick (film)|The Witches of Eastwick]]'', starring [[Jack Nicholson]], [[Susan Sarandon]], [[Cher]] and [[Michelle Pfeiffer]]. The film proved to be a troubling experience for Miller. "I quit the film twice and Jack [Nicholson] held me in there," said Miller. "He said, 'Just sit down, lose your emotion, and have a look at the work. If you think the work is good, stick with the film.' And he was a great man. I learnt more from him than anybody else I've worked with - he was extraordinary."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s2396301.htm|title=Enough Rope with Andrew Denton – Episode 190: George Miller|last1=Denton|first1=Andrew|date=20 October 2008|website=[[Enough Rope]]|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402224651/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s2396301.htm|archive-date=2 April 2016|access-date=10 May 2015}}</ref> Nicholson also coached Miller to exaggerate his needs during the production, asking for 300 extras when he only needed 150, knowing that his producers would give him less than he requested.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Galloway|first1=Stephen|title=George Miller on 'Mad Max' Sequels, His Secret Talks With Stanley|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/george-miller-mad-max-sequels-861549/|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=19 March 2022|date=2 February 2016}}</ref> The award-winning production designer [[Polly Platt]] also collaborated closely with Miller on [[The Witches of Eastwick (film)|''The Witches of Eastwick'']]. [[Cher]] later said that prior to working on the film, Miller called her at home, the day after her 40th birthday, to inform her that he and Nicholson didn't want her in the film. She was deemed "too old and not sexy".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Real |first=Evan |date=2018-08-20 |title=Cher Recalls the Time Jack Nicholson Called Her "Too Old, Not Sexy" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/cher-jack-nicholson-he-called-me-old-not-sexy-1135992/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>

Following ''The Witches of Eastwick'', Miller focused primarily on producing Australian projects.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dutka|first1=Elaine|title=INTERVIEW : The Spark That Gives 'Oil' Its Heat : Movies: Director George Miller follows his passion and gambles on a long-shot--a medical mystery story.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-30-ca-2416-story.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=19 March 2022|date=30 December 1992}}</ref> His role as producer of ''[[Flirting (film)|Flirting]]'', ''[[Dead Calm (film)|Dead Calm]]'' and the TV miniseries ''[[Bangkok Hilton]]'' and ''[[Vietnam (miniseries)|Vietnam]]'', all starring [[Nicole Kidman]], was instrumental in the development of her career. Miller returned to directing with the release of the biographical medical drama ''[[Lorenzo's Oil]]'' (1992), which he co-wrote with [[Nick Enright]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Pender|first1=Anne|last2=Lever|first2=Susan|title=Nick Enright: An Actor's Playwright|date=30 September 2008|publisher=[[Rodopi (publisher)|Rodopi]]|location=[[Amsterdam]]|page=23|isbn=978-9042024601|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7zaev0q4BA4C&pg=PA23|access-date=12 May 2015}}</ref> The film starred [[Nick Nolte]] and [[Susan Sarandon]]. The film received critical acclaim<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lorenzos_oil|title= Lorenzo's Oil|website= Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate= May 26, 2024}}</ref> with ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' describing the film as a "true-life story brought to the screen intelligently and with passionate motivation by George Miller".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/1991/film/reviews/lorenzo-s-oil-1200429332/|title= Lorenzo's Oil|website= Variety|date= January 1992|accessdate= May 26, 2024}}</ref> For his work on the film Miller was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Academy Award]] and [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Writers Guild of America Award]] for Best Original Screenplay.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1993|title= The 65th Academy Awards|website= [[Academy Awards|Oscars.org]]|date= 4 October 2014|accessdate= May 26, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551|title=Awards Winners|work=wga.org|publisher=Writers Guild of America|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551|archive-date=2012-12-05|access-date=2024-05-26}}</ref> The following year Miller was hired to direct the science fiction drama film ''[[Contact (1997 American film)|Contact]]'' based on the story by [[Carl Sagan]] and [[Ann Druyan]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Conversations with Carl Sagan|last=Head|first=Tom|date=5 January 2006|publisher=[[University Press of Mississippi]]|location=[[Jackson, Mississippi]]|page=89}}</ref> After working on the film for over a year, [[Warner Bros.]] and Miller mutually agreed to part ways and [[Robert Zemeckis]] was eventually brought on to direct.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chitwood|first1=Adam|title=George Miller Talks His Version of CONTACT; Likens It to INTERSTELLAR|url=https://collider.com/contact-george-miller-reveals-his-version-of-movie-was-like-interstellar/|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|publisher=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|access-date=8 May 2015|date=8 May 2015}}</ref>

=== 1995–2011: ''Babe'' and ''Happy Feet'' films ===
In 1995 Miller produced and co-wrote the comedy-drama ''[[Babe (film)|Babe]]'' directed by [[Chris Noonan]]. The film was a critical and financial success.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1065598-babe|title= Babe|website= Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate= May 26, 2024}}</ref><ref name=mojo>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=babe.htm |title=Babe (1995) |publisher=Boxofficemojo.com |access-date=May 26, 2024}}</ref> The film earned 7 [[Academy Award]] nominations including for Miller for [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1996|title=The 68th Academy Awards &#124; 1996|website=Oscars.org|date=5 October 2014 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|access-date=May 26, 2024}}</ref> Miller went on to write and direct its sequel ''[[Babe: Pig in the City]]'' (1998).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cox|first1=Dan|title=U turns production corne|url=https://variety.com/1997/film/news/u-turns-production-corner-1200324742/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=12 May 2015|date=12 November 1997}}</ref> ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' critic [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film four stars praising Miller's work on the sequel writing, "It outdoes itself with the sets and special effects that make up "the city." And it is still literate, humane and wicked. George Miller, who produced, directed and co-wrote the film, has improved and extended the ideas in ''Babe: Pig in the City,'' instead of being content to copy them."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/babe-pig-in-the-city-1998|title= Babe: Pig in the City|website= [[Roger Ebert|Rogerebert.com]]|accessdate= May 26, 2024}}</ref> Critic [[Gene Siskel]] of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' named it the Best film of 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/2010/05/14/big-screen-babe/|title= Big-screen 'Babe'|website= [[Chicago Tribune]]|date= 14 May 2010|accessdate= May 2, 2024}}</ref>

In 1995, Miller also produced ''[[Video Fool for Love]]'', a controversial and divisive [[cinema verité]] documentary shot on video by film editor Robert Gibson that deals with Gibson's personal life and relationship issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/134928/Video-Fool-For-Love/overview|title=Video Fool for Love|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523195527/https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/134928/Video-Fool-For-Love/overview|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Sandra Brennan|date=2014|archivedate=May 23, 2014}}</ref>

[[File:George Miller.jpg|left|thumb|170px|Miller at the Australian premiere of ''[[Happy Feet]]'' in 2006]]
Miller was also the creator of the animated jukebox musical film ''[[Happy Feet]]'' (2006) about the life of [[Emperor Penguin|penguins]] in [[Antarctica]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/the-penguin-suite-20061202-gdoy3d.html | work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | title=The penguin suite | date=2 December 2006|access-date=19 March 2022}}</ref> The [[Warner Bros]].-produced film was released in November 2006. It was a runaway box office success earning $363 million worldwide, and also brought Miller his fourth [[Academy Award]] nomination, and his first win in the category of [[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature|Best Animated Feature]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN25242704/|title= "Happy Feet" wins Oscar for best animated feature|website= [[Reuters]]|accessdate= May 26, 2024}}</ref> [[Manohla Dargis]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' praised the film writing, "Miller...shows a remarkable persistence of vision. Even in a story about singing-and-dancing fat and feather, Mr. Miller can't help but go dark and deep" adding, "[He] brings an unusual depth of feeling to his work as well as a distinct moral worldview".<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/17/movies/17feet.html|title= Bring in Da Hoofers on Ice|work= The New York Times|date= 17 November 2006|accessdate= May 26, 2024|last1= Dargis|first1= Manohla}}</ref>

In 2007, Miller signed on to direct a [[Justice League]] film titled ''[[Justice League in other media#Film|Justice League: Mortal]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Garrett|first1=Diane|title=George Miller to lead 'Justice League'|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/features/george-miller-to-lead-justice-league-2-1117972369/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=8 May 2015|date=20 September 2007}}</ref> While production was initially held up due to the [[2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Michaela|first1=Boland|title=Australia denies killing 'Justice League'|url=https://variety.com/2008/more/news/australia-denies-killing-justice-league-1117979263/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=8 May 2015|date=17 January 2008}}</ref> further production delays and the success of ''[[The Dark Knight (2008 film)|The Dark Knight]]'' led to Warner Bros. deciding to put the film on hold and pursue different options.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Graser|first1=Marc|title=WB taps into ties at DC Comics|url=https://variety.com/2008/film/awards/wb-taps-into-ties-at-dc-comics-1117990659/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=8 May 2015|date=15 August 2008}}</ref> As a partnership between his production company [[Kennedy Miller Mitchell]] and Omnilab Media, George Miller co-founded Dr. D Studios, a Sydney-based digital animation studio in mid-2007.<ref name=TSMHSellsUp>{{cite news|last=Quinn|first=Karl|title=Happy feet no longer tapping as animation studio sells up|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/happy-feet-no-longer-tapping-as-animation-studio-sells-up-20130530-2ney2.html|access-date=21 March 2014|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=31 May 2013}}</ref> In 2011, the ''Happy Feet'' sequel ''[[Happy Feet Two]]'' was released by Dr. D Studios.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vlessing |first1=Etan |date=14 November 2011 |title='Happy Feet Two' to Dance Onto 377 Imax Screens |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/happy-feet-two-dance-377-261108/ |access-date=19 March 2022 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> But following the financially unsuccessful release of ''Happy Feet Two'' and the long delay of ''[[Mad Max: Fury Road]]'' (2015), the studio closed down in 2013.<ref name=TSMHSellsUp /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Swift|first1=Brendan|title=Dr D Studios future clouded after staff departures, restructure|url=http://if.com.au/2011/11/24/article/Dr-D-Studios-retrench-almost-600-employees-future-clouded/ETUTKLBRFB.html|website=[[If Magazine]]|publisher=The Intermedia Group|access-date=8 May 2015|date=24 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518093048/http://if.com.au/2011/11/24/article/Dr-D-Studios-retrench-almost-600-employees-future-clouded/ETUTKLBRFB.html|archive-date=18 May 2015}}</ref>

=== 2015–present: Career resurgence ===
[[File:George Miller while filming Fury Road.jpg|right|thumb|170px|Miller on the set of ''[[Mad Max: Fury Road]]'', 2012]]
In 2012, Miller began principal photography on ''[[Mad Max: Fury Road]]'', the fourth film in the [[Mad Max|''Mad Max'' series]], after several years of production delays.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Moore|first1=Ben|title=Tom Hardy Uncertain About 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Start Date [UPDATED]|url=https://screenrant.com/tom-hardy-mad-max-fury-road-start-date-benm-173570/|website=Screen Rant|access-date=9 May 2015|date=22 May 2012}}</ref> ''Fury Road'' starring [[Tom Hardy]] and [[Charlize Theron]] was released on 15 May 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title='Mad Max: Fury Road' Set For Summer 2015|url=https://deadline.com/2013/11/mad-max-fury-road-release-date-may-15-2015-640487/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=9 May 2015|date=20 November 2013}}</ref> The film became a box office success and was met with widespread critical acclaim with several critics calling it [[List of films considered the best#Action|one of the greatest action films ever made]].<ref name="GreatestActionFilmsBundle">Multiple sources; see, for example:
* {{cite web |last=Buchanan |first=Kyle |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/12/movies/mad-max-fury-road-oral-history.html |title='Mad Max: Fury Road': The Oral History of a Modern Action Classic |date=12 May 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517072503/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/12/movies/mad-max-fury-road-oral-history.html |archive-date=17 May 2020 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}
* {{cite web |last=Roeper |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Roeper |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2015/5/14/18421410/mad-max-fury-road-crazy-chases-tough-women-in-one-of-the-best-action-movies-ever |title='Mad Max: Fury Road': Crazy chases, tough women in one of the best action movies ever |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=14 May 2015 |access-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106233240/https://chicago.suntimes.com/2015/5/14/18421410/mad-max-fury-road-crazy-chases-tough-women-in-one-of-the-best-action-movies-ever |archive-date=6 January 2020 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}
* {{cite web |title=Top 100 Action & Adventure Movies |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt/top_100_action__adventure_movies |publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150818055305/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt/top_100_action__adventure_movies |archive-date=18 August 2015 |url-status=live}}
* {{cite news |last=Shepherd |first=Jack |title=Mad Max: Fury Road: One of the greatest action films of all time? Here are the top 12 according to Metacritic |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/mad-max-fury-road-one-of-the-greatest-action-films-of-all-time-here-are-the-top-12-according-to-metacritic-10254063.html |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=15 May 2015 |access-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722182351/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/mad-max-fury-road-one-of-the-greatest-action-films-of-all-time-here-are-the-top-12-according-to-metacritic-10254063.html |archive-date=22 July 2015 |url-status=live}}
* {{cite web |first=Tom |last=Breihan |url=https://www.avclub.com/mad-max-fury-road-might-already-be-the-best-action-mov-1820691831 |title=''Mad Max: Fury Road'' might already be the best action movie ever made |date=1 December 2017 |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |access-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222192548/https://www.avclub.com/mad-max-fury-road-might-already-be-the-best-action-mov-1820691831 |archive-date=22 February 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[A.O. Scott]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' labeled it a "New York Times Critic's Pick" writing, "Miller has always stayed true to his scrappy, pragmatic roots. At 70, he has a master craftsman's intuitive sense of proportion and a visual artisan's mistrust of extraneous verbiage" adding, "It's all great fun, and quite rousing as well — a large-scale genre movie that is at once unpretentious and unafraid to bring home a message".<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/15/movies/review-mad-max-fury-road-still-angry-after-all-these-years.html|title= Review: 'Mad Max: Fury Road,' Still Angry After All These Years|work= The New York Times|date= 14 May 2015|accessdate= May 26, 2024|last1= Scott|first1= A. O.}}</ref> It went on to receive 10 [[Academy Award]] nominations including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], while Miller himself was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Director]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oscar.go.com/news/nominations/oscar-nominations-2016-the-complete-list-of-nominees|title=Oscar Nominations 2016: View The Complete List Of Nominees|last=Donnelly|first=Jim|date=22 January 2016|publisher=[[The Oscars]]|access-date=22 January 2016}}</ref>

In October 2018 it was announced that Miller would direct ''[[Three Thousand Years of Longing]]'', which began filming in November 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/george-miller-mad-max-fury-road-three-thousand-years-longing-afm-1202488950/|title=AFM Hot Pic: George Miller To Direct Movie Epic 'Three Thousand Years of Longing', FilmNation To Launch Sales|first=Andreas|last=Wiseman|date=25 October 2018|access-date=25 October 2018}}</ref> The film starring [[Idris Elba]] and [[Tilda Swinton]] premiered at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] in May 2022.<ref name="Cannes">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/george-miller-three-thousand-years-of-longing-cannes-1235206794/ |title=George Miller's 'Three Thousand Years of Longing' With Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba Set for Cannes (EXCLUSIVE) |first=Elsa |last=Keslassy |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=16 March 2022 |access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref> [[Peter Bradshaw]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' described the film as "a heartfelt [[Aladdin]]-esque adventure for grownups" adding, "Miller shows he is now doing one-for-him-and-one-that's-even-more-for-him. It's an [[Arabian Nights]]-type fantasia which he has clearly been gagging to make for years".<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/sep/01/three-thousand-years-of-longing-review-heartfelt-aladdinesque-adventure-for-grownups-tilda-swinton-idris-elba-george-miller|title= Three Thousand Years of Longing review – heartfelt Aladdinesque adventure for grownups|website= The Guardian|date= September 2022|accessdate= May 26, 2024|last1= Bradshaw|first1= Peter}}</ref> [[Justin Chang]] of ''[[NPR]]'' wrote that "Miller unveils an outlandish premise with a sly wit that's initially hard to resist" but added the film "ends on a muted, uncertain note".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.npr.org/2022/08/26/1119232302/three-thousand-years-of-longing-review-idris-elba-tilda-swinton|title= 'Three Thousand Years of Longing' will leave you charmed — and a little worn out|website= [[NPR]]|accessdate= May 26, 2024}}</ref> The film was a [[box office bomb]] grossing $20 million worldwide off a budget of $60 million.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.thewrap.com/why-three-thousand-years-longing-bombed-box-office/|title= Why George Miller's 'Three Thousand Years of Longing' Tanked at the Box Office|website= [[TheWrap]]|date= 30 August 2022|accessdate= May 26, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2436662017/|title= Three Thousand Years of Longing|website= BoxOfficeMojo|accessdate= May 26, 2024}}</ref>

In April 2017, Miller said that he and co-writer Nico Lathouris have finished two additional post-''Fury Road'' scripts for the ''Mad Max'' series. The ''Fury Road'' lead, Tom Hardy, is committed to the next sequel.<ref name="cooper">{{cite news|last1=Cooper|first1=G.|title=Mad Max: Fury Road' has 2 finished sequel scripts already|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/mad-max-fury-road-sequels-director-george-miller-the-wasteland-tom-hardy/|access-date=8 May 2017|publisher=CNET reviews|date=26 April 2017|quote=There are no dates yet, but director George Miller is ready to head out to "The Wasteland" to revisit the 2015 blockbuster hit.}}</ref> In 2015, and again in early 2017, Miller said "the fifth film in the franchise will be titled ''Mad Max: The Wasteland''."<ref name="cooper"/><ref name="naryd">{{cite news|last1=McNary|first1=Dave|title=George Miller Promises 'More Max,' Starting With 'Mad Max: The Wasteland'|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/mad-max-george-miller-announces-more-movies-mad-max-the-wasteland-1201499904/|access-date=9 May 2017|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] magazine|date=18 May 2015}}</ref> In 2020, it was reported that Miller would next direct the ''Mad Max'' spinoff ''[[Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga]]'' starring [[Anya Taylor-Joy]] and [[Chris Hemsworth]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|date=2020-10-13|title='Mad Max' Spinoff 'Furiosa' In The Works at Warners With George Miller Directing & Anya Taylor-Joy in Title Role; Chris Hemsworth & Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Along For Ride|url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/furiosa-mad-max-spinoff-george-miller-anya-taylor-joy-chris-hemsworth-1234596503/|access-date=2021-04-19|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref> The film premiered at the [[2024 Cannes Film Festival]] to critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/furiosa-mad-max-saga-cannes-debut-rave-reviews-104356618.html|title= Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga makes Cannes debut with rave reviews|website= Yahoo News|date= 16 May 2024|accessdate= May 26, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/furiosa-world-premiere-cannes-standing-ovation-1235899745/|title= Cannes: 'Furiosa' World Premiere Greeted With 7-Minute Standing Ovation|website= [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date= 15 May 2024|accessdate= May 26, 2024}}</ref> [[Manohla Dargis]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' gave the film a "NYT Critic's Pick" declaring, "Miller is such a wildly inventive filmmaker that it's been easy to forget that he keeps making movies about the end of life as we know it. It's a blast watching his characters fight over oil, water and women, yet while I've long thought of him as a great filmmaker it's only with ''Furiosa'' that I now understand he's also one kick-ass prophet of doom."<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/movies/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-review-anya-taylor-joy.html|title= 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' Review: A Lonely Avenger|work= The New York Times|date= 15 May 2024|accessdate= May 26, 2024|last1= Dargis|first1= Manohla}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Miller was married to actress [[Sandy Gore]] from 1985 to 1992; they have a daughter. He has been married to film editor [[Margaret Sixel]] since 1995. They have two sons.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Turner|first1=Brook|title=Curious George|journal=[[The Australian Financial Review]]|date=May 2007|pages=26–38|url=http://www.kythera-family.net/index.php?nav=117-121&cid=193&did=14114|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150903121832/http://www.kythera-family.net/index.php?nav=117-121&cid=193&did=14114|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 September 2015|access-date=9 May 2015}}</ref>{{update inline|date=May 2024}} Sixel has worked in some capacity on many of Miller's directorial efforts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Feet With Legs|url=http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?Article_ID=12633&p=y|website=Urban Cinefile|access-date=9 May 2015|date=26 December 2006}}</ref> Miller is a [[feminist]], having told ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' in May 2015, "I've gone from being very male dominant to being surrounded by magnificent women. I can't help but be a feminist."<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Rich|first1=Katey|title=''Mad Max: Fury Road'' Director George Miller: "I Can't Help but Be a Feminist" |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/05/mad-max-fury-road-george-miller-interview|access-date=2 April 2017|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=14 May 2015}}</ref>

Miller is the patron of the [[Australian Film Institute]] and the [[Brisbane International Film Festival]], and a co-patron of the [[Sydney Film Festival]].{{cn|date=May 2024}}

Miller has said many times that the 1940 version of ''[[Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio]]'' is one of his favourite films.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Brand|first1=Madeleine|last2=Pesca|first2=Mike|title=Do Kids' Movies Need More Quality Control?|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6598120|publisher=[[NPR]]|access-date=9 May 2015|date=8 December 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Gilchrist|first1=Todd|title=George Miller Says He Approached 'Happy Feet 2' With The Same Respect As Classic Fairy Tales|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2011/11/george-miller-says-he-approached-happy-feet-2-with-the-same-respect-as-classic-fairy-tales-115159/|website=[[Indiewire]]|access-date=19 March 2022|date=16 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521043520/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/george-miller-says-he-approached-happy-feet-2-with-same-respect-as-classic-fairy-tales|archive-date=21 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Eisenberg|first1=Eric|title=Happy Feet Two Director George Miller Talks About Getting The Cast Together|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Happy-Feet-Two-Director-George-Miller-Talks-About-Getting-Cast-Together-27985.html|website=Cinema Blend|access-date=9 May 2015|date=19 November 2011}}</ref>

==Filmography==

=== Feature film ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! width=65 | Director
! width=65 | Writer
! width=65 | Producer
! Notes
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Mad Max (film)|Mad Max]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Mad Max 2]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| Also additional editor
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Twilight Zone: The Movie]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| Segment: "[[Nightmare at 20,000 Feet]]"
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Co-directed with [[George Ogilvie]]
|-
| 1987
| ''[[The Witches of Eastwick (film)|The Witches of Eastwick]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Lorenzo's Oil]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Babe (film)|Babe]]''
| {{No}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[40,000 Years of Dreaming]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| Documentary; also presenter
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Babe: Pig in the City]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Happy Feet]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Happy Feet Two]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Mad Max: Fury Road]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Three Thousand Years of Longing]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
|}

'''Producer'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Notes
|-
| 1987
| ''[[The Year My Voice Broke]]''
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Dead Calm (film)|Dead Calm]]''
| Also second unit director
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Flirting (film)|Flirting]]''
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Video Fool for Love]]''
| Documentary
|-
|}

'''Other credits'''
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
|-
| 1978
| ''[[In Search of Anna]]''
| First assistant director
|-
| 1980
| ''[[The Chain Reaction]]''
| Second unit director (uncredited) and associate producer
|-
|}

=== Short film ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! width=65 | Director
! width=65 | Writer
! Notes
|-
| rowspan=2| 1971
| "St. Vincent's Revue Film"
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| "Violence in the Cinema, Part 1"
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
| 1974
| "The Devil in Evening Dress"
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! width=65 | Director
! width=65 | Writer
! width=65 | Producer
! Notes
|-
| 1983
| ''[[The Dismissal (miniseries)|The Dismissal]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|rowspan=4| TV miniseries
|-
| rowspan=2|1984
| ''[[The Last Bastion]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
| ''[[Bodyline (miniseries)|Bodyline]]''
| {{no}}
| {{partial|Story}}
| {{yes}}
|-
| 1987
| ''The Far Country''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|}

'''Producer'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Notes
|-
| 1985
| ''[[The Cowra Breakout (miniseries)|The Cowra Breakout]]''
|rowspan=3| TV miniseries
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Vietnam (miniseries)|Vietnam]]''
|-
| rowspan="5"|1988
| ''[[The Dirtwater Dynasty]]''
|-
| ''[[The Clean Machine]]''
|rowspan=3| TV film
|-
| ''[[The Riddle of the Stinson]]''
|-
| ''[[Fragments of War: The Story of Damien Parer]]''
|-
| ''[[Sportz Crazy]]''
| Documentary miniseries
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Bangkok Hilton]]''
| TV miniseries
|}

===Music video===
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Artist
|-
| 1985
| "[[We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)|We Don't Need Another Hero]]"
| [[Tina Turner]]
|}

===Video games===
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 2025
| ''[[Death Stranding 2: On the Beach]]''
| Tarman
| Likeness only
|}

==Awards and recognition==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by George Miller}}
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Title
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160| Academy Awards
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160| BAFTA Awards
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160| Golden Globe Awards
|-
! Nominations
! Wins
! Nominations
! Wins
! Nominations
! Wins
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome]]''
|
|
|
|
|align=center|1
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[The Witches of Eastwick (film)|The Witches of Eastwick]]''
|align=center|2
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Lorenzo's Oil]]''
|align=center|2
|
|
|
|align=center|1
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Babe: Pig in the City]]''
|align=center|1
|
|align=center|1
|
|
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Happy Feet]]''
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Mad Max: Fury Road]]''
|align=center|10
|align=center|6
|align=center|7
|align=center|4
|align=center|2
|
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!align=center|16
!align=center|7
!align=center|11
!align=center|6
!align=center|6
!align=center|1
|}
* 1996: Appointed an Officer of the [[Order of Australia]] (AO)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/883099|title=Australian Honours Search Facility|website=honours.pmc.gov.au}}</ref>
* 1999: Received an honorary Doctor of Letters from the [[University of New South Wales]]<ref name="autogenerated1" />
* 2007: Received The Queensland – United States Personal Achievement Award at the [[Queensland Expatriate Awards]] at the [[Rainbow Room]] in New York
* 2007 (April): Awarded an honorary Master of Arts degree by the [[Australian Film Television and Radio School]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/george-miller-gets-masters/news-story/19e3f9cbac6e87d85749c1225e07d0eb|title=George Miller gets Masters |first=Michael |last=Gadd |date=17 April 2007 |agency=Australian Associated Press |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070510004122/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,23663,21570788-10388,00.html |archive-date=10 May 2007 }}</ref>
* 2008: Awarded an [[honorary Doctorate]] from the [[Griffith University]].
* 2009: Awarded the French [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Order of the Arts and Letters]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/movies/director-george-miller-to-be-awarded-ordre-des-arts-et-des-lettres-at-sydneys-french-film-festival/story-e6frexli-1225835810810|title=Director George Miller to be awarded Ordre des Arts et des Lettres at Sydney's French Film Festival|first=Alyssa|last=Braithwaite|work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref>
* 2010: First non-US Filmmaker to be awarded "honorary member" status among the [[Visual Effects Society|VES]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://if.com.au/2010/06/10/article/Miller-receives-VES-award/MBJCIVNEGI.html |title=Miller receives VES award – Inside Film: Film and Television Industry News and Issues for Australian Content Creators |publisher=If.com.au |access-date=30 June 2011}}</ref>
* 2016: Served as president of the jury for the Palme d'Or at the 69th Cannes Film Festival.
* 2018: Inducted into the [[Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://leaders.slq.qld.gov.au/inductees/|title=Hall of Fame|website=[[Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame]]|publisher=[[State Library of Queensland]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023083836/http://leaders.slq.qld.gov.au/inductees/|archive-date=23 October 2018|url-status=live|access-date=23 October 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[George Miller's unrealized projects]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|0004306}}
* [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/11l3i0/alma99183588411902061 Dr George Miller Digital Story and Oral History], Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame 2018, [[State Library of Queensland]].

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