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George Miller
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George Miller is an Australian film director, producer, screenwriter, and physician. Born in Chinchilla, Queensland, in 1945, he is educated at the University of New South Wales. His career began in 1970, and he works primarily in the genres of dieselpunk and drama fiction. He is married to Margaret Sixel, and they have three children.
Miller’s notable works include the *Mad Max* series and *Happy Feet*. He has received the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. He has also been nominated for Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Picture, and writing categories for both original and adapted screenplays.
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Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia
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…
Known for
- Mad Max and the Genius of George Miller — Self2025
- It’s a Mad Max World — Self (archive footage)2025
- Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of Furiosa — Self2024
- Creative Types with Virginia Trioli — Self2024
- Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds — Self2023
- Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road — Self2017
- Road War: The Making of 'The Road Warrior' — Self2016
- The Madness of Max — Self2015
- The Director's Chair — Self2014
- Not Quite Hollywood — Self2008
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1945-03-03 ) 3 March 1945 (age 81) , Chinchilla, Queensland , Australia
- Education
- Sydney Boys High School , Ipswich Grammar School
- Alma mater
- University of New South Wales
- Occupations
- Director producer writer former medical doctor
- Years active
- 1971–present
- Spouses
- Sandy Gore ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1985 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1992 ) Margaret Sixel ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1995 )
- Relatives
- Bill Miller (brother)
- Awards
- Full list
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Family name
- Miller
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Chinchilla
- Spouse
- Margaret Sixel
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- University of New South Wales
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Happy Feet
- Genre
- drama fiction
- Image
- George Miller (35706244922).jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- date of birth
- 1945-03-03
- Commons category
- George Miller
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
- different from
- George Miller
- name in native language
- George Miller
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films directed by George Miller (filmmaker)
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Encyclopedic overview
George Miller (born 3 March 1945) is an Australian filmmaker. In a career spanning four decades, he has received critical and popular success, and is widely known for creating and directing every film in the Mad Max franchise starting in 1979, including two entries which are considered two of the greatest action films of all time according to Metacritic. Miller has earned numerous accolades, including an Academy Award from six nominations in five different categories.
Miller's 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 (1987). His family drama Lorenzo's Oil (1992) earned him his first Academy Award nomination after which he produced and co-wrote 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).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “George Miller” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.