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George Miller

Australian filmmaker (born 1945)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1955
Works: 21

Top works

A treatise of faith, divided into two parts
A cordiall for Christians in the time of affliction, or, a sermon preached at Kethering Lecture
Critica sacra
Gods three arrowes
Moses unuailed, or, Those figures which served vnto the patterne and shaddow of heauenly things, pointing out the Messiah Christ Iesus, briefly explained

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Film & TV

Directing · 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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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1904-03-01
Active to: 1944-12-15

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 1,960
Total plays: 7,880

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Basic local alignment search tool
· 1990 · cited 79,996x
A short history ofSHELX
· 2007 · cited 79,624x
Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 47,717x
Crystal structure refinement withSHELXL
· 2015 · cited 39,972x
SHELXT– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination
· 2015 · cited 26,885x

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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"}]]}'>m. 1985 ; divorced"}]]}'>div. 1992 ) Margaret Sixel ( married"}]]}'>m. 1995 )
Relatives: Bill Miller (brother)
Awards: Full list

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Key dates

Born: 3 March 1945

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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

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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).