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George Miller Biography

Birth Name:George Miliotis

Birth Place:Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Profession Producer, Director, Writer, Assistant director, Soundtrack, Actor, Stunts, Editorial department

Fast Facts

Received the 2015 Environmental Media Award's Lifetime Award Honor
Was awarded the Officer of the Order of Australia in 1996
Was awarded teh French Order of the Arts and Letters in 2009
Studied medicine at the University of New South Wales
Quote: "Cinema is barely over 100 years old․ Storytelling tradition basically goes back several thousand years․ In the hundred years of cinema we've basically used up the entire repertoire of storytelling․"
Best knonw for hsi work on the film series "Mad Max․"
Saved his earnings as an emergency room doctor to make "Mad Max․"

Awards

1979AFI Award-Best Screenplay, Original: nominated
1979AFI Award-Best Director: nominated
1979Guinness World Record-Most profitable movie ever: winner
1980Special Jury Award-: winner
1980Grand Prize-: nominated
1982AFI Award-Best Achievement in Editing: winner
1982AFI Award-Best Direction: winner
1982Grand Prize-: winner
1982LAFCA Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
1983Saturn Award-Best Director: nominated
1983Saturn Award-Best Writing: nominated
1983Hugo-Best Dramatic Presentation: nominated
1983Jupiter Award-Best International Film: nominated
1984International Fantasy Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1986Saturn Award-Best Director: nominated
1986Saturn Award-Best Writing: nominated
1987AFI Award-Best Film: winner
1988Hugo-Best Dramatic Presentation: nominated
1989AFI Award-Best Film: nominated
1990AFI Award-Best Film: winner
1993Oscar-Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: nominated
1993WGA Award (Screen)-Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: nominated
1995ACCA-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
1996Oscar-Best Picture: nominated
1996Oscar-Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: nominated
1996Saturn Award-Best Writing: nominated
1996BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay - Adapted: nominated
1996BAFTA Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1996Humanitas Prize-Feature Film Category: nominated
1996WGA Award (Screen)-Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: nominated
1999OFTA Film Award-Best Family Picture: nominated
2006LAFCA Award-Best Animation: winner
2006SLFCA Award-Best Animated or Children's Film: nominated
2007Oscar-Best Animated Feature Film of the Year: winner
2007Annie-Best Writing in an Animated Feature Production: nominated
2007Global Achievement Award-: winner
2007BAFTA Film Award-Best Animated Feature Film: winner
2007INOCA-Best Animated Feature: nominated
2007OFTA Film Award-Best Animated Picture: nominated
2007PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures: nominated
2012Asia Pacific Screen Award-Best Animated Feature Film: nominated
2015AFCA Award-Best Director: winner
2015AACTA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
2015AACTA Award-Best Direction: winner
2015AACTA Award-Best Film: winner
2015ACCA-Best Director: winner
2015ACCA-Best Motion Picture: winner
2015BFCC Award-Best Director: winner
2015BloodGuts UK Horror Award-Best Sequel/Prequel/Remake: winner
2015BOFCA Award-Best Director: winner
2015Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
2015CFCA Award-Best Director: winner
2015DFWFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2015DFCS Award-Best Director: winner
2015FFCC Award-Best Director: winner
2015Golden Schmoes-Best Director of the Year: winner
2015IFJA Award-Best Director: winner
2015ICP Award-Best Director: winner
2015Halfway Award-Best Director: winner
2015Halfway Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
2015IFCS Award-Best Director: winner
2015KCFCC Award-Best Director: winner
2015LAFCA Award-Best Director: winner
2015OFCS Award-Best Director: winner
2015PCC Award-Best Director: winner
2015PFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
2015Rondo Statuette-Best Movie: winner
2015SDFCS Award-Best Director: winner
2015SFFCC Award-Best Director: winner
2015FIPRESCI Film of the Year-: winner
2015SEFCA Award-Best Director: winner
2015SLFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2015TFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2015UFCA Award-Best Director: winner
2015VFCC Award-Best Director: winner
2015VVFP Award-Best Director: winner
2015WAFCA Award-Best Director: winner
2016Felix-Best Adapted Screenplay: winner
2016AACTA International Award-Best Film: winner
2016AACTA International Award-Best Direction: winner
2016Oscar-Best Achievement in Directing: nominated
2016Oscar-Best Motion Picture of the Year: nominated
2016Saturn Award-Best Director: nominated
2016Saturn Award-Best Writing: nominated
2016EDA Award-Best Director: nominated
2016Silver Condor-Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera): nominated
2016AFCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
2016AFCA Award-Best Director: winner
2016COFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2016CinEuphoria-Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award: winner
2016Cinema Bloggers Award-Best North American Film: nominated
2016Critics Choice Award-Best Director: winner
2016Robert-Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film): nominated
2016DFCS Award-Best Director: winner
2016DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film: nominated
2016Dorian Award-Director of the Year: nominated
2016Empire Award-Best Director: nominated
2016FCCA Award-Best Director: winner
2016FCCA Award-Best Film: winner
2016FCCA Award-Best Script/Screenplay: nominated
2016Fotogramas de Plata-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
2016GAFCA Award-Best Director: winner
2016Gold Derby Film Award-Motion Picture: winner
2016Gold Derby Film Award-Director: winner
2016Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
2016HFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
2016Hugo-Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form: nominated
2016ICS Award-Best Director: nominated
2016ICS Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2016INOCA-Best Director: winner
2016INOCA-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2016IFC Award-Best Director: nominated
2016ALFS Award-Director of the Year: winner
2016NSFC Award-Best Director: nominated
2016NCFCA Award-Best Director: winner
2016OFCC Award-Best Director: winner
2016OFTA Film Award-Best Picture: winner
2016OFTA Film Award-Best Director: winner
2016PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: nominated
2016Premio Guarani-Best Foreign Film: winner
2016Critics Award-Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): winner
2016Audience Award-Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): winner
2016Critics Award-Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro): winner
2016Sant Jordi-Best Foreign Film (Millor pel·lícula estrangera): winner
2016Outstanding Director of the Year Award-: winner
2016Bradbury Award-Outstanding Dramatic Presentation: winner
2016Seattle Film Critics Award-Best Director: winner
2020Gold Derby Film Award-Motion Picture of the Decade: nominated
2020Gold Derby Film Award-Director of the Decade: nominated
2022AACTA Award-Best Film: nominated
2022AACTA Award-Best Direction in Film: nominated
2022AACTA Award-Best Screenplay in Film: nominated
2022FFCC Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
2024Astra Midseason Award-Best Director: nominated
2024ADG Award-Best Direction of a Feature Film (Budget $1.5 M or over): winner
2024SFCS Award-Best Picture: nominated
2025AACTA International Award-Best Direction in Film: nominated
2025AACTA Award-Best Film: nominated
2025AACTA Award-Best Direction in Film: nominated
2025AACTA Award-Best Screenplay in Film: nominated
2025FCCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2025FCCA Award-Best Film: nominated
2025Hugo-Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form: nominated
2025PCA Award-Best Director: nominated