FILM DIRECTOR

George Miller

1945 - Today

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George Miller (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 franchise starting in 1979, including two entries which are considered two of the greatest action films of all time according to Metacritic. He has earned 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 (1987). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Miller is the 50th most popular film director (up from 316th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Australia (up from 50th in 2019) and the most popular Australian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, George Miller ranks 50 out of 2,041. Before him are Tim Burton, Roberto Rossellini, Ken Loach, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Andrzej Wajda, and Robert Zemeckis. After him are Oliver Stone, Theo Angelopoulos, Roger Vadim, Takeshi Kitano, Yasujirō Ozu, and Jack L. Warner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, George Miller ranks 30. Before him are Hasan Akhund, Golden State Killer, Robert Sarah, Ritchie Blackmore, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Rod Stewart. After him are Richard Henderson, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, Ian Gillan, John Lithgow, Ehud Olmert, and Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, George Miller ranks 6 out of 1,143. Before him are Lawrence Bragg (1890), Macfarlane Burnet (1899), Gough Whitlam (1916), Don Bradman (1908), and Peter C. Doherty (1940). After him are Geoffrey Rush (1951), Tamam Shud case (1903), Sia (1975), John Cornforth (1917), Elizabeth Blackburn (1948), and Cate Blanchett (1969).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Australia

Among film directors born in Australia, George Miller ranks 1. After him are Peter Weir (1944), Roger Donaldson (1945), Baz Luhrmann (1962), John Farrow (1904), Christopher Doyle (1952), Russell Mulcahy (1953), Bruce Beresford (1940), Phillip Noyce (1950), John Seale (1942), Fred Schepisi (1939), and John Pilger (1939).

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