George Miller Filmography

Born:: March 3, 1945 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:: Director, Executive Producer, Producer, Screenwriter
Birth name:: George Miliotis
Biography:: Dr. George Miller, the original Aussie Renaissance man, has divided his life between two great passions: medicine and cinema. Consequently, his most enduring big-screen works as a writer/director/producer -- arguably, the Mad Max series and Lorenzo's Oil -- combine these interests in subtle and...Read More

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Justice League

Crew: Director

Actors: Adam Brody, Common, Armie Hammer Jr., Megan Gale

Synopsis: George Miller is set to bring the Justice League to the big screen with this action-intensive flick that joins some of DC Comics' biggest superheroes together for an effects-heavy event film for Warner Bros. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide Read More

1/1/09
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation

Synopsis: Filmmaker Mark Hartley explores Australia's hidden genre in this documentary that casually casts aside "official" film history to celebrate the demented genius of director Brian Trenchard-Smith, and the exciting wave of little-known but supremely entertaining films that entertained adventurous Read More

1/1/09
Happy Feet

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, Anthony LaPaglia, Magda Szubanski, Steve Irwin

Synopsis: In the world of the emperor penguin, a simple song can mean the difference between a lifetime of happiness and an eternity of loneliness. When a penguin named Mumble is born without the ability to sing the romantic song that will attract his soul mate, he'll have to resort to some fancy footwork Read More

11/17/06
Babe: Pig in the City

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Magda Szubanski, James Cromwell, Mary Stein, Mickey Rooney, Julie Godfrey

Synopsis: The 1995 Academy award-winning film Babe was Australian-made and featured the latest in talking animal anima-tronics. It told the heart-warming story of a sheepherding pig named Babe and his rise to community fame. The film was a tremendous hit, both financially and critically. Babe: Pig in the Read More

11/25/98
Heaven Before I Die

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Joanna Pacula, Omar Sharif, Giancarlo Giannini, Andy Velasquez

Synopsis: In this eccentric comedy, Jacob (Andy Velasquez) is a young man from Israel whose father has long regarded him as a test presented to him by God. Jacob's mind runs on a path all his own, and he has a mild handicap -- his feet stick out at right angles from his legs, giving him a very curious walk. Read More

1997
40,000 Years of Dreaming: A Century of Australian Cinema

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Synopsis: This documentary is one of a series put together by the British Film Institute which is called Century of Cinema, detailing the history of moviemaking around the world. This one was put together by director George Miller (Mad Max) and operates under the premise that filmmaking is for the modern Read More

1996
Babe

Crew: Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski, Christine Cavanaugh, Miriam Margolyes, Danny Mann, Hugo Weaving

Synopsis: A young pig fights convention to become a sheep dog -- or, rather, sheep pig -- in this charming Australian family film, which became an unexpected international success due to superior special effects and an intelligent script. The title refers to the name bestowed on a piglet soon after his Read More

1995
Video Fool for Love

Crew: Producer

Synopsis: This narcissistic and sometimes painfully analytical Australian film took ten years to make. It is essentially the diary of film editor Robert Gibson and included in the tale are scenes from his professional and personal life, with a special emphasis on his complex relationships with women, who Read More

1995
Lorenzo's Oil

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov, Kathleen Wilhoite, Gerry Bamman

Synopsis: Susan Sarandon and Nick Nolte give brilliant performances as parents trying to save the life of their son in George Miller's harrowing and heartbreaking Lorenzo's Oil. Based on a true story, the film begins as bright young Lorenzo (Zack O'Malley Greenburg) is leading a pleasant life on the Comoro Read More

12/30/92
Flirting

Crew: Producer

Actors: Noah Taylor, Thandie Newton, Nicole Kidman, Bartholomew Rose, Felix Nobis, Kiri Paramore

Synopsis: Australian filmmaker John Duigan followed up his captivating The Year My Voice Broke with Flirting. Noah Taylor repeats his "Danny" characterization from the earlier film, while Thandie Newton plays a Ugandan exchange student who attends an Australian girls boarding school. Billeted at a nearby Read More

11/6/92
Dead Calm

Crew: Co-producer

Actors: Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman, Billy Zane

Synopsis: Grieving over the death of their son, a married couple decide to take a long yachting trip for relaxation's sake. Their journey takes a dark turn, however, when they rescue a young man from a drifting vessel. The couple soon discover that the other ship's crew had been brutally murdered by their Read More

4/7/89
Bangkok Hilton

Crew: Producer

Actors: Nicole Kidman, Denholm Elliott

Synopsis: In one of her first adult starring roles, Nicole Kidman played the lead in the three-part Australian miniseries Bangkok Hilton. Searching for her long-estranged father at Bangkok airport, Katrina "Kat" Stanton unwittingly becomes a "mule" for drug-smuggler Arkie Ragan (Jerome Ehlers). Captured by Read More

1989
The Year My Voice Broke

Crew: Producer

Actors: Noah Taylor, Leone Carmen, Ben Mendelsohn, Graeme Blundell, Lynette Curran

Synopsis: The life of a teen in an isolated small town is the subject of Australian writer/director John Duigan's film, set in 1962 in New South Wales. Duigan's coming-of-age story has many familiar elements -- Danny Embling (Noah Taylor) discovers his sexual attraction to a childhood playmate (Leone Carmen Read More

8/25/88
The Dirtwater Dynasty

Crew: Producer

1988
The Witches of Eastwick

Crew: Director

Actors: Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer, Veronica Cartwright

Synopsis: The Witches of Eastwick, a memorable comedy with a dark edge, is based upon a novel by John Updike. On Thursday nights three female friends -- Alex (Cher), Sukie (Michelle Pfeiffer), and Jane (Susan Sarandon) -- meet to chug martinis, learn Chinese aphrodisiac cooking and lament the scarcity of Read More

6/12/87
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Angelo Rossitto, Helen Buday, Bruce Spence, Rod Zuanic

Synopsis: About 15 years after the events of Mad Max 2, nuclear war has finally destroyed what little was left of civilization. Grizzled and older, former cop Max (Mel Gibson) roams the Australian desert in a camel-drawn vehicle -- until father-and-son thieves Jebediah Sr. (Bruce Spence) and Jr. (Adam Read More

1985
Twilight Zone: The Movie

Crew: Director

Actors: Dan Aykroyd, Jeff Bannister, Patricia Barry, Peter Brocco, Albert Brooks

Synopsis: Based on the popular television series created by Rod Serling, this film of horror and the supernatural tells four separate stories--each by a different director: John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante and George Miller. In one, a bigot is taught a lesson when he is transported to experience the Read More

1983
The Dismissal

Crew: Director, Executive Producer, Screenwriter

1983
The Road Warrior

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Mel Gibson, Virginia Hey, Syd Heylen

Synopsis: Director George Miller's follow-up to his own 1979 hit Mad Max is proof that not all sequels are inferior to their originals. If anything, this brutal sci-fi action film is even more intense and exciting than its predecessor, although the state of its post-apocalyptic world has only become worse. Read More

1981
Mad Max

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Roger Ward

Synopsis: This stunning, post-apocalyptic action thriller from director George Miller stars Mel Gibson as Max Rockatansky, a policeman in the near future who is tired of his job. Since the apocalypse, the lengthy, desolate stretches of highway in the Australian outback have become bloodstained Read More

1979