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 Award. Miller rose to prominence directing the dystopian action-adventure films Mad Max (1979), Mad Max 2 (1981), and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985). He then directed the dark fantasy comedy The Witches of Eastwick (1987) and the biographical medical drama Lorenzo's Oil (1992), which he also co-wrote, earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He produced and co-wrote the family film Babe (1995), earning an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nomination, and later directed the sequel Babe: Pig in the City (1998). In 1995, he also produced the confronting cinema verité documentary Video Fool for Love, which dealt with film editor Robert Gibson's personal life as captured in hundreds of hours of camcorder footage. He won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Happy Feet (2006) and directed its sequel, Happy Feet Two (2011). He returned to Mad Max, directing the critically acclaimed sequel Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), which went on to win six Academy Awards, with Miller receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director. He then directed the prequel film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024). Trained in medicine at the University of New South Wales, Miller worked as a physician for several years before entering the film industry full-time. He is a co-founder of the production houses Kennedy Miller Mitchell, formerly known as Kennedy Miller, and Dr. D Studios. Since the death of his producing partner Byron Kennedy, his younger brother Bill Miller and Doug Mitchell have produced his later films. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Miller (filmmaker), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 3, 1945 (81)
- Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia
- Producer, director and writer, also actor
- 20 on MovieCove · 42 credits in all
What are George Miller's films like?
Across their 20 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 18
Light 4 · Serious 8 · Dark 7
Grounded 5 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 7
A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 6 · Intense 10
Steady 7 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 5
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 1
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 4
Casual 8 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 2
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 8 · Heavy 6
Resolved 16 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet15
- Tragic1
- Cyclical1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch George Miller's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for George Miller's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
42 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page; 15 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of Furiosa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga(2024)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Baby Driver(2017)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Mad Max: Fury Road(2015)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all filmsForgotten Wars, Forgotten Victims (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Happy Feet Two(2011)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Happy Feet(2006)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Voyage au centre de la terre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Babe: Pig in the City(1998)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
40,000 Years of Dreaming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Video Fool for Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Babe(1995)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Lorenzo's Oil(1992)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Flirting(1991)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Bangkok Hilton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Dead Calm(1989)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all filmsFragments of War: The Story of Damien Parer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
The Clean Machine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
The Year My Voice Broke(1987)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
The Witches of Eastwick(1987)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Vietnam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Vietnam(1987)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
The Making of 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Bodyline (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
The Cowra Breakout (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Tausend Augen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Twilight Zone: The Movie(1983)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
The Dismissal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
The Road Warrior(1981)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all filmsBellamy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
The Chain Reaction(1980)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Mad Max(1979)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Bluey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
The Devil in Evening Dress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Frieze: An Underground Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Webster's Domain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Violence in the Cinema, Part 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
St. Vincent's Revue Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Mad Max: The Wasteland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 42 titles, 41 of them dated from 1971 to 2024.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
an Oscar, a BAFTA Award and 1 other major award from 16 major nominations, 1993–2016.
- Oscar, nominated · Best Achievement in Directing
- Oscar, nominated · Best Motion Picture of the Year
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Director - Motion Picture
+3 other major bodies · 1 win and 2 nominations
- Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
- Critics Choice Award, won · Best Director
- Oscar, won · Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Animated Feature Film
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
- Oscar, nominated · Best Picture
- Oscar, nominated · Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Film
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Screenplay - Adapted
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
- Oscar, nominated · Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do George Miller's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 74th percentile, the median of all 19; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 72nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up9
- 50th to 74th8
- 25th to 49th3
Shape of the crowd
None of their 20 titles divides audiences: 12 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved5
- Crowd Pleaser12
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 76/100 and the pacing 51/100 in their films, across 19 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is George Miller's work okay for kids?
Across up to 16 MovieCove titles with content scores, frightening / intense runs heavier than most films and alcohol & drugs lighter.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does George Miller work with?
People who share at least 2 of George Miller's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Doug Mitchell shares the most, 10.
Directors
- Chris NoonanShared titles: Babe (1995), The Riddle of the Stinson (1988)See all 2 shared titles with Chris Noonan
- John DuiganShared titles: Flirting (1991), The Year My Voice Broke (1987)See all 2 shared titles with John Duigan
Writers
- Terry HayesShared titles: Flirting (1991), Dead Calm (1989), The Riddle of the Stinson (1988), The Year My Voice Broke (1987), Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985), The Road Warrior (1981)See all 6 shared titles with Terry Hayes
- Judy MorrisShared titles: Happy Feet Two (2011), Happy Feet (2006), Babe: Pig in the City (1998)See all 3 shared titles with Judy Morris
- Byron KennedyShared titles: Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985), The Road Warrior (1981), Mad Max (1979)See all 3 shared titles with Byron Kennedy
- Nick LathourisShared titles: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Nick Lathouris
Actors
- Hugh Keays-ByrneShared titles: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), The Chain Reaction (1980), Mad Max (1979)See all 3 shared titles with Hugh Keays-Byrne
- Elizabeth DailyShared titles: Happy Feet Two (2011), Happy Feet (2006), Babe: Pig in the City (1998)See all 3 shared titles with Elizabeth Daily
- Hugo WeavingShared titles: Happy Feet Two (2011), Happy Feet (2006), Babe (1995)See all 3 shared titles with Hugo Weaving
- Magda SzubanskiShared titles: Happy Feet (2006), Babe: Pig in the City (1998), Babe (1995)See all 3 shared titles with Magda Szubanski
Cinematographers and editors
- Margaret SixelShared titles: Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Babe: Pig in the City (1998)See all 3 shared titles with Margaret Sixel
- Dean SemlerShared titles: Dead Calm (1989), Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985), The Road Warrior (1981)See all 3 shared titles with Dean Semler
- Richard Francis-BruceShared titles: Dead Calm (1989), The Witches of Eastwick (1987), Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)See all 3 shared titles with Richard Francis-Bruce
- John SealeShared titles: Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)See all 2 shared titles with John Seale
Producers
- Doug MitchellShared titles: Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Happy Feet Two (2011), Babe: Pig in the City (1998), Babe (1995), Flirting (1991), Dead Calm (1989), The Riddle of the Stinson (1988), The Year My Voice Broke (1987), Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)See all 10 shared titles with Doug Mitchell
- Bill MillerShared titles: Happy Feet Two (2011), Babe: Pig in the City (1998), Babe (1995), Mad Max (1979)See all 4 shared titles with Bill Miller
- Bruce BermanShared titles: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Happy Feet Two (2011), Happy Feet (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Bruce Berman
- Graham BurkeShared titles: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Happy Feet Two (2011), Happy Feet (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Graham Burke
Mixed roles
- Marcus D'ArcyShared titles: Babe (1995), Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)See all 2 shared titles with Marcus D'Arcy