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George Miller (born 3 March 1945) is an Australian filmmaker, best known for his Mad Max franchise, whose second installment, Mad Max 2, and fourth, Fury Road, have been hailed two of the greatest action films of all time, Fury Road winning six Academy Awards. Miller is very diverse in genre and style as he also directed the biographical medical drama Lorenzo's Oil, the dark fantasy The Witches of Eastwick, and the Academy Award-winning animated film Happy Feet, produced the family-friendly fantasy adventure Babe and directed the sequel Babe: Pig in the City. Miller is a co-founder of the production houses Kennedy Miller Mitchell, formerly known as Kennedy Miller, and Dr. D Studios. His younger brother Bill Miller and Doug Mitchell have been producers on almost all the films in Miller's later career, since the death of his original producing partner Byron Kennedy. In 2006, Miller won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Happy Feet (2006). He has been nominated for five other Academy Awards: Best Original Screenplay in 1992 for Lorenzo's Oil, Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay in 1995 for Babe, and Best Picture and Best Director for Fury Road in 2015. Early life Miller was born on 3 March 1945 in Chinchilla, Queensland, to Greek immigrant parents: Jim Miller and mother Angela. Jim (aka Dimitrios) was born on the Greek island of Kythira (at Mitata), Jim's father anglicised his surname from Miliotis to Miller when he emigrated to Australia in 1920; Angela's family were Greek refugees from Anatolia, displaced by the 1923 population exchange. The couple married and settled in Chinchilla and had four sons: fraternal twins George and John, Chris, and Bill.George attended Ipswich Grammar School and later Sydney Boys High School, then studied medicine at the University of New South Wales with his twin brother John. While in his final year at medical school (1971), George and his younger brother Chris made St. Vincent's Revue Film, a one-minute short film that won them first prize in a student competition. In 1971, George attended a film workshop at Melbourne University where he met fellow student, Byron Kennedy, with whom he formed a lasting friendship and production partnership, until Kennedy's death. In 1972, Miller completed his residency at Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital, spending his time off crewing on short experimental films. That same year, Miller and Kennedy founded Kennedy Miller Productions. The pair subsequently collaborated on numerous works. After Kennedy died in 1983, Miller kept his name in the company. It was later renamed Kennedy Miller Mitchell in 2009 as a way to recognise producer Doug Mitchell's role in the company. Career Miller's first work, the short film Violence in Cinema: Part 1 (1971), polarised critics, audiences and distributors so much that it was placed in the documentary category at the 1972 Sydney Film Festival due to its matter-of-fact depiction of cinematic violence. In 1979, Miller made his feature-length directorial debut with Mad Max. Based on a script written by Miller and James McCausland in 1975, the film was independently financed by Kennedy Miller Productions and went on to become an international success. As a result, the film spawned the Mad Max series with two further sequels starring Mel Gibson: Mad Max 2 also released as The Road Warrior (1981) and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985). The fourth film in the series Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) stars Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron. During the time between the second and third Mad Max films, Miller directed a remake of "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" as a segment for the anthology film Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983). He also co-produced and co-directed many acclaimed miniseries for Australian television including The Dismissal (1983) and The Cowra Breakout (1984). In 1987, Miller directed The Witches of Eastwick, starring Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon, Cher and Michelle Pfeiffer. The film proved to be a troubling experience for Miller. "I quit the film twice and Jack [Nicholson] held me in there," said Miller. "He said, 'Just sit down, lose your emotion, and have a look at the work. If you think the work is good, stick with the film.' And he was a great man. I learnt more from him than anybody else I think I'd worked for – he was extraordinary." Nicholson also coached Miller to exaggerate his needs during the production, asking for 300 extras when he only needed 150, knowing that his producers would give him less than he requested. The award-winning production designer Polly Platt also collaborated closely with Miller on The Witches of Eastwick. Cher later said that prior to working on the film, Miller called her at home, the day after her 40th birthday, to inform her that he and Nicholson didn't want her in the film. She was deemed "too old and not sexy".Following The Witches of Eastwick, Miller focused primarily on producing Australian projects. His role as producer of Flirting, Dead Calm and the TV miniseries Bangkok Hilton and Vietnam, all starring Nicole Kidman, was instrumental in the development of her career. Miller returned to directing with the release of Lorenzo's Oil (1992), which he co-wrote with Nick Enright.In 1993, Miller was hired to direct Contact based on the story by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan. After working on the film for over a year, Warner Bros. and Miller mutually agreed to part ways and Robert Zemeckis was eventually brought on to direct.Miller also co-wrote the comedy-drama Babe (1995) and wrote and directed its sequel Babe: Pig in the City (1998). Miller was also the creator of Happy Feet, a musical epic about the life of penguins in Antarctica. The Warner Bros.-produced film was released in November 2006. As well as being a runaway box office success, Happy Feet also brought Miller his fourth Academy Award nomination, and his first win in the category of Best Animated Feature. In 2007, Miller signed on to direct a Justice League film titled Justice League: Mortal. While production was initially held up due to the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike, further production delays and the success of The Dark Knight led to Warner Bros. deciding to put the film on hold and pursue different options. In 2011, the Happy Feet sequel Happy Feet Two was released. The following year, Miller began principal photography on Mad Max: Fury Road, the fourth film in the Mad Max series, after several years of production delays. Fury Road was released on 15 May 2015. The film was met with widespread critical acclaim and received 10 Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, while Miller himself was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director.In October 2018 it was announced that Miller would direct Three Thousand Years of Longing, which began filming in November 2020. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2022.In April 2017, Miller said that he and co-writer Nico Lathouris have finished two additional post-Fury Road scripts for .... Discover the George Miller popular books. Find the top 100 most popular George Miller books.

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  • Conceptions of the Human Mind synopsis, comments

    Conceptions of the Human Mind

    Gilbert Harman

    This volume is a direct result of a conference held at Princeton University to honor George A. Miller, an extraordinary psychologist. A distinguished panel of speakers from various...

  • George Miller v. Bock Laundry Machine Company synopsis, comments

    George Miller v. Bock Laundry Machine Company

    The Supreme Court of Texas

    This is a products liability case. George Miller, Jr., then eleven years old, had his left arm severed at the shoulder when it became caught in a centrifugal extractor, a type of c...

  • Literature and Evil synopsis, comments

    Literature and Evil

    Georges Bataille & Alastair Hamilton

    'Literature is not innocent,' stated Georges Bataille in this extraordinary 1957 collection of essays, arguing that only by acknowledging its complicity with the knowledge of evil ...

  • George J. Miller v. Commonwealth Pennsylvania synopsis, comments

    George J. Miller v. Commonwealth Pennsylvania

    Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania No. 1882 C.D. 1978

    [ 45 Pa. Commw. Page 540] George J. Miller (employer) appeals from a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which granted benefits to claimant Diana L. D...

  • Sergei Eisenstein synopsis, comments

    Sergei Eisenstein

    Ronald Bergan

    Now back in print, this acclaimed biography reassesses a titan of early cinema based on new material released after the fall of the Soviet Union. Sergei Eisenstein: A Life in Confl...

  • George E. Miller Lumber Co. V. Holden synopsis, comments

    George E. Miller Lumber Co. V. Holden

    Department Two Supreme Court of Washington

    George E. Miller is an individual doing business as George E. Miller Lumber Company, with principal offices in Portland, and is engaged in the business of buying, selling and deali...

  • Ronald D. Werner v. Hon. George Miller synopsis, comments

    Ronald D. Werner v. Hon. George Miller

    Supreme Court of Texas

    Relator seeks a writ of mandamus requiring respondent, the Honorable George Miller, Judge of the 113th Judicial District Court of Harris County, to vacate interlocutory orders date...

  • George J. Miller v. Commonwealth Pennsylvania synopsis, comments

    George J. Miller v. Commonwealth Pennsylvania

    Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

    George J. Miller (employer) appeals from a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) which granted benefits to claimant Diana L. Dauber, by reversing the re...

  • Laughing Legends synopsis, comments

    Laughing Legends

    Jeffrey Gurian, Richie Tienken & Chris Rock

    Once in a lifetime a venue comes along that changes show business dramatically, that fosters growth and camaraderie, experimentation and freedom. The Comic Strip is one of those pl...

  • Wildflowers of Texas synopsis, comments

    Wildflowers of Texas

    George Miller

    With statewide coverage, this book has easytounderstand descriptions of more than 650 primary and secondary species. Along with each plant’s unique features, every entry includes 3...

  • Growing Up Getty synopsis, comments

    Growing Up Getty

    James Reginato

    An enthralling and comprehensive look into the contemporary state of one of the wealthiestand most misunderstoodfamily dynasties in the world, perfect for fans of Succession and Ho...

  • Lone Assassin synopsis, comments

    Lone Assassin

    Helmut Ortner & Ross Benjamin

    Living as a carpenter who had spent time working in a watch factory, Georg Elser was just an ordinary member of society living in Munich. That is, however, until he took it upon hi...

  • Harris County v. Honorable George Miller synopsis, comments

    Harris County v. Honorable George Miller

    Supreme Court of Texas

    In this original mandamus proceeding, Harris County has petitioned this court to order the trial judge to vacate an order reinstating a case on the ground that the trial court has ...

  • The King of Late Night synopsis, comments

    The King of Late Night

    Greg Gutfeld

    Greg Gutfeld, fivetime New York Times bestselling author and host of the #1 rated late night show GUTFELD!, returns with a witty and tongueincheek essay collection that is part mem...

  • John Garrow, Thomas Y. how, Jr., James Seymour, And George Miller, Appellants v. Amos Davis synopsis, comments

    John Garrow, Thomas Y. how, Jr., James Seymour, And George Miller, Appellants v. Amos Davis

    United States Supreme Court

    Complainants' Points. Point I. The complainants, assignees of the contracts of February 17, 1835, for 28,804 acres of pine lands, had an interest in those contracts and lands, whic...

  • Lotus Blue synopsis, comments

    Lotus Blue

    Cat Sparks

    “Imaginative and richly rendered . . . Sparks frames all of this in haunting, nearpoetic detail, such that the readers can smell the toxic red sand and perhaps taste the blood. Rec...

  • The B Side synopsis, comments

    The B Side

    Ben Yagoda

    From an acclaimed cultural critic, a narrative and social history of the Great American Songwriting era. Everybody knows and loves the American Songbook. But it’s a bit less w...

  • Miller v. George F. Cook Construction Co. synopsis, comments

    Miller v. George F. Cook Construction Co.

    Arizona Supreme Court

    This is an appeal by the plaintiffs, Charles and Della Miller, husband and wife, from a judgment of the lower court entered upon a jury verdict denying them damages for the alleged...

  • The Girl synopsis, comments

    The Girl

    Michelle Morgan

    With an indepth look at the two most empowering years in the life of Marilyn Monroe, The Girl details how The Seven Year Itch created an icon and sent the star on an adventure of s...

  • George Miller v. Vivian Huebner synopsis, comments

    George Miller v. Vivian Huebner

    Fourteenth District, Houston Court of Civil Appeals of Texas

    This suit involves a controversy between George Miller and his two sisters, Vivian Huebner and Mae Olive Miller, over ownership of three tracts of land in Austin County, Texas. At ...

  • Henry Miller, Administrator of George Miller, Deceased, Plaintiff in Error v. Betsey Herbert and Caroline Herbert synopsis, comments

    Henry Miller, Administrator of George Miller, Deceased, Plaintiff in Error v. Betsey Herbert and Caroline Herbert

    United States Supreme Court

    Agreement of Counsel. It is agreed, that if this court shall be of opinion that they would have power, sitting in chancery, to decree the record of the deed, the execution of which...

  • Sherlock Holmes - Cry of the Innocents synopsis, comments

    Sherlock Holmes - Cry of the Innocents

    Cavan Scott

    A HOLY MYSTERYIt is 1891, and a catholic priest arrives at 221b baker street, only to utter the words “il corpe” before suddenly dropping dead.Though the man’s death is attributed ...

  • James Miller v. George Haug Co. synopsis, comments

    James Miller v. George Haug Co.

    Supreme Court of New York

    Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Dontzin, J.), entered May 18, 1982, which, inter alia, directed defendant Leylands testing to go forward before a neutral expert at a neutral...

  • The Penguin Book of First World War Stories synopsis, comments

    The Penguin Book of First World War Stories

    Ann-Marie Einhaus & Barbara Korte

    An anthology of Great War short stories by British writers, both famous and lesserknown authors, men and women, during the war and after its end. These stories are able to illustra...

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    Miller and Max

    Luke Buckmaster

    Miller and Max is the story of two heroes. One, the protagonist of the wildly successful Mad Max movies: a leather jacket–clad Road Warrior whose adventures in a dystopian future h...

  • John Garrow, Thomas Y. how, Jr., James Seymour, And George Miller, Appellants v. Amos Davis synopsis, comments

    John Garrow, Thomas Y. how, Jr., James Seymour, And George Miller, Appellants v. Amos Davis

    United States Supreme Court

    Complainants' Points. Point I. The complainants, assignees of the contracts of February 17, 1835, for 28,804 acres of pine lands, had an interest in those contracts and lands, whic...

  • Selected Tales synopsis, comments

    Selected Tales

    James Henry & John Lyon

    Throughout his life, Henry James was drawn to the short story form for the freedom and variety it offered. The nineteen stories in this selection span James's career, from brief ta...

  • Orwell synopsis, comments

    Orwell

    D. J. Taylor

    A fascinating exploration of George Orwelland his body of workby an awardwinning Orwellian biographer and scholar, presenting the author anew to twentyfirstcentury readers. We...

  • The Maverick synopsis, comments

    The Maverick

    Thomas Harding

    The captivating story of the famed publisher George Weidenfeld, from his struggles as an AustrianJewish refugee in London to his rise as a worldrenowned literary figure. After...

  • Automatic Drilling Machines v. Honorable George E. Miller synopsis, comments

    Automatic Drilling Machines v. Honorable George E. Miller

    Fourteenth District, Houston Court of Appeals of Texas

    This is an original mandamus proceeding. Automatic Drilling Machines, Inc., et al, relators, seek the writ to require the Honorable George E. Miller, Judge of the 113th Judicial Di...

  • Dixie Schmid v. George Miller synopsis, comments

    Dixie Schmid v. George Miller

    Supreme Court of Alaska

    RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice. OPINION. This is another case in which we consider whether a litigant has waived her right to a peremptory challenge of the Judge assigned to her case. H...

  • Dombey and Son synopsis, comments

    Dombey and Son

    Charles Dickens & Andrew Sanders

    'There's no writing against such power as this one has no chance' William Makepeace ThackerayA compelling depiction of a man imprisoned by his own pride, Dombey and Son explores t...

  • The Last Taxi Driver synopsis, comments

    The Last Taxi Driver

    Lee Durkee

    A Kirkus Best Book of 2020“A wild, funny, poetic fever dream that will change the way you think about America.” George SaundersHailed by George Saunders as “a true originala w...

  • Witness synopsis, comments

    Witness

    Louise Milligan

    A masterful and deeply troubling exposé, Witness is the culmination of almost five years' work for awardwinning investigative journalist Louise Milligan. Charting the experiences o...