Australians in Hollywood : Biographical Notes

George Miller
George Miller (b. 1945), was born in Brisbane to Greek immigrant parents, and qualified as a medical doctor before teaming with the producer Byron Kennedy to make Mad Max (1979). The success in America of Mad Max 2 (1981) – released there under the title The Road Warrior – earned Miller a Hollywood call-up to direct an episode of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983). His co-directors on that project included Steven Spielberg and John Landis. Miller has subsequently made Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985), The Witches of Eastwick (1987), and Lorenzo's Oil (1992) – for which he and the Australian playwright Nick Enright were nominated for a best screenplay Academy Award. Miller then produced the acclaimed Babe (1995) and directed its darker sequel, Babe: Pig in the City (1998). A fourth Mad Max film, entitled Fury Road , is rumoured to be on the cards for 2004.

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