Miller, George (1945-…), is a successful Australian film director, film and television producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for directing and co-writing three science-fiction films—Mad Max (1979), Mad Max 2, also known as The Road Warrior (1981); and Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985). The first Mad Max film made a star of Australian actor Mel Gibson. The commercial success of the first two films gave the Australian film industry greater international prestige.
Miller was born in Chinchilla, near Brisbane, Australia. He graduated in 1971 from the University of New South Wales as a medical doctor. Although Miller practiced medicine for several years, his passion for movies led him into a film career. Miller’s creative partner from the 1970’s through the early 1980’s was producer Byron Kennedy, who produced the first two Mad Max movies. Kennedy was killed in a helicopter crash in 1983.
In the 1980’s, Miller worked in the United States, where he directed an episode in Twilight Zone—The Movie (1983) and The Witches of Eastwick (1987). In the late 1980’s, Miller primarily co-produced films and television programs for Australia television and co-produced the films The Year My Voice Broke (1987) and Dead Calm (1989). He returned to directing with Lorenzo’s Oil (1992), which he also co-produced and co-wrote. Miller co-wrote and co-produced the popular film Babe (1995). He directed and co-wrote and co-produced its sequel, Babe—Pig in the City (1998).
