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George Miller: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born March 3, 1945 (age 81) • Australia
Notable Works “Happy Feet” • “Happy Feet Two” • “Mad Max” • “Mad Max: Fury Road” • “The Road Warrior” • “The Witches of Eastwick” • “Three Thousand Years of Longing”

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Director George Miller speaks with actress Charlize Theron, in costume as Furiosa, on the outdoor set of Mad Max: Fury Road, with crew and filming equipment visible.
Tom Hardy as Max rides a rugged motorcycle through a barren desert, wearing weathered, makeshift armor in a scene from Mad Max: Fury Road.
Tom Hardy as Max stands on the hood of a battered car with a massive explosion and flames erupting behind him in a scene from Mad Max: Fury Road.
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Portrait of British writer James Clavell, circa 1981, with his hand resting on his chin and an ornate, painted screen in the background.
James Clavell
British writer
Steven Spielberg wearing a tuxedo and bow tie, smiling at the camera on the red carpet at the Cannes International Film Festival.
Steven Spielberg
American film director and producer
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
American actor, director, and writer
Martin Scorsese smiling in a tuxedo and bow tie, holding an Oscar statuette at the Academy Awards, with a gold Oscar statue in the background.
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
John Huston
American director, writer, and actor
Billy Wilder poses in a suit and hat, leaning against a streetlamp with a sign reading Sunset Blvd. in a promotional photo for the film Sunset Boulevard.
Billy Wilder
Austrian-born American director and producer
Francis Ford Coppola, with a beard, sits on a camera dolly surrounded by crew and actors on the set of The Godfather: Part II, with storefronts in the background.
Francis Ford Coppola
American director and screenwriter
American director Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick
American director
Elia Kazan stands on a docked ship set with arms outstretched, directing a scene for Panic in the Streets in New Orleans, with crew members and rigging visible behind him.
Elia Kazan
American director and author
Mankiewicz, Joseph L.
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
American filmmaker
Mel Brooks in a tuxedo smiles widely and points at his Emmy Award trophy while posing in front of a blue Emmy Awards backdrop.
Mel Brooks
American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
Leo McCarey, seated sideways in a director's chair, looks toward the camera in a black-and-white portrait from around 1930.
Leo McCarey
American director
Gulzar
Gulzar
writer, film producer, and director
George Lucas wearing a black suit and tie with a white shirt, standing in front of a dark backdrop at the 2017 LACMA Art Film Gala in Los Angeles.
George Lucas
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Guillermo del Toro smiles on the red carpet in a black suit, black shirt, and black tie at the Venice International Film Festival.
Guillermo del Toro
Mexican director
Ben Affleck wearing a dark suit, blue shirt, and navy tie, posing for a photo at the premiere of the film AIR with a blurred event backdrop behind him.
Ben Affleck
American actor, writer, and director
Ryan Murphy in a patterned green tuxedo holds an Emmy Award trophy while standing in front of a black backdrop with the word Emmy visible.
Ryan Murphy
American producer, director, and writer
Peter Bogdanovich
Peter Bogdanovich
American director, critic, and actor
Pakula, Alan J.
Alan J. Pakula
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Barbra Streisand in 2010, wearing a layered necklace and a black jacket, with straight shoulder-length hair, smiling slightly at an event.
Barbra Streisand
American singer and actress