George Miller is an Australian film director, producer, and screenwriter. Fame brought him the tetralogy "Mad Max." Miller took part in the creation of the Oscar-winning paintings "Babe: The Four-Legged Baby" and "Make Feet." The director co-founded the companies Kennedy Miller Mitchell and Dr. D Studios.
An Australian filmmaker of Greek descent and a former doctor was born in Brisbane on March 3, 1945. The parents of the future famous filmmaker are ethnic Greeks. They chose a distant continent in search of a better life. Dimitri Miliotis after emigration changed his name to Miller. Four children appeared in the family. George has twin John and brothers Chris and Bill.
Dream Case Search
As a child, George changed several educational institutions. He attended Ipswich Grammar School, Sydney High School for Boys. After completing his education, the graduate went to New South Wales to study medicine at the university.
After completing his studies and completing residency in 1972, Miller worked in a Sydney hospital as a physiotherapist. However, he quickly realized that he did not want to connect the future with medicine. Then his creative biography began. Together with his brother Chris, the future director made the debut amateur short film.
The duration of the first tape did not exceed a minute, but the project received a lot of positive feedback from critics. Approval was an incentive for George to continue his work. He decided to develop a film career.
The young man entered specialized courses at the University of Melbourne. He met Byron Kennedy there. Purposeful and ambitious guy was in love with cinema, he dreamed of creating films. The young people quickly became friends. All their free time was occupied by shooting experimental short independent films.
In 1972, Miller, along with Kennedy, founded Kennedy Miller Productions to develop a variety of projects. The friends shot the second picture in the genre of full-length cinema in 1979. The film "Mad Max" tells the story of the Australian hero of the post-apocalyptic world. The film was an opening for all lovers of science fiction films. The tape, which turned into a classic in a short time, cost the creators a minimal amount, and earned millions.
Successful career
The project brought fame not only to the director, but also to the lead actor Mel Gibson. Hollywood figures immediately appreciated such luck. Miller received an invitation to the United States. They promised him a lot of new projects, and huge fees. However, George remained at home.
He shot several more parts of Mad Max in 1981 and 1975. They were called Road Warrior and Under the Thunder Dome. Both works have been nominated for the Saturn Award. The new work was the fantasy project "Eastwick Witches." Comedy was twice nominated for an Oscar. The British Film Academy noted the work, rewarding for the best visual effects. As the best actor, the statue of Saturn received Jack Nicholson.
Five years passed, and Miller again took the director’s chair. He shot the dramatic film Lorenzo Oil. The picture was included in the Oscars and the Golden Globes of the competition. In 1997, the documentary "40, 000 Years of Dreaming" was shot, and a year later the premiere screening of a wonderful and very cute comedy film project about the charming little pig Beiba took place.
The orphaned piglet, according to the plot of the picture, was chosen for the Guess the Weight contest. The winner, farmer Hoggett, brought the winnings home. They raised the baby border collie with their puppies. At Christmas, Babe warned the farmer about the possible theft of his sheep, raising the alarm. The amazed Hoggett noticed the next day that the piglet sorts the chickens by color. He takes Babe to the field so that the piglet grazes the sheep.
At the command of the elder sheep, Maa, everyone else begins to obey the new shepherd. Rex, who raised a pig, is jealous of his master. Due to his skirmish with a man, the dog is suspended from work. Hoggett decides to compete in a shepherd dog competition with Babe. Since the sheep refuse to comply with the orders of the pig, Rex rushes to his native farm and asks the local sheep to help the baby. Having learned the words of the special password, he passes them to Babe, who brilliantly wins the competition.
The successful film was continued, which described the adventures of a funny kid in the city.
