FILM DIRECTOR

George Miller

1945 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Miller has received more than 206,190 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). George Miller is the 316th most popular film director (up from 350th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Australia (up from 54th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Australian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of George Millers by language

Over the past year George Miller has had the most page views in the with 57,970 views, followed by Spanish (49,253), and Russian (47,685). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (94.86%), Indonesian (78.09%), and Serbian (74.82%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, George Miller ranks 316 out of 2,041. Before him are Tengiz Abuladze, Eldar Ryazanov, Frank Borzage, Jiří Trnka, Robert Frank, and Darren Aronofsky. After him are Jack L. Warner, Adolph Zukor, Dušan Makavejev, Yuen Woo-ping, Marc Allégret, and Francis Veber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, George Miller ranks 131. Before him are Ernie Hudson, Dean Koontz, Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Viktor Saneyev, Catherine Spaak, and James Avery. After him are Alain Juppé, Luis Ocaña, Yuen Woo-ping, Christine Kaufmann, Radu Lupu, and Gal Costa.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, George Miller ranks 49 out of 1,143. Before him are Johnny Logan (1954), Barry Marshall (1951), Eric Bana (1968), Jonathan Hyde (1948), Liam Hemsworth (1990), and Judith Anderson (1897). After him are James Clavell (1921), Nick Cave (1957), Flea (1962), Edward Cassidy (1924), Simon Baker (1969), and Luís Vaz de Torres (1565).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Australia

Among film directors born in Australia, George Miller ranks 2. Before him are Peter Weir (1944). After him are Roger Donaldson (1945), Christopher Doyle (1952), John Pilger (1939), Baz Luhrmann (1962), Bruce Beresford (1940), John Farrow (1904), Russell Mulcahy (1953), Phillip Noyce (1950), John Seale (1942), and Fred Schepisi (1939).

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Filmography

Mad Max: Fury Road
Director
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.
May 13o 20157.586 / 10
Happy Feet
Director
Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!
Nov 16o 20066.175 / 10
Mad Max
Director
In the ravaged near future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them. But they underestimate one officer: Max Rockatansky. And when the bikers brutalize Max's best friend and family, they send him into a mad frenzy that leaves him with only one thing left in the world to live for – revenge!
Apr 12o 19796.684 / 10