George Miller
Film director · 8 films (1979–2024)
George Miller is a director whose work here spans Mad Max (1979) to Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024), across adventure and action. 2 of those films were photographed by Dean Semler. The work runs wide — 33% of frames across the 8 films indexed here, against 20% library-wide. All 537 frames from 8 films are indexed here, searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, colour and mood.
George Miller AO is an Australian filmmaker. Over the course of four decades he has received critical and popular success creating the Mad Max franchise, starting in 1979, with two of the films having been hailed as two of the greatest action films of all time.
Born 3 March 1945 · Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia
Directing style
George Miller constructs high-stakes action and speculative worlds by staging characters within expansive exterior daylights, relying heavily on direct sunlight to shape his frames. He favors eye-level medium shots and wide compositions that maintain a tense, ominous atmosphere, frequently utilizing a shallow depth of field to isolate subjects against their environments. His color design shifts between warm, earth-toned ochres and cool, desaturated blues, anchoring his high-contrast visual worlds in distinct, atmospheric palettes.
Awards
- Academy Award for Best Animated Feature · 2007
- Officer of the Order of Australia · 1996
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres · 2010
Films directed by George Miller
About George Miller
When was George Miller born?
George Miller was born on 3 March 1945 in Chinchilla, Queensland, Australia.
What films has George Miller directed?
FrameThrower holds stills from 8 of them: Mad Max (1979), Mad Max 2 (1981), Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985), The Witches of Eastwick (1987), Happy Feet (2006), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024).
What awards has George Miller won?
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature (2007), Officer of the Order of Australia (1996) and Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (2010).
Search every frame of George Miller’s films
All 537 indexed frames from 8 films directed by George Miller — searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, mood or plain language.