George Miller
Awards & Honours
29
Awards Won
7
Honours
6
Rankings
9
Covers
3
Records
George Miller has received numerous accolades recognizing his contributions to cinema. He won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Happy Feet and has six AACTA Awards, including Best Director for three different films. His film Mad Max: Fury Road won six Oscars and was named the best film of the 21st century by the BBC in 2016. Miller was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2020. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and holds honorary doctorates from the University of New South Wales and the University of Queensland. His work has been ranked on numerous greatest-films lists, with Fury Road appearing on Sight & Sound's top 100. Miller's ability to reinvent the action genre and his dedication to practical effects have earned him lasting respect from peers and audiences alike.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
For distinguished service to the performing arts as a film director, producer, and screenwriter.
Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Located at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard.
AACTA Raymond Longford Award (Lifetime Achievement)
Lifetime achievement award for contribution to Australian film.
Honorary Doctor of Letters
Honoris causa for contributions to film.
Honorary Doctor of the University
Honorary doctorate.
Key to the City of Chinchilla
Presented to Miller in his birthplace.
Guinness World Record: Most Profitable Film (Mad Max)
Mad Max held the record for highest ratio of box office gross to budget for decades.
Rankings & Lists
100 Greatest Directors
100 Greatest Directors of All Time
100 Greatest Films of All Time (Mad Max: Fury Road)
21st Century's Greatest Films (Mad Max: Fury Road)
100 Best Films of the 21st Century (Mad Max: Fury Road)
100 Greatest American Films (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Magazine Covers
TIME
2015-05-18
Mad Max: Fury Road – The Return of the King
Rolling Stone
2015-05
George Miller: The Mad Genius Behind Fury Road
Empire
2015-05
Mad Max: Fury Road cover feature
Total Film
2015-05
George Miller: The Godfather of Action
Variety
2015-05-12
George Miller's Road to Fury
The Hollywood Reporter
2015-05
George Miller: The Doctor Who Changed Action Cinema
GQ Australia
2015-08
George Miller: The Man Who Reinvented Action
Wired
2015-06
Inside the Mind of George Miller
The New York Times Magazine
2015-05
George Miller's Road to Fury
Records & Feats
Most Profitable Film (Mad Max)
Mad Max (1979) held the Guinness World Record for highest ratio of box office gross to budget for decades, grossing over $100 million on a $350,000 AUD budget.
First Film to Win Six Oscars Without a Best Picture or Best Director Win (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Mad Max: Fury Road won six Academy Awards in technical categories without winning Best Picture or Best Director.
Only Film to Top BBC's 21st Century's Greatest Films List (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Mad Max: Fury Road was ranked #1 by BBC in their 2016 poll of critics for the greatest film of the 21st century.