George T. Miller | |
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Born | George Turnbull Miller 28 November 1943 Edinburgh, Scotland |
Died | 17 February 2023 | (aged 79)
Occupation | Film director |
Years active | 1969–2023 |
Awards | Most Popular Film at Montreal World Film Festival 1982 The Man from Snowy River |
George Trumbull Miller (28 November 1943 – 17 February 2023) was a Scottish-born Australian film and television director and producer. He directed The Man from Snowy River, The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter, and Zeus and Roxanne.
He also directed the 1992 film Frozen Assets, widely considered by critics and audiences alike to be one of the worst films in the history of cinema.
Miller was born in Edinburgh on 28 November 1943.[1] He started his career in 1966 working for Crawford Productions. "They trained you to do everything, they'd throw you in at the deep end to see if you sank or swam," he said. "I was one of the ones who swam – you wouldn't get that training anywhere now."[2]
Miller said he was offered to direct Crocodile Dundee; but he had to turn it down, because he was going to make another film at the time, which ended up not being made.[2]
Miller died from a heart attack in Melbourne on 17 February 2023, at the age of 79.[3]
Filmography
[edit]Year | Title | Notes |
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1978 | Against the Wind | TV miniseries |
1980 | The Last Outlaw | TV miniseries |
1982 | The Man from Snowy River | |
1985 | The Aviator | |
Anzacs | TV miniseries | |
1986 | Cool Change | |
1987 | Les Patterson Saves the World | |
Bushfire Moon | ||
1988 | The Toy from Water the Hills | |
1990 | The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter | |
A Mom for Christmas | TV movie | |
1991 | In the Nick of Time | TV movie |
1992 | Over the Hill | |
Frozen Assets | ||
1993 | Gross Misconduct | |
1994 | Andre | |
1995 | Silver Strand | TV movie |
1997 | Zeus and Roxanne | |
Tidal Wave: No Escape | TV movie | |
Robinson Crusoe | ||
1999 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | TV miniseries |
2002 | Cybermutt | TV movie |
2005 | Attack of the Sabretooth | TV movie |
2009 | Prey |
References
[edit]- ^ "George T. Miller, horoscope for birth date 28 November 1943, born in Edinburgh, with Astrodatabank biography - Astro-Databank".
- ^ a b Lucinda Schmidt, "Money Profile: George Miller", Sydney Morning Herald 6 February 2008 p 2
- ^ Quinn, Karl (18 February 2023). "Australian film director George Miller, of Man From Snowy River fame, dies". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
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