List of awards and nominations received by George Miller

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Academy Awards
16
BAFTA Awards
11
Golden Globe Awards
13

The article is a List of awards and nominations received by George Miller , the Australian film director, screenwriter, producer, and former medical doctor. He has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award.

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Miller has directed the action adventure films Mad Max (1979), Mad Max 2 (1981), Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024). He directed the horror comedy The Witches of Eastwick (1987), the drama Lorenzo's Oil (1992), the family films Babe (1995), and Babe: Pig in the City (1998) as well as the animated films Happy Feet (2006), and Happy Feet Two (2011).

Major associations

Academy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
1992 Best Original Screenplay Lorenzo's Oil Nominated [1]
1995 Best Picture Babe Nominated [2]
Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated
2006 Best Animated Feature Happy Feet Won [3]
2015 Best Picture Mad Max: Fury Road Nominated [4]
Best Director Nominated

BAFTA Awards

British Academy Film Awards
YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
1995 Best Film Babe Nominated [5]
Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated
2006 Best Animated Film Happy Feet Won [6]

Golden Globe Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
1995 Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Babe Won
2015 Best Motion Picture – Drama Mad Max: Fury Road Nominated [7]
Best Director Nominated

Other awards and nominations

AACTA Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResult
1982 Best Direction Mad Max 2 Won
Best Editing Won
1987 Best Film The Year My Voice Broke Won
1990 Flirting Won
2015 Mad Max: Fury Road Won
Best Direction Won
Best Original Screenplay Nominated

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

YearCategoryNominated workResult
2016 Best Director Mad Max: Fury Road Nominated

Annie Award

YearCategoryNominated workResult
2007 Best Writing in an Animated Feature Production Happy Feet Nominated

Austin Film Critics Association

YearCategoryNominated workResult
2015 Best Director Mad Max: Fury Road Won

Australian Film Institute Global Achievement Award

YearCategoryNominated workResult
2007 Global Achievement Award Won

Boston Online Film Critics Association

YearCategoryNominated workResult
2015Best Director Mad Max: Fury Road Won

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

YearCategoryNominated workResult
2016Best Director Mad Max: Fury Road Nominated

Chicago Film Critics Association

YearCategoryNominated workResult
2015 Best Director Mad Max: Fury Road Won

Critics' Choice Movie Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResult
2016 Best Director Mad Max: Fury Road Won

Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association

YearCategoryNominated workResult
2015 Best Director Mad Max: Fury Road Nominated

Denver Film Critics Society

YearCategoryNominated workResult
2016 Best Director Mad Max: Fury Road Won

Detroit Film Critics Society

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2015 Best Director Mad Max: Fury Road Won

Directors Guild of America Award

YearCategoryNominated workResult
2016 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Mad Max: Fury Road Nominated

Empire Award

YearCategoryNominated workResult
2016 Best Director Mad Max: Fury Road Nominated

FIAPF Award

YearCategoryNominated workResult
2007 FIAPF Award Won

Florida Film Critics Circle

YearCategoryNominated workResult
2015 Best Director Mad Max: Fury Road Won

London Film Critics' Circle

YearCategoryNominated workResult
2016 Director of the Year Mad Max: Fury Road Won

National Board of Review

YearCategoryNominated workResult
2015 Top Ten Films Mad Max: Fury Road Won

Producers Guild of America Awards

YearNominated workCategoryResult
2007 Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures Happy Feet Nominated
2015 Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures Mad Max: Fury Road Nominated

Saturn Award

YearCategoryNominated workResult
1996 Best Fantasy Film Babe Won
Best Writing Nominated
2016 Best Director Mad Max: Fury Road Nominated
Best Writing Nominated

Writers Guild of America Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResult
1993 Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screenplay Lorenzo's Oil Nominated
1996 Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published Babe Nominated

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