Bill Miller | |
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| Born | 1953 (age 71–72) Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Film producer, lawyer |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Relatives | George Miller (brother) |
Bill Miller (born 1953) is a Sydney-based feature film producer.
Bill Miller was born inQueensland and along with his older brotherGeorge Miller, attendedSydney Boys High School.[1] Like George, who gave up practicing medicine to become afilm director, Bill, a successful arts andentertainment lawyer, gave up the legal profession to pursue a film-making career. He collaborated with George andByron Kennedy on their early short films, includingViolence in the Cinema: Part One, a 14-minute parody of the violent films of the 1970s. This short won twoAustralian Film Institute Awards, and provided the film-making trio with the confidence to pursue more ambitious projects and Bill acted as associate producer on the originalMad Max, starringMel Gibson.[2]
Bill shared the honour of being an Academy Award nominee with George and long-time producing partnerDoug Mitchell for their work as producers on the family filmBabe.[3] In addition to being nominated forBest Picture in 1996, the film earned a total of seven Academy Award nominations, winning the Oscar forBest Visual Effects.[3] It also won aGolden Globe for Best Motion Picture (Comedy/Musical) and garnered aBAFTA Award nomination for Best Film. Following the success of Babe, he also went on to serve as a producer on its sequel,Babe: Pig in the City.
WithGeorge and Doug Mitchell, he produced the animated filmHappy Feet, a musical epic about the life ofpenguins inAntarctica, featuring the voices of Robin Williams, Elijah Wood, Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Anthony La Paglia, Magda Szubanski, Hugo Weaving and Brittany Murphy. Prior to starting production he took part in a six-week expedition to south Antarctica.[4] TheWarner Brothers-distributed film was released in late 2006, and went on to become one of Australia's most successful animated film projects. A worldwide box office success, it was nominated for various awards including a Golden Globe, going on to win the Academy Award Oscar for Best Animated Feature[5] and the equivalent British BAFTA award. Miller followed up as producer on the animated sequel,Happy Feet 2, released worldwide in late 2011. He has since been developing projects for film, television and live theatre.
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 1970 | Violence in the Cinema, Part 1 | Production Manager |
| 1979 | Mad Max | Associate Producer |
| 1986 | Something Wild | Associate Producer |
| 1995 | Babe | Producer |
| 1998 | Babe: Pig in the City | Producer |
| 2006 | Happy Feet | Producer |
| 2011 | Happy Feet Two | Producer |
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