About
Australian director, screenwriter, and producer best known for his Mad Max franchise, including the hit 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road. He also won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2006 for his film Happy Feet.
Trivia
He co-wrote and produced the 1995 film Babe and directed the film's 1998 sequel Babe: Pig in the City.
Before Fame
He studied medicine at the University of New South Wales.
Family Life
He came from a family of Greek immigrants. He married Sandy Gore in 1985 and the couple welcomed one child before divorcing. He then married Margaret Sixel in 1995 and the couple had two children together.
Associated With
He directed Mel Gibson in Mad Max (1979), Mad Max 2 (1981) and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985).