WIRED caught up with Miller in Australia. He told us about how growing up with a twin made him fall in love with stories, the Babe fan interaction that made him think, and why after all these years he’s still learning how to make movies.
never been one to get penned into a single genre. Though the Aussie director first hit it big as the writer-director of the bombastic and bleak Mad Max movies, he’s also the mind behind both of the Babe films, about a cute little talking pig with a heart of gold. He also crafted the animated Happy Feet franchise, for which he won his only Academy Award.
fan interaction that made him think, and why after all these years he’s still learning how to make movies.WIRED: When did you first fall in love with stories? My twin brother—we were not identical twins, but we spent the first 22 years of our lives together, virtually every day. We went to the same primary school, same boarding school, same high school, we did the same course at university. And every day, we were exchanging our experiences and telling stories. He is a wonderful storyteller, and very, very funny, so I was always engaged by his stories. I was always trying to make my versions of the day exciting for him too.
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