George Miller has directed and co-written every one of the Mad Max movies, from the original back in 1979 to the spin-off Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga in 2024. That’s rare for a franchise as long-running as this one — heck, even Sam Raimi is letting other people make Evil Dead movies now.
But Miller’s commitment to the Mad Max universe is a big part of what makes it work. Across several decades, Miller’s vision has given the franchise a distinctive visual identity, not to mention a deep (if not always consistent) back catalog of lore. It also allows the director to continually up the ante in terms of stunt work: Miller maintains a team of stunt professionals who work with him on multiple projects, some of them for decades. That trust and experience is how you get show-stopping moments like the tanker flips in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).
