Moved to Melbourne, formed production company with Byron Kennedy

Wrote and directed the Mad Max movies starring Mel Gibson, "Mad Max" (1980), "The Road Warrior" (1981), and "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" (1985)

Directed "The Witches of Eastwick," starring Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon, Cher and Michelle Pfeiffer

Returned to Australia to concentrated on producing dramatic TV programming such as, "Bangkok Hilton" and "Vietnam" under his Kennedy Miller company; both starring Nicole Kidman

Produced and served as second unit director of "Dead Calm," directed by Phillip Noyce and starring Sam Neill and Nicole Kidman

Reunited with Kidman to direct her in the Australian film, "Flirting"

Directed "Lorenzo's Oil," a dramatic film based on the true story of Augusto and Michaela Odone, two parents in a relentless search for a cure for their son Lorenzo's adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD)

Produced and co-wrote the family film, "Babe"

Wrote and directed the sequel, "Babe: Pig in the City"

Wrote, produced and directed the computer-animated film "Happy Feet"; also co-produced with brother Bill Miller