George Ogilvie

George Buchan Ogilvie AM (5 March 1931 – 5 April 2020) was an Australian theatre and mivie director and actor. He most notably directed the adventure action movie Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) with George Miller. He also directed movies such as The Place at the Coast (1987) and The Crossing (1990). He served as a director at the Melbourne Theatre Company and the South Australian Theatre Company. He was also a freelance director for the Australian Opera and the Australian Ballet. His screen acting credits include The Dismissal (1983) and The Water Diviner (2014).

Ogilvie was born in Goulburn, New South Wales. He started acting at the Canberra Repertory Theatre.

His autobiography, Simple Gifts – a life in the theatre, was published in 2006. He died on 5 April 2020, at a hospital in Braidwood, New South Wales of cardiac arrest. He was 89.

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