What is George Ogilvie?
'''George Buchan Ogilvie''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (5 March 1931 – 5 April 2020) was an [[Australia]]n theatre and movie director and actor. He most notably directed the adventure action movie ''[[Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome]]'' (1985) with [[George Miller (director)|George Miller]]. He also directed movies such as ''[[The Place at the Coast]]'' (1987) and ''[[The Crossing (1990 movie)|The Crossing]]'' (1990). He served as a director at the [[Melbourne Theatre Company]] and the [[State Theatre Company of South Australia|South Australian Theatre Company]]. He was also a freelance director for the [[Opera Australia|Australian Opera]] and [[the Australian Ballet]]. His screen acting credits include ''[[The Dismissal (miniseries)|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.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Knox, David|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/04/vale-george-ogilvie.html|title=Vale: George Ogilvie|date=6 April 2020|access-date=6 April 2020|website=TV Tonight}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|id=0644695|name=George Ogilvie}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ogilvie, George}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from New South Wales]] [[Category:Australian movie actors]] [[Category:Australian movie directors]] [[Category:Australian screenwriters]] [[Category:Australian stage actors]] [[Category:Australian television actors]] [[Category:Deaths from cardiac arrest]] [[Category:Order of Australia]] [[Category:Writers from New South Wales]] [[Category:Australian theatre directors]] {{actor-stub}}