George Ogilvie, Co-Director of ‘Mad Max Thunderdome,’ Dies at 89
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variety.comBy Klaritza Rico George Ogilvie, who co-directed on the third Mad Max film, “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome,” along with George Miller, and led Russell Crowe in his film screen debut in “The Crossing,” has died in Australia.
He was 89. For the 1985 “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome,” Ogilvie focused on working with the cast on dialogue and dramatization while co-director Miller focused on the action sequences.
He had previously worked with “Mad Max” star Mel Gibson in the Nimrod Theatre Company’s “Death of a Salesman.” Ogilvie guided a then 26-year-old Russell Crowe through his first feature film in the 1990 Australian coming-of-age drama, “The Crossing.” “Oh I just love him,” said Ogilvie of Crowe in a 2016 interview with The Sunday Morning
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