Doug Mitchell (born 1952) is a film producer.

Career

Mitchell's career as a producer began in the mid 1980s as a member of the

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production house based in Sydney. In the late 1980s he was nominated with George Miller and Terry Hayes on three occasions in the

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category at the

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. In 1987 they won best film for '' The Year My Voice Broke'', were nominated in 1989 for ''

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'' and won a second award for ''

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'' in 1990. In 1995 Mitchell was nominated for an Academy Award with George Miller and his brother Bill Miller in the

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category for the film ''

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''. In total the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning the

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. The trio won the 1995

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and received nominations for the 1995

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and the 1995 Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture. In 2006 he was a producer with George Miller and Bill Miller of the

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film ''

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''. The film won the 2006

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, the 2006

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and was nominated for the 2006 Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film. The trio were nominated in the Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures category for ''Happy Feet'' at the

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. Following the release of '' Happy Feet Two'' in 2011 they were nominated for the 2012 Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film. Mitchell received another Academy Award for Best Picture nomination with George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road. The film was nominated for ten Academy Awards winning in six categories. Mitchell, Miller and P J Voeten received further nominations for the 2015

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and the 2015 Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture. The trio won the 2015 AACTA Award for Best Film.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

*1987: Won

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for '' The Year My Voice Broke'', Best Film, with George Miller and Terry Hayes. *1989: Australian Film Institute Award nomination for ''

'', Best Film, with George Miller and Terry Hayes. *1990: Won Australian Film Institute Award for ''

'', Best Film, with George Miller and Terry Hayes. *1995: Won

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for ''

'', Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, with George Miller and Bill Miller. *1995:

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nomination for ''Babe'', Best Picture, with George Miller and Bill Miller. *1995:

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nomination for ''Babe'', Best Film, with George Miller, Bill Miller and Chris Noonan. *1995: Producers Guild of America Award nomination for ''Babe'', Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, with George Miller and Bill Miller. *2007: Producers Guild of America Award nomination for ''

'', Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures, with George Miller and Bill Miller. *2012: Asia Pacific Screen Awards nomination for '' Happy Feet Two'', Best Animated Feature Film, with George Miller, Bill Miller and Martin Wood. *2015: Won Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards for '' Mad Max: Fury Road'', Best Film, with P J Voeten and George Miller. *2015: Academy Award nomination for ''Mad Max: Fury Road'', Best Picture, with George Miller. *2015: Producers Guild of America Award nomination for ''Mad Max: Fury Road'', Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, with George Miller. *2015: Golden Globe nomination for ''Mad Max: Fury Road'', Best Motion Picture – Drama, with George Miller and P J Voeten.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, Doug 1952 births Living people People educated at Strathallan School British television producers British film producers Golden Globe Award-winning producers AACTA Award winners Place of birth missing (living people)