---
name: "Doug Mitchell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/doug-mitchell"
fi1m_id: "doug-mitchell"
imdb_id: "nm0593294"
tmdb_id: 11651
wikidata_id: "Q16935134"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "19 September 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-01T19:20:36.285178+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Doug Mitchell

## Identity

Doug Mitchell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/doug-mitchell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** doug-mitchell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0593294
- **TMDB ID:** 11651
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16935134
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Mitchell_(film_producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16935134, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0593294/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11651

Producer. Born 19 September 1952 in UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 19 September 1952, UK
- **Active:** 1985–present
- **Frequently works with:** [George Miller](https://film.one/person/george-miller.md), [Bill Miller](https://film.one/person/bill-miller.md), [George Shevtsov](https://film.one/person/george-shevtsov.md), [Nico Lathouris](https://film.one/person/nico-lathouris.md), [Nicole Kidman](https://film.one/person/nicole-kidman.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as producer, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 69 (2), 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 71 (1), 2010s 88 (1), 2020s 72 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 77 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Adventure 3, Science Fiction 3, Comedy 2, Drama 2, Family 2
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,236m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Mitchell_(film_producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16935134, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0593294/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11651

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Babe*](https://film.one/film/babe.md) (88)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Dead Calm*](https://film.one/film/dead-calm.md) (73)
- **Apple TV:** [*Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga*](https://film.one/film/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Doug Mitchell is a film producer. His career began in the mid-1980s as a member of the Kennedy Miller production house in Sydney, where he became a longtime producing partner of director George Miller. The company was later renamed Kennedy Miller Mitchell in recognition of his role.

Mitchell has produced *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015) and *Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga* (2024), both with Miller. Earlier credits include *Babe* (1995), which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, and *Happy Feet* (2006), which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. He has also received AACTA Awards for Best Film for *The Year My Voice Broke* (1987) and *Flirting* (1991).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga* (2024), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga.md)
- *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-fury-road.md)
- *Happy Feet* (2006), Fi1m 71, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/happy-feet.md)
- *Babe* (1995), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/babe.md)
- *Dead Calm* (1989), Fi1m 73, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-calm.md)
- *Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome* (1985), Fi1m 65, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-beyond-thunderdome.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of Furiosa* (2024), Thanks
- *Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga* (2024), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga.md)
- *Three Thousand Years of Longing* (2022), Producer
- *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-fury-road.md)
- *Happy Feet Two* (2011), Producer
- *Happy Feet* (2006), Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/happy-feet.md)
- *Two and a Half Men* (2003), series, as Jim — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/tv/two-and-a-half-men.md)
- *Babe: Pig in the City* (1998), Producer
- *40,000 Years of Dreaming* (1996), Producer
- *Video Fool for Love* (1996), Producer
- *Babe* (1995), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/babe.md)
- *Lorenzo's Oil* (1992), Producer
- *Flirting* (1991), Producer
- *Bangkok Hilton* (1989), series, Producer
- *Dead Calm* (1989), Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-calm.md)
- *Fragments of War: The Story of Damien Parer* (1988), Producer
- *The Riddle of the Stinson* (1988), Producer
- *The Clean Machine* (1988), Producer
- *The Year My Voice Broke* (1987), Producer
- *Vietnam* (1987), Producer
- *Vietnam* (1987), series, Producer
- *Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome* (1985), Co-Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-beyond-thunderdome.md)
- *The Making of 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome'* (1985), Executive Producer
- *Bodyline* (1984), series, Executive Producer
- *Mad Max: The Wasteland*, Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2016: Best Picture (nominated), for *Mad Max: Fury Road*
- 1996: Best Picture (nominated), for *Babe*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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