Miller's alleged "breakdown" during the filming of FR

[Uncle Entity]

Is it true?
Is it well-documented?
Was it a "heart problem" of some sort?

And most of all:

How many days or weeks of film shooting did he miss because of it? And who supposedly "completed" the movie in his place?

I'm puzzled.

[Stamper]

According to Miller, he had the heart surgery before going into Fury Road.

According to Margaret Sixel, he was in pieces at the end of the shoot, went back to his bed and stayed in for days, refusing to get out.

And the film wasn't even completed yet! 6 months took their toll, filmmaking is hard, nothing new.

I'm guessing no one took over (except second unit which is usual).

John Seale I read shot some on his own, but that was during the chief of WB visit when he banned filming for a week or so.

In short, the film is 100% Miller, no one took his place, they all helped him out completing it.

[Uncle Entity]

According to Miller, he had the heart surgery before going into Fury Road.

According to Margaret Sixel, he was in pieces at the end of the shoot, went back to his bed and stayed in for days, refusing to get out.

And the film wasn't even completed yet! 6 months took their toll, filmmaking is hard, nothing new.

I'm guessing no one took over (except second unit which is usual).

John Seale I read shot some on his own, but that was during the chief of WB visit when he banned filming for a week or so.

In short, the film is 100% Miller, no one took his place, they all helped him out completing it.

Thank you so much.

[Taipan]

According to Margaret Sixel, he was in pieces at the end of the shoot, went back to his bed and stayed in for days, refusing to get out.

This part right here. I was told that for the last 3 months George Miller had a mental breakdown, the actors wouldn't deal with him so somebody (we can figure out who) "took over it all and for all my efforts I lost half a contract" as they couldn't do the job they were originally brought in to do, they got no credit for it to the point they were ostracized on purpose so 'the truth never leaked out'. But they have a voice recording of George to all production saying he couldn't finish that film without that person and that he needs to be around George because he didn't even know what was going on. There's some extra grief on top of that regarding the pay and all that.
This is the info I got personally talking to that person.

On the other hand Stamper showed me an Interview with said individual where he claimed some pretty outrageous things regarding their work with actors and a few other things for which they were called out on by someone else from the production (armory dept. to be specific).

So the story seems to be at least 50/50

[Stamper]

It's obvious to me as I said, that he had a lot of help to get things done in the end, filmmaking is a collective work.

The part I think which might be inflated is that other someone hinting he finished it in Miller's place. That other might have been invaluable to the production, but that is pretty much the case of every talent involved in a film.

[Uncle Entity]

This part right here. I was told that for the last 3 months George Miller had a mental breakdown, the actors wouldn't deal with him so somebody (we can figure out who) "took over it all and for all my efforts I lost half a contract" as they couldn't do the job they were originally brought in to do, they got no credit for it to the point they were ostracized on purpose so 'the truth never leaked out'. But they have a voice recording of George to all production saying he couldn't finish that film without that person and that he needs to be around George because he didn't even know what was going on. There's some extra grief on top of that regarding the pay and all that.

I'm 100% sure that Miller did the entire film, and this "person" (whoever he is) just helped Miller: common practice in filmmaking, not rocket science.

[Stamper]

First assistants often inflate their role. He was not, but basically what this guys describe is a first A.D. job reporting to the director who is busy about other stuff like setting up the framing, light etc.
A director answers 10 questions at the same time, hour after hour. He can't be savvy to everything when there are dangerous set-ups like stunts etc. That's where the first A.D. comes in, relaying to the director other stuff going on until they are all set to roll.
That's why you have hundred of peoples on a film set.

[Taipan]

I agree, but we know that it was not that person's job to be a first A.D. They were brought on to do something completely different.

And I think this is where the grief comes from, we can only speculate of course, but both you and me know who that is and what their area of expertise was. Then perhaps he was demanded to do more or volunteered, spread himself thin, that caused problems and here we are. Another issue that's not painting that person in a positive light is what they had said in the interview you showed me which painted them in a narcissistic light and that's definitely not helping their side of the story.

I don't think we'll ever get the real scope of what happened there, not even sure if they buried the hatchet and are on good terms again.

[Stamper]

Remember the film was entirely storyboarded. So even if someone directed 10% of the storyboards, doesn't make them the director who saved the film. The visionary there is George Miller. As Miller says there are always landmines in filmmaking, so you have to adapt. Maybe the huge task of making it called for that individual to adapt, and maybe he is not used to that, being fairly new in moviemaking which wasn't his career goal.

[Uncle Entity]

Remember the film was entirely storyboarded. So even if someone directed 10% of the storyboards, doesn't make them the director who saved the film. The visionary there is George Miller. As Miller says there are always landmines in filmmaking, so you have to adapt. Maybe the huge task of making it called for that individual to adapt, and maybe he is not used to that, being fairly new in moviemaking which wasn't his career goal.

This.
If you're the Second Unit, you're not the Director. That's universal.
FURY ROAD is 100% George Miller. He storyboarded the entire movie. He called the shots. He supervised the editing.