Los Angeles: Australian director George Miller has been selected to head the jury at the upcoming 69th Cannes International Film Festival, which will run from May 11-22, the festival officials have announced.

Miller, who has been nominated in the Best Director category at the upcoming 88th Academy Awards for his film "Mad Max: Fury Road", was at Cannes in May last year when the action film screened as an official out-of-competition selection, reports hollywoodreporter.com.