Peter Weir

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-08-21 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Peter Weir

Biography

Peter Lindsay Weir AM (born August 21, 1944) is a retired Australian film director. He is known for directing films crossing various genres over forty years with films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), Gallipoli (1981), Witness (1985), Dead Poets Society (1989), Fearless (1993), The Truman Show (1998), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), and The Way Back (2010). He has received six Academy Award nominations, ultimately being awarded the Academy Honorary Award in 2022 for his lifetime achievement career. Early in his career as a director, Weir was a leading figure in the Australian New Wave cinema movement (1970–1990)...

Production

1989

1993

Fearless

as Director

1975

1986

1986

1981

Gallipoli

as Director

1981

Gallipoli

as Story

1985

Witness

as Director

1990

Green Card

as Director

1990

Green Card

as Producer

1998

The Truman Show

as Director

1974

2010

The Way Back

as Director

2010

The Way Back

as Screenplay

2010

The Way Back

as Producer

1977

The Last Wave

as Director

1977

The Last Wave

as Screenplay

1979

The Plumber

as Director

1971

Homesdale

as Director

1971

Three to Go

as Director

1972

1971

Homesdale

as Writer

1979

The Plumber

as Writer

1990

Green Card

as Writer

1971

Three to Go

as Writer

1970

Michael

as Director

1970

Michael

as Writer

1979

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