Peter Weir
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1944-08-21 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Also known As
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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)...
Acting
1980
as Self
1971
as Robert 2
2004
as Self
2012
1975
2019
1968
as Mr. Thin
Production
1989
as Director
1993
as Director
1975
as Director
1986
as Producer
1986
as Director
1982
as Director
1982
as Screenplay
1981
as Director
1981
as Story
2003
2003
as Screenplay
2003
1985
as Director
1990
as Director
1990
as Producer
1998
as Director
1974
as Director
1974
as Story
1974
as Screenplay
2010
as Director
2010
as Screenplay
2010
as Producer
1998
as Idea
1977
as Director
1977
as Screenplay
1979
as Director
1971
as Director
1971
as Director
1972
as Director
1972
as Director
1971
as Writer
1979
as Writer
1974
as Director
1990
as Writer
1971
as Writer
1968
as Director
1968
as Writer
1968
as Producer
1968
1968
1968
1968
1970
as Director
1970
as Writer
1979
as Director
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