Peter Weir
Peter Lindsay Weir is an Australian retired film director, screenwriter, and producer. He directed films crossing various genres over forty years, such as Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), Gallipoli (1981), The Year of Living Dangerously (1982), 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 and he has won two AACTA Award for Best Direction and two BAFTA Award for Best Direction. In 2022, he was awarded the Academy Honorary Award for his lifetime career achievement. In 2024, he received an honorary life-time achievement award at the Venice Film Festival.
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🎬 Movies
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
actor
2019
The Way Back
writer
2010
The Way Back
director
2010
Entrenched: The Making of Gallipoli
actor
2005
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
writer
2003
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
director
2003
The Truman Show
director
1998
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
writer
1998
Fearless
director
1993
Green Card
director
1990
Green Card
writer
1990
Dead Poets Society
director
1989
The Mosquito Coast
director
1986
Witness
director
1985
The Year of Living Dangerously
director
1982
The Year of Living Dangerously
writer
1982
Gallipoli
writer
1981
Gallipoli
director
1981
The Plumber
writer
1979
The Plumber
director
1979
The Last Wave
writer
1977
The Last Wave
director
1977
Picnic at Hanging Rock
director
1975
The Cars That Ate Paris
director
1974
The Cars That Ate Paris
writer
1974