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Peter Weir‌

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Peter Weir

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Peter Weir

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1944-08-21

Popularity

star7.7

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). Weir made his feature film debut with Homesdale and continued with the mystery drama Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), the supernatural thriller The Last Wave (1977) and the historical drama Gallipoli (1981). Weir gained tremendous success with the multinational production The Year of Living Dangerously (1982). After the success of The Year of Living Dangerously, Weir directed a diverse group of American and international films covering most genres–many of them major box office hits–including Academy Award-nominated films such as the thriller Witness (1985), the drama Dead Poets Society (1989), the romantic comedy Green Card (1990), the social science fiction comedy-drama The Truman Show (1998) and the epic historical drama Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003). His final feature before his retirement was the well-received The Way Back (2010). Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Weir, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

Walkabout to Hollywood

Walkabout to Hollywood‌
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calendar 1980

Entrenched: The Making of 'Gallipoli'

Entrenched: The Making of 'Gallipoli'‌
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calendar 2005

Homesdale

Homesdale‌
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calendar 1971

The Hundred Days

The Hundred Days‌
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calendar 2004

Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections

Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections‌
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calendar 2011

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford‌
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calendar 2023

A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900

A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900‌
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calendar 1975

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound‌
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calendar 2019

A Dream Within a Dream: The Making of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'

A Dream Within a Dream: The Making of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'‌
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calendar 2004

The Life and Flight of the Reverend Buck Shotte

The Life and Flight of the Reverend Buck Shotte‌
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calendar 1968

Count Vim's Last Exercise

Count Vim's Last Exercise‌
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calendar 1968

Tv Credits

Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma‌
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calendar 1974