Peter Weir
Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia — Aug 21 1944
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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…
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Peter Weir's Credits
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Dead Poets Society
Directing
The Truman Show
Directing
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Writing
Witness
Directing
The Way Back
Production
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
Self
All Is Lost
Crew
Gallipoli
Directing
Fearless
Directing
Green Card
Production
The Year of Living Dangerously
Writing
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Directing
The Mosquito Coast
Production
The Last Wave
Writing
The Plumber
Directing
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'
Self
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
Writing
The Cars That Ate Paris
Directing
Whatever Happened To Green Valley?
Directing
The Hundred Days
Self
Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections
Self
A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900
Self
Walkabout to Hollywood
Self
The Fifth Facade: The Making of the Sydney Opera House
Crew
A Dream Within a Dream: The Making of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'
Self
Michael
Directing
The Life and Flight of the Reverend Buck Shotte
Buck
Count Vim's Last Exercise
Mr. Thin
Homesdale
Robert 2
Three to Go
Directing
Incredible Floridas
Directing
Heart, Head & Hand
Directing
3 Directions in Australian Pop Music
Directing
Boat Building
Directing