Peter Weir
Born
1944-08-21
Place of birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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 t...
Known for
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
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Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
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Homesdale
Robert 2
The Hundred Days
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A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900
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A Dream Within a Dream: The Making of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'
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Walkabout to Hollywood
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Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections
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The Life and Flight of the Reverend Buck Shotte
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Count Vim's Last Exercise
Mr. Thin
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'
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Spécial cinéma
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