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Peter Weir
Director, Writer, Producer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn August 21, 1944 (81 years)
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).
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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).
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Known For
Peter Weir Filmography
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| 1976 | Luke's Kingdom (TV Series) |
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| 2010 | The Way Back · as Screenplay |
| 2003 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World · as Screenplay |
| 1990 | |
| 1982 | The Year of Living Dangerously · as Screenplay |
| 1979 | |
| 1977 | The Last Wave · as Screenplay |
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| 2023 | |
| 2019 | Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound · as Self |
| 2006 | Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Gallipoli: Interview with Peter Weir · as Self - Director Of 'gallipoli' |
| 2005 | Gallipoli: Photo Gallery · as Self |
| 2005 | Entrenched: The Making of 'Gallipoli' · as Self |
| 2004 | George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | The 76th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2002 | Tinseltown TV (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Peter Weir on the Last Wave · as Self - Director & Co-Screenwriter Of 'the Last Wave' |
| 2000 | BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1999 | The 71st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1999 | The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1995 | The Celluloid Heroes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1990 | The 62nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1985 | Larry King Live (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1982 | Wogan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | Walkabout to Hollywood · as Self |
| 1975 | A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900 · as Self |
| 1973 | Whatever Happened to Green Valley? · as Self |
| 1971 | Homesdale · as Robert 2 |
| 1998 | The Truman Show: Tru-Talk · as Idea |
| 1981 | Gallipoli · as Story |
| 1974 | The Cars That Ate Paris · as Story |
| 1973 | Whatever Happened to Green Valley? · as Script |
| 1972 | The Aunty Jack Show (TV Series) · as Written By |