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Peter Weir

Film Director / Screenwriter | * 08/21/1944 (79) | Sydney, New South Wales (Australia)
Peter Lindsay Weir ( WEER; born 21 August 1944) is an Australian retired 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), 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, ultimately being awarded the Academy Honorary A... ()
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Peter Lindsay Weir, AM is an Australian film director. After playing a leading role in the Australian New Wave cinema with his films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave and Gallipoli, Weir directed a diverse group of American and international films—many of them major box office hits—including the Academy Award nominees Witness, Dead Poets Society, Green Card, The Truman Show and Master and Commander.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of ...

Dead Poets Society

Certification unknown

1989 | 4.2/5 | 2h 8min
Drama
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A sheltered Amish child is the sole witness of a brutal murder in a restroom at a Philadelphia train station, and he must be protected. The assignment falls to a taciturn detective who goes undercover ...

Witness

R

1985 | 3.5/5 | 1h 53min
Crime, Drama, Romance / Love, Thriller
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At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag—to take a perilous and uncertain journey to freedom as they cross deserts, mountains and several nations. ...

The Way Back

PG-13

2010 | 3.5/5 | 2h 13min
Drama, Adventure, History
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After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, th ...

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

PG-13

2003 | 3.6/5 | 2h 18min
Adventure, Drama, War
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Awards & Nominations for Peter Weir

European Film Award for Best Non-European Film Commander of The Cross of The Order of Merit of The Republic of Poland 2x BAFTA Award for Best Direction Member of The Order of Australia Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation Sitges Grand Honorary Award Academy Honorary Award 4x Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best Picture European Film Award for Best Non-European Film
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Movies with Peter Weir as Actor(10)

as himself2019 Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
as himself2011 Carnet de Dubaï Hiver VI: Lumière et Reflets (Carnet Filmé: 14 décembre 2011)
as himself2005 Entrenched: The Making of 'Gallipoli'
as himself2004 A Dream Within a Dream: The Making of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'
as himself2004 The Hundred Days
as himself1980 Walkabout to Hollywood
as Interviewee1975 A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900
as Robert 21971 Homesdale
as Buck1968 The Life and Flight of the Reverend Buck Shotte
as Mr. Thin1968 Count Vim's Last Exercise

Movies with Peter Weir as Crew(41)

Directing/Director2010 The Way Back
Production/Producer2010 The Way Back
Writing/Screenplay2010 The Way Back
Directing/Director2003 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Production/Producer2003 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Writing/Screenplay2003 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Writing/Idea1998 TruTalk
Directing/Director1998 The Truman Show
Directing/Director1993 Fearless
Directing/Director1990 Green Card
Production/Producer1990 Green Card
Writing/Writer1990 Green Card
Directing/Director1989 Dead Poets Society
Directing/Director1986 The Mosquito Coast
Production/Producer1986 The Mosquito Coast
Directing/Director1985 Witness
Directing/Director1982 The Year of Living Dangerously
Writing/Screenplay1982 The Year of Living Dangerously
Directing/Director1981 Gallipoli
Writing/Story1981 Gallipoli
Directing/Director1979 The Plumber
Writing/Writer1979 The Plumber
Directing/Director1977 The Last Wave
Writing/Screenplay1977 The Last Wave
Directing/Director1975 Picnic at Hanging Rock
Directing/Director1974 Whatever Happened To Green Valley?
Directing/Director1974 The Cars That Ate Paris
Writing/Screenplay1974 The Cars That Ate Paris
Writing/Story1974 The Cars That Ate Paris
Directing/Director1972 Incredible Floridas
Directing/Director1972 3 Directions in Australian Pop Music
Directing/Director1971 Three to Go
Writing/Writer1971 Three to Go
Directing/Director1971 Homesdale
Directing/Director1968 The Life and Flight of the Reverend Buck Shotte
Production/Producer1968 The Life and Flight of the Reverend Buck Shotte
Writing/Writer1968 The Life and Flight of the Reverend Buck Shotte
Writing/Story1968 The Life and Flight of the Reverend Buck Shotte
Directing/Director1968 Count Vim's Last Exercise
Production/Producer1968 Count Vim's Last Exercise
Writing/Writer1968 Count Vim's Last Exercise

Full Name: Peter Weir
Citizenship: Australia
Born: Monday, 08/21 1944 (August) in Sydney, New South Wales (Australia) (current age: 79 years + 243 days)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Sydney Law School, University of Sydney, Vaucluse High School
Spouses (current/former): Wendy Stites
Other names for Peter Weir (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Peter Lindsay Weir"
Peter Weir frequently works together with these people:
Wendy Stites (7x, Crew)
Russell Boyd (6x, Crew)
Alan B. Curtiss (6x, Crew)
William M. Anderson (6x, Crew)
Duncan Henderson (6x, Crew)
Patricia Lovell (6x, Crew)
John Seale (5x, Crew)
Mark Egerton (5x, Crew)
Maurice Jarre (5x, Crew)
John H. Anderson (5x, Crew)
Jim McElroy (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:74562, Added: 05/23/2018, Last updated: 04/11/2024