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Peter Weir
Peter Weir’s screen credits include director work on Dead Poets Society, director work on The Truman Show, and director and producer and writer work on Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.
Born August 21, 1944 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3 movies on MoviHero
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
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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 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). …
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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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- 2023Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison FordSelf
- 2019Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic SoundSelf
- 2012Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and ReflectionsSelf
- 2010The Way BackProducer · Director · Writer
- 2005How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'Self
- 2005Entrenched: The Making of GallipoliHimself
- 2004A Dream Within a Dream: The Making of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'Self
- 2004The Hundred DaysSelf
- 1993FearlessDirector
- 1990Green CardProducer · Director · Writer
- 1986The Mosquito CoastProducer · Director
- 1985WitnessDirector
- 1982The Year of Living DangerouslyWriter · Director
- 1981GallipoliDirector · Writer
- 1980Walkabout to HollywoodSelf
- 1979The PlumberDirector · Writer
- 1979Heart, Head & HandDirector
- 1977The Last WaveWriter · Director
- 1975Picnic at Hanging RockDirector
- 1975A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900Self
- 1974The Cars That Ate ParisDirector · Writer
- 1974Whatever Happened to Green Valley?Director
- 19723 Directions in Australian Pop MusicDirector
- 1972Adults Learning: Boat BuildingDirector
- 1972Adults Learning: The Billiard RoomDirector
- 1972Adults Learning: The Computer CentreDirector
- 1972Adults Learning: The Field DayDirector
- 1972Incredible FloridasDirector
- 1971HomesdaleDirector · Writer · Robert 2
- 1971Three to GoDirector · Writer
- 1970Three to Go: MichaelDirector · Writer
- 1969Man on a Green BikeWriter · Technology/Mayor of Cadmium
- 1969Stirring the PoolDirector
- 1968The Life and Flight of the Reverend Buck ShotteDirector · Producer · Writer · Buck
- 1968Count Vim's Last ExerciseDirector · Producer · Writer · Mr. Thin
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