- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- August 21, 1944
- Place of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Peter Weir
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 mu…
Filmography
movieTimeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
2023 · Self
movieMaking Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019 · Self
movieAll Is Lost
2013 · Thanks
movieDubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections
2012 · Self
movieThe Way Back
2010 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieHow's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'
2005 · Self
movieEntrenched: The Making of Gallipoli
2005 · Himself
movieA Dream Within a Dream: The Making of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'
2004 · Self
movieThe Hundred Days
2004 · Self
movieMaster and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2003 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieTru-Talk
1998 · Idea
movieThe Truman Show
1998 · Director
movieFearless
1993 · Director
movieGreen Card
1990 · Director, Producer, Writer
movieDead Poets Society
1989 · Director
movieThe Mosquito Coast
1986 · Producer, Director
movieWitness
1985 · Director
movieThe Year of Living Dangerously
1982 · Director, Screenplay
movieGallipoli
1981 · Director, Story
movieWalkabout to Hollywood
1980 · Self
movieThe Plumber
1979 · Director, Writer
movieHeart, Head & Hand
1979 · Director
movieThe Last Wave
1977 · Director, Screenplay
tvLuke's Kingdom
1976 · Director
moviePicnic at Hanging Rock
1975 · Director
movieA Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900
1975 · Self
movieThe Cars That Ate Paris
1974 · Director, Story, Screenplay
tvSpécial cinéma
1974 · Self
movieWhatever Happened to Green Valley?
1974 · Director
movieThe Fifth Facade: The Making of the Sydney Opera House
1973 · Script
movie3 Directions in Australian Pop Music
1972 · Director
movieIncredible Floridas
1972 · Director
movieAdults Learning: Boat Building
1972 · Director
movieAdults Learning: The Field Day
1972 · Director
movieAdults Learning: The Computer Centre
1972 · Director
movieAdults Learning: The Billiard Room
1972 · Director
movieHomesdale
1971 · Robert 2, Director, Writer
movieThree to Go
1971 · Director, Writer
movieThree to Go: Michael
1970 · Director, Writer
Man on a Green Bike
movieMan on a Green Bike
1969 · Technology/Mayor of Cadmium, Writer
Stirring the Pool
movieStirring the Pool
1969 · Director
movieThe Life and Flight of the Reverend Buck Shotte
1968 · Buck, Director, Writer, Producer, Story
movieCount Vim's Last Exercise
1968 · Mr. Thin, Director, Writer, Producer