Director
Peter Weir
82 years · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 36 films
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Weir, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Best known for
Filmography 36
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
2023 · Self
On Disney Plus
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019 · Self
On Hoopla
Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections
2012 · Self
The Way Back
2010 · Producer, Director
On MUBI
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'
2005 · Self
Entrenched: The Making of Gallipoli
2005 · Himself
A Dream Within a Dream: The Making of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'
2004 · Self
The Hundred Days
2004 · Self
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2003 · Director, Screenplay
On Apple TV
The Truman Show
1998 · Director
On Kanopy
Fearless
1993 · Director
Green Card
1990 · Producer, Director
On Hoopla
Dead Poets Society
1989 · Director
The Mosquito Coast
1986 · Director, Producer
Witness
1985 · Director
On Kanopy
The Year of Living Dangerously
1982 · Screenplay, Director
On Plex
Gallipoli
1981 · Director
On Kanopy
Walkabout to Hollywood
1980 · Self
The Plumber
1979 · Director, Writer
On Criterion Channel
Heart, Head & Hand
1979 · Director
The Last Wave
1977 · Screenplay, Director
On HBO Max
Picnic at Hanging Rock
1975 · Director
A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900
1975 · Self
The Cars That Ate Paris
1974 · Screenplay, Director
On FlixFling