Peter Weir
Directing
Born 1944-08-21
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
44 credits
BAFTA Awards 2
Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland 1
Academy Honorary Award 1
Sitges Grand Honorary Award 1
London Film Critics Circle Award for Film of the Year 1
Awards
Nominated for 6 Academy Awards
Academy Awards 6 nominated
- 2004 Best Picture Nominated Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
- 2004 Best Director Nominated Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
- 1999 Best Director Nominated The Truman Show
- 1991 Best Writing, Original Screenplay Nominated Green Card
- 1990 Best Director Nominated Dead Poets Society
- 1986 Best Director Nominated Witness
BAFTA Awards 2 won
- 2004 Best Direction Won Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
- 1999 Best Direction Won The Truman Show
Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland 1 won
- — Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland Won
Academy Honorary Award 1 won
- 2022 Academy Honorary Award Won
Sitges Grand Honorary Award 1 won
- 2018 Sitges Grand Honorary Award Won
London Film Critics Circle Award for Film of the Year 1 won
- 2003 Film of the Year Won 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).
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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Filmography
Directing
29 credits
The Truman Show
Dead Poets Society
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
The Way Back
Witness
Gallipoli
Green Card
The Mosquito Coast
Picnic at Hanging Rock
The Year of Living Dangerously
Fearless
The Last Wave
Luke's Kingdom
Incredible Floridas
The Cars That Ate Paris
The Plumber
Whatever Happened to Green Valley?
Three to Go
Adults Learning: Boat Building
Three to Go: Michael
Homesdale
Count Vim's Last Exercise
Heart, Head & Hand
3 Directions in Australian Pop Music
The Life and Flight of the Reverend Buck Shotte
Adults Learning: The Computer Centre
Adults Learning: The Billiard Room
Adults Learning: The Field Day
Stirring the Pool
Acting
17 credits
Spécial cinéma
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Wake in Fright
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900
Walkabout to Hollywood
Entrenched: The Making of Gallipoli
A Dream Within a Dream: The Making of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'
How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'
Man on a Green Bike
Homesdale
Count Vim's Last Exercise
The Hundred Days
The Fifth Facade: The Making of the Sydney Opera House
Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections
The Life and Flight of the Reverend Buck Shotte
Writing
14 credits
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
The Way Back
Gallipoli
Green Card
The Year of Living Dangerously
The Last Wave
The Cars That Ate Paris
The Plumber
Three to Go
Man on a Green Bike
Three to Go: Michael
Homesdale
Count Vim's Last Exercise
The Life and Flight of the Reverend Buck Shotte
Producing
6 credits
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
The Way Back
Green Card
The Mosquito Coast
Count Vim's Last Exercise
The Life and Flight of the Reverend Buck Shotte
Other credits
1 credit
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