Personal Info
Peter Weir
Directing
Biography
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 t…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
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Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
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Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections
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How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'
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Entrenched: The Making of Gallipoli
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The Hundred Days
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A Dream Within a Dream: The Making of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'
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Walkabout to Hollywood
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A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900
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Homesdale
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