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Peter Weir
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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 Pic…
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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Weir, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2019
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Movie Self
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2013
All Is Lost
Movie Thanks
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2012
Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections
Movie Self
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2010
The Way Back
Movie Director
- 2005
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2005
Entrenched: The Making of Gallipoli
Movie Himself
- 2004
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2004
The Hundred Days
Movie Self
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2003
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Movie Director
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1998
The Truman Show: Tru-Talk
Movie Idea
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1998
The Truman Show
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1993
Fearless
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1990
Green Card
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1989
Dead Poets Society
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1986
The Mosquito Coast
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1985
Witness
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1982
The Year of Living Dangerously
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1981
Gallipoli
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1980
Walkabout to Hollywood
Movie Self
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1979
The Plumber
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1979
Heart, Head & Hand
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1977
The Last Wave
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1976
Luke's Kingdom
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1975
Picnic at Hanging Rock
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1975
A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900
Movie Self
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1974
The Cars That Ate Paris
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1974
Spécial cinéma
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1974
Whatever Happened to Green Valley?
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- 1973
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1972
3 Directions in Australian Pop Music
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1972
Incredible Floridas
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1972
Adults Learning: Boat Building
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1972
Adults Learning: The Billiard Room
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1972
Adults Learning: The Field Day
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1972
Adults Learning: The Computer Centre
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1971
Wake in Fright
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1971
Homesdale
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1971
Three to Go
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1970
Three to Go: Michael
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