Peter Weir
Directing
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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movieThe Way Back
2010
Director
movieThe Truman Show
1998
Director
movieFearless
1993
Director
movieGreen Card
1990
Director
movieDead Poets Society
1989
Director
movieThe Mosquito Coast
1986
Director
movieWitness
1985
Director
movieGallipoli
1981
Director
movieThe Plumber
1979
Director
movieHeart, Head & Hand
1979
Director
movieThe Last Wave
1977
Director
tvLuke's Kingdom
1976
Director
moviePicnic at Hanging Rock
1975
Director
movieThe Cars That Ate Paris
1974
Director
movieIncredible Floridas
1972
Director
movieHomesdale
1971
Director
movieThree to Go
1971
Director
movieThree to Go: Michael
1970
Director
Writing15
movieThe Way Back
2010
Screenplay
movieGreen Card
1990
Writer
movieThe Year of Living Dangerously
1982
Screenplay
movieGallipoli
1981
Story
movieThe Plumber
1979
Writer
movieThe Last Wave
1977
Screenplay
movieThe Cars That Ate Paris
1974
Story, Screenplay
movieHomesdale
1971
Writer
movieThree to Go
1971
Writer
Acting14
movieHomesdale
1971
Robert 2
Man on a Green Bike
1969
Technology/Mayor of Cadmium
