Directing
Peter Weir
1944 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
30 films
Bio
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.
Filmography
The Truman Show
Director
Dead Poets Society
Director
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Director
Witness
Director
The Way Back
Producer
Green Card
Producer
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
Self
The Mosquito Coast
Director
Gallipoli
Director
All Is Lost
Thanks
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Director
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self