Peter Weir

Where to watch Peter Weir

• Dead Poets SocietyMovie · 1989

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 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.

Filmography

1. 2023Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Fordas Self
2. 2019Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Soundas Self
3. 2012Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflectionsas Self
4. 2010The Way BackDirector · Screenplay · Producer
5. 2005How's It Going to End - The Making of 'The Truman Show'as Self
6. 2005Entrenched: The Making of Gallipolias Himself
7. 2004A Dream Within a Dream: The Making of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'as Self
8. 2004The Hundred Daysas Self
9. 2003Master and Commander: The Far Side of the WorldDirector · Screenplay · Producer
10. 1998The Truman ShowDirector
11. 1993FearlessDirector
12. 1990Green CardDirector · Producer · Writer
13. 1989Dead Poets SocietyDirector
14. 1986The Mosquito CoastProducer · Director
15. 1985WitnessDirector
16. 1982The Year of Living DangerouslyDirector · Screenplay
17. 1981GallipoliDirector · Story
18. 1980Walkabout to Hollywoodas Self
19. 1979The PlumberDirector · Writer
20. 1979Heart, Head & HandDirector
21. 1977The Last WaveDirector · Screenplay
22. 1976Luke's KingdomDirector
23. 1975Picnic at Hanging RockDirector
24. 1975A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900as Self
25. 1974The Cars That Ate ParisDirector · Story · Screenplay
26. 1974Whatever Happened to Green Valley?Director
27. 19723 Directions in Australian Pop MusicDirector
28. 1972Adults Learning: Boat BuildingDirector
29. 1972Adults Learning: The Field DayDirector
30. 1972Adults Learning: The Computer CentreDirector
31. 1972Adults Learning: The Billiard RoomDirector
32. 1972Incredible FloridasDirector
33. 1971Homesdaleas Robert 2 · Director · Writer
34. 1971Three to GoDirector · Writer
35. 1970Three to Go: MichaelDirector · Writer
36. 1969Man on a Green Bikeas Technology/Mayor of Cadmium · Writer
37. 1969Stirring the PoolDirector
38. 1968The Life and Flight of the Reverend Buck Shotteas Buck · Director · Writer · Producer · Story
39. 1968Count Vim's Last Exerciseas Mr. Thin · Director · Writer · Producer