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Peter Weir

Australian film director · Australia · On the map · Directors · Born 1944 · age 82

Peter Lindsay Weir is an Australian retired film director, screenwriter, and producer.

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A life in dates

2023Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison FordFilm2022Academy Honorary AwardAward2018Sitges Grand Honorary AwardAward2012Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and ReflectionsFilm2011“Get the right actor, and the job's halfway done. I've only miscast major people twice in my life - out of respect to them, I won't tell you who.”In their wordsPortrait of the artist: Peter Weir, director (2011)

“Music is the fountainhead: everything comes from that. At the moment, I'm getting intoxicated on Beethoven, and I use Pink Floyd for inspiration while making a film.”In their wordsPortrait of the artist: Peter Weir, director (2011)

“When you get a cut and think, 'I'm going to make a halfway decent film.”In their wordsWhen asked for his 'high point'

“The feeling that maybe you won't ever get your inspiration back. That's a very cold place to be.”In their wordsWhen asked for his 'low point'

2005Entrenched: The Making of GallipoliFilm, Himself2004BAFTA Award for Best DirectionAward2003Master and Commander: The Far Side of the WorldFilm, Director, Writer1999BAFTA Award for Best DirectionAwardHugo Award for Best Dramatic PresentationAward1998European Film Award for Best Non-European FilmAwardThe Truman ShowFilm, 1998Director1990Green CardFilm, Director, Writer1986The Mosquito CoastFilm, Director, Producer1982Member of the Order of AustraliaAwardThe Year of Living DangerouslyFilm, 1982Director, Writer1980Walkabout to HollywoodFilm1977The Last WaveFilm, Director, Writer1976Luke's KingdomSeries, Director1975A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900Film1974Spécial cinémaSeries19723 Directions in Australian Pop MusicFilm, Director1970Three to Go: MichaelFilm, Director, Writer1968Count Vim's Last ExerciseFilm, Director, Writer1944Born21 August 1944

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Known for

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  • Dead Poets Society 1989
  • The Truman Show 1998
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 2003
  • Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975
  • Witness 1985

Also in Deutsch

Filmography 38

69 credits on file

Television 2

Media & music

Awards

Academy Honorary Award2022
Sitges Grand Honorary Award2018
BAFTA Award for Best Direction2004
BAFTA Award for Best Direction1999
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation1999
European Film Award for Best Non-European Film1998
Member of the Order of Australia1982
Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

About this person

He directed films crossing various genres over forty years, such as Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), Gallipoli (1981), The Year of Living Dangerously (1982), 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 and he has won two AACTA Award for Best Direction and two BAFTA Award for Best Direction. In 2022, he was awarded the Academy Honorary Award for his lifetime career achievement. In 2024, he received an honorary life-time achievement award at the Venice Film Festival.

Country
Australia
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1944 · age 82

In common with Peter

Paul SchraderAlso in The Mosquito Coast (1986)Kurtwood SmithAlso in Dead Poets Society (1989)Linda HuntAlso in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)Ann DowdAlso in Green Card (1990)Rosie PerezAlso in Fearless (1993)