Director
Peter Weir
August 21, 1944 · 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 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).
Notable work
8.2The Truman Show (1998)
Director
8.3Dead Poets Society (1989)
Director
7.2Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Director
7.1Witness (1985)
Director
7The Way Back (2010)
Director
7.2Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Director
7.1Gallipoli (1981)
Director
6.1Green Card (1990)
Director and Writer
6.4The Mosquito Coast (1986)
Director
6.7The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
Director
6.9Fearless (1993)
Director
Often works with
Ed Harris
2 titles together
The Truman Show, The Way Back
Harrison Ford
2 titles together
Witness, The Mosquito Coast
Vivean Gray
2 titles together
Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave
Helen Morse
2 titles together
Picnic at Hanging Rock, Luke's Kingdom
Tony Llewellyn-Jones
2 titles together
Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave
Mel Gibson
2 titles together
Gallipoli, The Year of Living Dangerously
Full filmography · 28
The Way Back
Director
20107
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Director
20037.2
The Truman Show
Director
19988.2
Fearless
Director
19936.9
Green Card
Director and Writer
19906.1
Dead Poets Society
Director
19898.3
The Mosquito Coast
Director
19866.4
Witness
Director
19857.1
The Year of Living Dangerously
Director
19826.7
Gallipoli
Director
19817.1
The Plumber
Director and Writer
19796.4
Heart, Head & Hand
Director
1979