Director
Peter Weir
1944Sydney, New South Wales, Australia20 Films
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.
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7.0
The Way Back
2010
7.2
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2003
8.2
The Truman Show
1998
6.9
Fearless
1993
6.1
Green Card
1990
8.3
Dead Poets Society
1989
6.4
The Mosquito Coast
1986
7.1
Witness
1985
6.7
The Year of Living Dangerously
1982
7.1
Gallipoli
1981
6.3
The Plumber
1979
6.7
The Last Wave
1977
7.2
Picnic at Hanging Rock
1975
5.5
The Cars That Ate Paris
1974
5.0
Whatever Happened To Green Valley?
1974
Boat Building
1972
5.1
Homesdale
1971
6.0
Three to Go
1971
The Life and Flight of the Reverend Buck Shotte
1968