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Peter Lindsay Weir AM (/ wɪər / WEER; born 21 August 1944) is an Australian retired 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), The Year of Living Dangerously (1982), Witness (1985), Dead Poets Society (1989), Fearless (1993), The ...
Peter Weir was born on 21 August 1944 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is a director and writer, known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), The Way Back (2010) and Witness (1985). He has been married to Wendy Stites since 1966. They have two children.
Peter Weir is an Australian film director. He was a leading figure in the Australian New Wave cinema movement (1970–1990), with films such as the mystery drama Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), the supernatural thriller The Last Wave (1977) and the historical drama Gallipoli (1981).
Aug 16, 2024 · With six Oscar nominations under his belt, Australian-born director Peter Weir has firmly established himself as one of our most respected filmmakers thanks to a number of visually striking,...
Peter Weir was born on August 21, 1944 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is a director and writer, known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), The Way Back (2010) and Witness (1985). He has been married to Wendy Stites since 1966. They have two children.
Nov 18, 2022 · A look back at Peter Weir's best films, on the occasion of his upcoming lifetime achievement Oscar.
Aug 17, 2024 · Peter Weir (born August 21, 1944, Sydney, Australia) is an Australian film director and screenwriter known for intelligent emotional dramas that frequently explore the relationship between characters and their social environment.
Sep 1, 2024 · At the Venice Film Festival, Peter Weir divulged an intimate issue he had with Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver on 'The Year of Living Dangerously.
Peter Weir directs Master and Commander: The Far Side Of The World, the 2003 seafaring drama that saw him nominated for best picture and director at the Oscars. Credit: Twentieth Century Fox
5 days ago · When 80-year-old Australian film director Peter Weir was awarded the Golden Lion for career achievement at the Venice Film Festival recently it was perhaps no coincidence that Sigourney Weaver, 74, also received an honorary Golden Lion in the same year. Weaver says that before she appeared in Weir’s 1982 film The Year of Living Dangerously ...
