Biography
Peter Lindsay Weir is an Australian retired film director, screenwriter, and producer. 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.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Honorary Award · 2022
- Sitges Grand Honorary Award · 2018
- BAFTA Award — Best Direction · 2004
- BAFTA Award — Best Direction · 1999
- Hugo Award — Best Dramatic Presentation · 1999
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- European Film Award — Best Non-European Film · 1998
- Member of the Order of Australia · 1982
- Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2004 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 2004 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1999 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Non-European Film · 1998 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1991 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1990 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1986 · nominated
Filmography18 titles
Dead Poets Society
The Truman Show
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Wake in Fright
Witness
Gallipoli
The Way Back
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Fearless
The Year of Living Dangerously
The Last Wave
All Is Lost
The Mosquito Coast
The Plumber
Green Card
The Cars That Ate Paris