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). The climax of Weir's early career was the $6 million multi-national production The Year of Living Dangerously (1983).

After the success of The Year of Living Dangerously, Weir directed a diverse group of American and international films covering most genres—many of them major box office hits—including Academy Award-nominated films such as the thriller Witness (1985), the drama Dead Poets Society (1989), the romantic comedy Green Card (1990), the social science fiction comedy-drama The Truman Show (1998) and the epic historical drama Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003). For his work on these five films, Weir personally accrued six Academy Award nominations as either a director, writer or producer.

Since 2003, Weir's productivity has declined, having directed only one subsequent feature, the critically acclaimed box-office flop The Way Back (2010).[1]

Feature films

Year Title Director Writer Producer
1971 Homesdale Yes Yes No
1974 The Cars That Ate Paris Yes Yes No
1975 Picnic at Hanging Rock Yes No No
1977 The Last Wave Yes Yes No
1979 The Plumber Yes Yes No
1981 Gallipoli Yes Yes No
1982 The Year of Living Dangerously Yes Yes No
1985 Witness Yes No No
1986 The Mosquito Coast Yes No No
1989 Dead Poets Society Yes No No
1990 Green Card Yes Yes Yes
1993 Fearless Yes No No
1998 The Truman Show Yes No No
2003 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Yes Yes Yes
2010 The Way Back Yes Yes Yes

Short films

Year Title Director Producer Writer Notes
1968 The Life and Times of the Reverend Buckshotte Yes Yes No
Count Vim's Last Exercise Yes Yes No
1970 Stirring the Pool Yes No No
1971 Michael Yes No Yes Segment of 3 to Go
1972 The Field Day Yes No No
The Computer Centre Yes No No
The Billiard Room Yes No No
Boat Buildind Yes No No
1975 Three Workshop Films Yes No No

Documentary

Year Title Director Producer Notes
1973 Whatever Happened to Green Valley? Yes Yes
1972 Incredible Floridas Yes No Documentary short
3 Directions in Australian Pop Music: Australian Colour Diary 43 Yes No

Television

Year Title Director Producer Writer Notes
1968 Count Vim's Last Exercise Yes Yes No TV short
1969 Man on a Green Bike Yes Yes No TV movie
1971 The Comedy Game No No Yes Episode "Aunty Jack's Travelling Show"
1972 Luke's Kingdom Yes No No Episodes "The Dam and the Damned" and
"A Man Worse Than Cormac"
1972-1973 The Aunty Jack Show No No Yes 4 episodes
1973 The Very Best of 'The Aunty Jack Show' No No Yes TV special
1979 The Plumber Yes Yes Yes TV movie

References

  1. ↑ "Peter Weir | Film | the Guardian". TheGuardian.com.
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