Peter Weir

Peter Weir

August 21, 1944 · 82 years old

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…

Known For

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The Truman Show

The Truman Show

1998 · 1h 43m · Movie

An insurance salesman begins to suspect that his whole life is actually some sort of reality TV show.

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Dead Poets Society

Dead Poets Society

1989 · 2h 8m · Movie

Maverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.

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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

2003 · 2h 18m · Movie

During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.

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The Way Back

The Way Back

2010 · 2h 13m · Movie

Siberian gulag escapees travel four thousand miles by foot to freedom in India.

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Witness

Witness

1985 · 1h 52m · Movie

While protecting an Amish boy - the sole witness to a brutal murder - and his mother, a detective is forced to seek refuge within their rural community when his own life is threatened.

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Picnic at Hanging Rock

Picnic at Hanging Rock

1975 · 1h 55m · Movie

During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.

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Gallipoli

Gallipoli

1981 · 1h 50m · Movie

Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I.

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The Mosquito Coast

The Mosquito Coast

1986 · 1h 57m · Movie

An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia.

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Green Card

Green Card

1990 · 1h 47m · Movie

A man wanting to stay in the US enters into a marriage of convenience, but it turns into more than that.

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Fearless

Fearless

1993 · 2h 2m · Movie

A man's personality is dramatically changed after surviving a major airline crash.

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The Year of Living Dangerously

The Year of Living Dangerously

1982 · 1h 55m · Movie

A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.

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The Last Wave

The Last Wave

1977 · 1h 46m · Movie

A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualized taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing things about himself and premonitions.

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The Cars That Ate Paris

The Cars That Ate Paris

1974 · 1h 28m · Movie

The small town of Paris, Australia deliberately causes car accidents, then sells/salvages all valuables from the wrecks as a means of economy.

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The Plumber

The Plumber

1979 · 1h 16m · Movie

A young couple, living in a campus apartment complex, are repeatedly harassed by an eccentric plumber, who subjects them to a series of bizarre mind games while making unnecessary repairs to their bathroom.

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Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

2019 · 1h 34m · Movie

An exploration of the history and emotional power of cinema sound, as revealed by legendary sound designers and visionary directors, via interviews, clips from movies, and a look at their actual process of creation and discovery.

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