The American Journal of Managed Care: Peter Weir, MD
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Peter Weir
Peter Lindsay Weir is an Australian retired film director, screenwriter, and producer. He directed films crossing various genres over forty years, such as Homesdale (1971), Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), The Plumber (1979), Gallipoli (1981), The Year of Living Dangerously (1982), Witness (1985), The Mosquito Coast (1986), Dead Poets Society (1989), Fearless (1993), The Truman Show (1998), Master a…
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entertainment · Australian filmmaker (born 1944) · film director · screenwriter · director · also Peter Weir, Peter Lindsay Weir, Weir
Born 21 August 1944 · Q55424
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2026· 4 entries
FilmInk: Legendary Australian film director Peter Weir to receive AFTRS inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award
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TradingView: REG - Weir PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding
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The Guardian: Dead Poets Society director Peter Weir receives lifetime achievement award at Sydney film festival
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2024· 2 entries
The Guardian: Peter Weir to receive Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at Venice film festival
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Received an honorary life-time achievement award at the Venice Film Festival (Golden Lion)
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2022· 2 entries
Awarded Academy Honorary Award (2022).
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Was awarded the Academy Honorary Award for his lifetime career achievement
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2018· 2 entries
The Guardian: Director Peter Weir testifies for James Ricketson in Cambodian court
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Awarded Sitges Grand Honorary Award (2018).
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2012· 1 entry
It was reported that Weir would direct his own adapted script of Jennifer Egan's gothic thriller The Keep the following year and shoot in Europe
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2010· 1 entry
Weir resurfaced with the historical epic The Way Back, about escapees from a Soviet gulag
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Direction for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2004).
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2003· 1 entry
Weir returned to period dramas with Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, starring Russell Crowe
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1999· 2 entries
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Direction for The Truman Show (1999).
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Awarded Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation for The Truman Show (1999).
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded European Film Award for Best Non-European Film for The Truman Show (1998).
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1982· 2 entries
Awarded Member of the Order of Australia (1982).
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On 14 June 1982, Weir was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his service to the film industry.
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1977· 1 entry
But it was only a moderate commercial success at the time
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1972· 1 entry
As the star of The Aunty Jack Show; Weir also played a small role, but this was to be his last significant screen appearance
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1969· 1 entry
The founders of Producers Authors Composers and Talent (now PACT Centre for Emerging Artists) attended a Sydney University Architecture Revue, with sets by Geoffrey Atherden and Grahame Bond
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1944· 2 entries
Born 1944-08-21.
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The son of Peggy (née Barnsley Sutton) and Lindsay Weir, a real estate agent
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