Peter Lindsay Weir, AM is an Australian film director.
He was a leading figure in the Australian New Wave cinema movement , with films such as the mystery drama Picnic at Hanging Rock , the supernatural thriller The Last Wave and the historical drama Gallipoli . The climax of Weir's early career was the $6 million multi-national production The Year of Living Dangerously .
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 , the drama Dead Poets Society , the romantic comedy Green Card , the social science fiction comedy-drama The Truman Show and the financially-disappointing epic historical drama Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World . 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 . Wikipedia
“When you get a cut and think, 'I'm going to make a halfway decent film.”
When asked for his 'high point'
Portrait of the artist: Peter Weir, director (2011)
“The feeling that maybe you won't ever get your inspiration back. That's a very cold place to be.”
When asked for his 'low point'
Portrait of the artist: Peter Weir, director (2011)
Portrait of the artist: Peter Weir, director (2011)
