Famous screenplays by »

Peter Lindsay Weir, AM ( WEER; born 21 August 1944) 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 sharply declined, having directed only one subsequent feature, the critically successful but financial flop The Way Back (2010).

0 fans

Famous scripts by Peter Weir:

Share your thoughts on Peter Weir' scripts with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this writer page to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Peter Weir" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 23 Dec. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/writer/peter_weir/6290>.

    Missing a script of Peter Weir?

    Know another great script from Peter Weir? Don't keep it to yourself!

    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.


    Quiz

    Are you a screenwriting master?

    »
    Which actor starred as General Maximus in the epic movie Gladiator?
    A Russell Crowe
    B Tom Hardy
    C Pierce Brosnan
    D Jean Claude Van Damme