Peter Lindsay Weir () este un regizor australian de film. Înainte de a se apuca de televiziune, studiază artele și dreptul la Universitatea din Sydney (1965). În anul 1974 apare primul lumnmetraj, Mașinile care au mâncat Parisul (The Cars That Ate Paris) iar în 1975 Picnic la Hanging Rock acestea fiind lăudate pentru decoruri neobișnuite dar și pentru complexitatea personajelor. Weir a câștigat în anul 2003, 10 nominalizări la Oscar pentru o dramă cu buget mare, foarte prețioasă: Master and Comander: La capătul pământului.
An Film Regizor Producător Scenarist Note1969Man on a Green BikeTelemovie1971HomesdaleAACTA Award for Best Direction1974The Cars That Ate Paris1975Picnic la Hanging RockNominalizare – AACTA Award for Best Direction1977The Last Wave1979The PlumberTelemovie1981GallipoliAACTA Award for Best Direction1982The Year of Living DangerouslyNominalizare – AACTA Award for Best Direction1985WitnessNominalizare – Academy Award for Best DirectorNominalizare – Golden Globe Award for Best DirectorNominalizare – Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film1986The Mosquito Coast1989Dead Poets SocietyNominalizare – Academy Award for Best DirectorNominalizare – Golden Globe Award for Best Director1990Green CardNominalizare – Academy Award for Best Original ScreenplayNominalizare – BAFTA Award for Best Original ScreenplayNominalizare – Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay1993Fearless1998The Truman ShowBAFTA Award for Best DirectionNominalizare – Academy Award for Best DirectorNominalizare – Empire Award for Best DirectorNominalizare – Golden Globe Award for Best DirectorNominalizare – Saturn Award for Best Director2003Master and Commander: The Far Side of the WorldBAFTA Award for Best DirectionNominalizare – Academy Award for Best DirectorNominalizare – Golden Globe Award for Best Director2010The Way Back
Filme scurte Count Vim's Last Exercise (1967) – 16mm b/w, 15 mins – writer, director The Life and Flight of the Reverend Buckshotte (1968) 16mm b/w, 33 mins – writer, director Three to Go (1969) (segment "Michael") – 16 mm, b/w, 30 mins – writer, director Stirring the Pool (1970) – 16mm, colour, 10 mins – director Tempo (1970) – writer Homesdale (1971) – 16 mm, b/w, 50 mins – writer, director Three Directions In Pop Music (1971) – 16mm, colour, 10 mins – director Incredible Floridas (1972) – 35mm, colour, 12 mins – director What Ever Happened to Green Valley? (1973) – 16mm, 50 mins – director
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Bibliografie Peter Weir Pays Witness to the Amish – 27 January 1985 Peter Weir: In a Class by Himself – 4 June 1989 Poetry Man – Premiere magazine Interview – July 1989 A Director Asks for Odd and Gets It – 13 October 1993 Staring Death in the Face – 17 October 1993 Weir'd Tales – An interview with Peter Weir – 1994 A Weir'd Experience – 20 April 1998 Director Tries a Fantasy As He Questions Reality – 21 May 1998 Interview – Peter Weir – 3 June 1998 More to Digest than Popcorn: An Interview with Peter Weir – 4 June 1998 Peter Weir: The Hollywood Interview – 15 March 2008 Uncommon Man – The DGA Quarterly Interview – Summer 2010
Legături externe
Peter Weir's 2010 David Lean lecture at BAFTA Peter Weir Cave (unofficial Peter Weir site) Photo of Peter Weir at the 76th Annual Academy Awards Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database Peter Weir at the National Film and Sound Archive
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