Peter Lindsay Weir AM (/wɪər/ WEER; born 21 August 1944) is an Australian retired film director. He is known for directing films crossing various genres...
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Peter Weir 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...
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Peter James Weir, Baron Weir of Ballyholme (born 21 November 1968), is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician who served as Minister for Education...
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Peter Weir (born 1944) is an Australian film director. Peter Weir may also refer to: Peter Weir, Baron Weir of Ballyholme (born 1968), Northern Irish...
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The Truman Show (category Films directed by Peter Weir)
drama film written and co-produced by Andrew Niccol, and directed by Peter Weir. The film depicts the story of Truman Burbank (played by Jim Carrey),...
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Dead Poets Society (category Films directed by Peter Weir)
Poets Society is a 1989 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Peter Weir and written by Tom Schulman. The film, starring Robin Williams, is set...
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Peter Russell Weir (born 18 January 1958) is a Scottish former footballer, best known for his time with Aberdeen, who played as a winger. Having been a...
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nominations of Australian film director, film producer and writer Peter Weir. Weir has won 30 awards from 42 nominations. Awards for Peter Weir at IMDb...
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Atom Egoyan has called "an alternative to the studio system". Director Peter Weir cast him as one of the leads in the World War I drama Gallipoli (1981)...
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (category Films directed by Peter Weir)
American epic period war-drama film co-written, produced and directed by Peter Weir, set during the Napoleonic Wars. The film's plot and characters are adapted...
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The Year of Living Dangerously (film) (category Films directed by Peter Weir)
Living Dangerously is a 1982 romantic drama film directed by Peter Weir and co-written by Weir and David Williamson. It was adapted from Christopher Koch's...
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Peter Seamus O'Toole (/oʊˈtuːl/; 2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was an English actor. Known for his leading roles on stage and screen, he received...
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Witness (1985 film) (category Films directed by Peter Weir)
Witness is a 1985 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Peter Weir. The film stars Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis, with Josef Sommer, Lukas...
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Gallipoli (1981 film) (category Films directed by Peter Weir)
Gallipoli is a 1981 Australian war drama film directed by Peter Weir and produced by Patricia Lovell and Robert Stigwood, starring Mel Gibson and Mark...
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Room Next Door was awarded with the Golden Lion. Australian filmmaker Peter Weir and American actress Sigourney Weaver received the Golden Lion for Lifetime...
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Viggo Mortensen (redirect from Viggo Peter Mortensen)
Spirit Award. Mortensen made his film debut as Moses Hochleitner in Peter Weir's 1985 thriller Witness. Through the early 2000s, Mortensen played supporting...
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Picnic at Hanging Rock (film) (category Films directed by Peter Weir)
Picnic at Hanging Rock is a 1975 Australian mystery film directed by Peter Weir and based on the 1967 novel Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay. Cliff...
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Green Card (film) (category Films directed by Peter Weir)
1990 American romantic comedy film written, produced, and directed by Peter Weir and starring Gérard Depardieu and Andie MacDowell. The screenplay focuses...
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A weir /wɪər/ or low-head dam is a barrier across the width of a river that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in...
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The Way Back (2010 film) (category Films directed by Peter Weir)
The Way Back is a 2010 American survival film directed by Peter Weir, from a screenplay by Weir and Keith Clarke. The film is inspired by The Long Walk...
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appeared opposite Mel Gibson as British Embassy officer Jill Bryant in the Peter Weir directed romantic drama The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) which was...
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Wendy Weir, is an Australian retired costume designer and production designer. She is known for her frequent collaborations with her husband, Peter Weir. She...
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Sir Peter Robert Jackson ONZ KNZM (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand filmmaker. He is best known as the director, writer and producer of the Lord...
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Elizabeth II. It was adapted into a 1975 film of the same name, directed by Peter Weir. Although the events depicted in the novel are entirely fictional, it...
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son of Valerie Mendes (born Barnett), a publisher and author, and Jameson Peter Mendes, a university professor. His father is a Roman Catholic of Portuguese...
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directors who worked on the series included Steven Soderbergh, Jonathan Kaplan, Peter Bogdanovich, and Tom Hanks. The episode was entitled, "Murder, Obliquely"...
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Hitchcock, Elia Kazan, John Huston, Luchino Visconti, John Frankenheimer, and Peter Weir. Three of his compositions spent a total of 42 weeks on the UK singles...
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The Mosquito Coast (film) (category Films directed by Peter Weir)
The Mosquito Coast is a 1986 American drama film directed by Peter Weir and starring Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, Andre Gregory, and River Phoenix. It...
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Bischofberger in Basquiat. Hopper was originally cast as Christof in the 1998 Peter Weir film, The Truman Show, but left during the filming due to "creative differences";...
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Kiss of the Spider Woman John Huston Prizzi's Honor Akira Kurosawa Ran Peter Weir Witness 1986 (59th) Oliver Stone Platoon Woody Allen Hannah and Her Sisters...
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