Born in Sydney in 1944, Peter Weir was a leading figure in the revival of Australian cinema in the 1970s. His early films, The Cars That Ate Paris, Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) and The Last Wave, create a sense of the uncanny, and the hidden power of the landscape and of other cultures. Gallipoli (1981) made Mel Gibson a star. Weir then moved to Hollywood and made Witness (1985), Dead Poets Society (1989) and The Truman Show (1998), and returned to the sea with Master and Commander (2003), for which he won the BAFTA for directing.
Filmography
- Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
- Gallipoli (1981)
- The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
- Witness (1985)
- Dead Poets Society (1989)
- The Truman Show (1998)