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Peter Weir Snapshot

First Name

Peter

Last Name

Weir

Date of Birth

21 August 1944

Build

Average

Hair Color

Grey

Place of Birth

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Star Sign

Leo

Ethnicity

White

Claim to Fame

The Truman Show

Gender

Male

Nationality

Australian

Wikipedia Text

Peter Lindsay Weir, AM (born 21 August 1944) is an Australian film director. After playing a leading role in the Australian New Wave cinema with his films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave and Gallipoli, Weir directed a diverse group of American and international films�many of them major box office hits�including the Academy Award nominees Witness, Dead Poets Society, Green Card, The Truman Show and Master and Commander.

Couple Profile

Peter Lindsay Weir AM (born 21 August 1944) is an Australian film director. After exerting a strong influence on the Australian New Wave with his films Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave and Gallipoli, Weir directed a diverse group of U.S. and international films including the Academy Award nominees Witness, Dead Poets Society, The Truman Show and Master and Commander. Although Peter Weir`s films are extremely varied in subject and locale, all are linked by Weir`s enduring thematic interest, that of exploring the reactions and behaviour of characters who find themselves in isolating or alienating situations. Often his films will involve a juxtaposition between macrocosm and microcosm, with the characters often making the difficult choice of choosing to live within the macrocosm. Examples include the phoney television studio town in The Truman Show and the prep school in Dead Poets Society and its characters` choices to break free from its confines. Despite his international success and celebrity, Weir has maintained close connections with his home city and on several occasions he has returned to Green Valley, the suburb where his early CFU documentary was set. There he has been closely involved in programs designed to teach filmmaking skills to disadvantaged young people. In April 2005 Weir returned to Sydney and reunited with the stars of Gallipoli to celebrate the film`s release on DVD. Themes such as forbidden love, clash between two cultures, violence versus pacifism and conformity versus non-conformity, are portrayed with the use of many techniques.

Couple Profile Source

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Weir

University

University of Sydney

Full Name at Birth

Peter Lindsay Weir

Count - Awards

Role ID

Director, Writer, Producer

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