Peter Weir
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| Full name at birth | Peter Lindsay Weir
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| Claim to fame | The Truman Show
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| Date of birth | 21 August 1944
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| Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- After Martin Scorsese won the Best Director Oscar for The Departed (2006), Weir and Sidney Lumet became the filmmakers with the most Best Director nominations without a win in that category (4).
- Interviewed in "Directors Close Up: Interviews with Directors Nominated for Best Film by the Directors Guild of America", ed. by Jeremy Kagan, Scarecrow Press, 2006.
- Directed 5 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Linda Hunt, Harrison Ford, Robin Williams, Rosie Perez and Ed Harris. Hunt won an Oscar for The Year of Living Dangerously (1982).
- Father of Ingrid Weir.
- He was a part of the movement dubbed the "Australian New Wave" by the press. They were a group of filmmakers and performers who emerged from Down Under at about the same time in the early 1980's and found work in other parts of the world. Other members included actors Mel Gibson and Judy Davis and directors George Miller and Gillian Armstrong.
Peter Weir is known for his role in the TV special 2003 Annual BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards (2003) as Self - Winner.
He is also known for his role in the documentary Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019) as Self.
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