Peter Weir

Peter Weir was born on 21 August 1944 in Sydney. He briefly attended the University of Sydney, where he studied arts and law, then travelled in Europe. A stagehand at a television channel, he made his first short films there, then in 1969 joined the Commonwealth Film Unit, where he directed documentaries. A figure of the renewal of Australian cinema in the seventies, he has worked in the United States since 1985, where several of his films earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director. He received an Honorary Oscar in 2022.

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• CinemaPicnic at Hanging RockPeter Weir · 1975Cinema