Peter Weir

Peter Weir (born in Sydney, Australia, August 21, 1944) directed movies like Gallipoli (1981) with Mel Gibson, The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) with Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver, Witness (1985) with Harrison Ford, The Mosquito Coast (1986) from the 1981 novel by Paul Theroux, Dead Poets Society (1989) with Robin Williams, Green Card (1990) with Gerard Depardieu and Andie MacDowell, Fearless (1993) with Jeff Bridges, The Truman Show (1998) with Jim Carrey, Master and Commander: the Far Side of the World (2003) with Russell Crowe.

Golden Globe Awards

2004 Nominee

Best Director - Motion Picture
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
- Peter Weir
1999 Nominee

Best Director - Motion Picture
- The Truman Show
- Peter Weir
1990 Nominee

Best Director - Motion Picture
- Dead Poets Society
- Peter Weir
1986 Nominee

Best Director - Motion Picture
- Witness
- Peter Weir
1982 Nominee

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
- Gallipoli
- Australia