Peter Weir

Director and writer. Born 21 August 1944 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Titles on Fi1m7 directing · 1 producing

Average Fi1m scoreas director · 7 titles

BAFTAs2 won

Born

21 August 1944, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Active

1971–2003

Frequently works with

Edward S. Feldman, Hal McElroy, Jim McElroy, Vivean Gray

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

85Fi1m

77Critics

We rate Peter’s work 8 points above the press, across 6 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above6

60 to 791

Under 600

Of 7 reviewed titles as director.

In numbers

Reviewed: 7 films
Screen time: 13 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $852m across 7 films with figures
BAFTA Film Awards: 2 BAFTAs2 won
Active: 1971–2003

Genres

Drama7
Mystery2
War2
Adventure1
Comedy1
Crime1

Best and worst on Fi1m

88BestThe Truman Show1998

77WorstThe Last Wave1977

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

41960s

181970s

51980s

41990s

12000s

22010s

Co-stars most worked with

Vivean Gray2 titles

Producers most worked with

Edward S. Feldman2 titles

Hal McElroy2 titles

Jim McElroy2 titles