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Information about director
Peter Weir, born August in 1944 in Sydney, Australia, studied art and law at the University of Sydney. After leaving university he joined Sydney television. During this period he made his first two experimental short films and several documentaries. Weir's first full-length feature film was the underground cult classic, The Cars that Ate Paris (1974). This paved the way for considerable success in Australia and internationally with the atmospheric Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975). After realisation of several acclaimed pictures in Australia he started career in Hollywood. He made there more accesible movies like Witness , The Mosquito Coast, Dead Poets Society, Green Card, Fearless, The Truman Show and Master and Commander.
Filmography:
1974 Samochody, które zjadły Paryż / The Cars That Ate Paris
1975 Piknik pod Wiszącą Skałą / Picnic at Hanging Rock
1977 Ostatnia fala / The Last Wave
1981 Gallipoli
1982 Rok niebezpiecznego życia / The Year of Living Dangerously
1985 Świadek / Witness
1986 Wybrzeże Moskitów / The Mosquito Coast
1989 Stowarzyszenie Umarłych Poetów / Dead Poets Society
1990 Zielona karta / Green Card
1993 Bez lęku / Fearless
1998 Truman Show / The Truman Show
2003 Pan i władca: Na krańcu świata / Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World |
