Peter Weir

Peter Weir

director

BIRTHDAY August 21, 1944
BIRTH SIGN Leo
BIRTHPLACE Sydney, Australia
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ABOUT PETER WEIR

Director whose best known films include Witness (1985), The Truman Show (1998) and Dead Poets Society (1989).

He worked as a production assistant on the comedy The Mavis Bramston Show.

He directed the TV movie Man on a Green Bike in 1969. His 1971 film Homesdale premiered at the Sydney Film Festival.

He married Wendy Stites in 1966 and he has a daughter named Ingrid.

He directed Jim Carrey in the sci-fi comedy The Truman Show.