Description:
Peter Weir was born on 21 August 1944 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is a director and writer, known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), The Way Back (2010) and Witness (1985). He has been married to Wendy Stites since 1966. They have two children.
Birthday
August 21, 1944
Born In
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Alternative names
Peter Wier
Parents
Peggy Weir
Trivia
Directed 5 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Linda Hunt,
Harrison Ford, Robin Williams, Rosie Perez and Ed Harris. Hunt won an Oscar for The Year of Living Dangerously (1982).
Quotes
(Referring to the restroom murder scene in Witness (1985): It was the most
violent scene I've ever filmed. I still wonder if it was too violent,
but I did want to have an outrage over the violence that occured in
front of those innocent eyes [of the Amish boy character].
Trademarks
His characters often interact with technology, especially television, in ways that harm them or surprise the viewer, e.g. the church big screen TV in The Mosquito Coast (1986); the living room TV and TV control center in The Truman Show (1998); radio playing in the barn in Witness (1985), and so on.
