Peter Weir Quotes


When I began making films, they were just movies: 'What's the new movie? What are you doing?' Now they're called 'adult dramas.'


Citations

Radish, Christina. "Director Peter Weir Interview THE WAY BACK." Collider, 19 Jan. 2011.

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Peter Weir
Peter Weir
  • Born: August 21, 1944
  • Nationality: Australian
  • Profession: Film Director

Peter Lindsay Weir, AM is an Australian film director. He was a leading figure in the Australian New Wave cinema movement (1970–1990), with films such as the mystery drama Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), the supernatural thriller The Last Wave (1977) and the historical drama Gallipoli (1981). The climax of Weir's early career was the $6 million multi-national production The Year of Living Dangerously (1982).