Directing · Writing · age 82

Peter Weir

Best rated: The Truman Show (8.2)

Films: 14
Avg rating: 7.12
Peak run: 1989’03
Oscar noms: 4

Films: 14
Avg rating: 7.12
Peak run: 1989’03
Oscar noms: 4

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The career

Peter Weir, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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Peter Weir's career barcodecoolhot

197114 films2010

Current formLast 5: 7.26 vs career 7.12 (+0.14)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Peter by the numbers

Average

7.12

13 rated films

Vote weighted

7.20

bigger films count more

Median

7.3

half are better

Consistency

±0.69

rating spread

Career

40y

1971 to 2010

Total votes

2.81M

across every film

Best

8.2

The Truman Show

Worst

5.6

The Cars That Ate Paris

Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography

1971	Homesdale	Robert 2	·	329

Better together?

Peter Weir's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Peter Weir

8 nominations, 2 wins

Awards record

Honorary Award · Academy Awards 2023
Peter Weir
Won
Best Director · Academy Awards 2004
Peter Weir
Nominated
Best Picture · Academy Awards 2004
Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., Peter Weir and Duncan Henderson, Producers
Nominated
Best Director · BAFTA Film Awards 2004
Peter Weir
Won
Best Director · Academy Awards 1999
Peter Weir
Nominated
Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1991
Peter Weir
Nominated
Best Director · Academy Awards 1990
Peter Weir
Nominated
Best Director · Academy Awards 1986
Peter Weir
Nominated

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