PETER WEIR

DIRECTOR / WRITER / PRODUCER
ARTISTRY AWARD NOMINEE

Nominated for 6 Oscars.
39 wins & 54 nominations.

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Awards

Nominee

Best Picture
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Shared with Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Duncan Henderson

Nominee

Best Director
The Truman Show

Nominee

Best Original Screenplay
Green Card

Nominee

Best Director
Dead Poets Society

1985

Nominee

Best Director
Witness

Nominee

Best Film
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Shared with Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Duncan Henderson

Winner

Best Direction
The Truman Show

Nominee

Best Original Screenplay
Green Card

Nominee

Best Direction
Dead Poets Society

1985

Nominee

Best Film
Witness
Shared with Edward S. Feldman

Nominee

Best Director
The Truman Show

Nominee

Best Director
Dead Poets Society

1985

Nominee

Best Director
Witness

Nominee

Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Nominee

Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
The Truman Show

1989

Nominee

Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Dead Poets Society

1985

Nominee

Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Witness

Nominee

Outstanding Producer of Motion Pictures
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Shared with Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Duncan Henderson

Nominee

Best Original Screenplay
Green Card

1983

Nominee

Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
The Year of Living Dangerously
Shared with David Williamson, C.J. Koch