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Birth Name: Peter Lindsay Weir
Age: 80, born 21 August 1944
Country of origin: 
Australia
Relationship Status: Married
Partner: Wendy Stites
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Favorite directors, 3 masterpieces of each one
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A Movie for every Director (part 2)
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Published 12 years ago
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Most Accomplished ACTIVE Directors (2009 Edition)
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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.
His films very often deal with people, who find themselves in surroundings, where they do not fit in (e.g. a Philadelphia Cop among the Amish or a progressive teacher on a strictly conservative school).
His films often feature a key scene involving a main character fiddling with their radio.
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1. The Truman Show (1998)
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2. Dead Poets Society (1989)
| Rating: | 3244 Watched |
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4. Witness (1985)
| Rating: | 781 Watched |
5. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
| Rating: | 446 Watched |
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2. The Way Back
| Rating: | 392 Watched |
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4. Green Card (1990) (1991)
| Rating: | 282 Watched |
5. The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
| Rating: | 143 Watched |
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1. The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004)
| Rating: | 59 Watched |
2. Breakfast (2000)
| Rating: | 51 Watched |
3. The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999)
| Rating: | 35 Watched |
4. Made in Hollywood (2005)
| Rating: | 23 Watched |
5. Cinema 3 (1984)
| Rating: | 17 Watched |
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3. Homesdale (1971)
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4. Walkabout to Hollywood (1980)
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100 Greatest Filmmakers of All Time (100 person items)"Australian Major Works: Dead Poets Society (1989) The Truman Show (1998) Master and Commander (2003) • Director, Writer, Producer. •"