List of awards and nominations received by Peter Weir

This article presents the awards and nominations of Australian film director, film producer and writer Peter Weir. Weir has won 30 awards from 42 nominations.

Weir in April 2011

Academy Awards

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Year Nominated work Category Result
1986 Witness Best Director Nominated
1990 Dead Poets Society Nominated
1991 Green Card Best Original Screenplay Nominated
1999 The Truman Show Best Director Nominated
2004 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Best Picture Nominated
Best Director Nominated
2023 Honorary Award Honoured

British Academy Film Awards

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Year Nominated work Category Result
1986 Witness Best Film Nominated
1990 Dead Poets Society Nominated
Best Director Nominated
1992 Green Card Best Original Screenplay Nominated
1999 The Truman Show Best Director Won
2004 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Best Film Nominated
Best Director Won

Golden Globe Awards

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Year Nominated work Category Result
1982 Gallipoli Best Foreign Language Film Nominated
1986 Witness Best Director Nominated
1990 Dead Poets Society Nominated
1999 The Truman Show Nominated
2004 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Nominated
Best Motion Picture – Drama Nominated
Year Nominated work Category Result
1971 Homesdale Best Director Won
1975 Picnic at Hanging Rock Nominated
1977 The Last Wave Nominated
1981 Gallipoli Won
1982 The Year of Living Dangerously
Year Nominated work Category Result
1977 The Last Wave Best Director Nominated
1998 The Truman Show Nominated

Other Awards

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Year Award Category Title Result
1974 Chicago International Film Festival Best Feature The Cars That Ate Paris Nominated
1976 Taormina Arte Award Golden Charybdis Picnic at Hanging Rock Won
1978 Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival Special Jury Award The Last Wave Won
1981 Australian Film Institute Best Director Gallipoli Won
Venice Film Festival Golden Lion Nominated
1983 Australian Film Institute Best Director The Year of Living Dangerously Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated
Jury Award Nominated
Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or Nominated
1984 Writers Guild of America Best Drama Nominated
1985 Hochi Film Festival Best Foreign Film Witness Won
1986 Blue Ribbon Awards Won
Directors Guild of America Best Director Nominated
Kinema Junpo Awards Best Foreign Film Won
1990 Australian Film Institute Raymond Longford Award Dead Poets Society Won
David di Donatello Awards Best Foreign Film Won
Best Foreign Director Nominated
Directors Guild of America Best Director Nominated
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Won
Warsaw International Film Festival Audience Award Won
1991 Writers Guild of America Best Screenplay Green Card Nominated
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards Best Foreign Film Dead Poets Society Nominated
César Awards Won
Guild of German Art House Cinemas Won
1994 Berlin International Film Festival Gold Berlin Bear Fearless Nominated
1998 European Film Awards Screen International Award The Truman Show Won
Hamburg Film Festival Guild Film Award Won
Valladolid International Film Festival Golden Spike The Truman Show Nominated
1999 Australian Film Institute Best Foreign Film Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association Best Director Nominated
Directors Guild of America Nominated
Florida Film Critics Circle Won
Fotogramas de Plata Best Foreign Film Won
Hugo Awards Best Dramatic Presentation Won
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Best Foreign Director Nominated
London Film Critics' Circle Director of the Year Won
Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Director Nominated
Robert Festival Best American Film Won
Southeastern Film Critics Association Best Director Nominated
2000 Taormina International Film Festival Taormina Arte Award Won
2001 Australian Directors Guild Outstanding Achievement Award Won
Australian Screen Directors' Association Won
2003 Britannia Awards Artistic Excellence Won
Camerimage Best Director Won
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
2004 Broadcast Film Critics Association Passion in Film Won
Chicago Film Critics Association Best Director Won
David di Donatello Awards Best Foreign Film Nominated
Directors Guild of America Best Director Nominated
Empire Awards Nominated
London Film Critics' Circle Screenwriter of the Year Won
Director of the Year Nominated
PGA Awards Outstanding Producer Nominated
Phoenix Film Critics Society Best Director Nominated
Best Screenplay Nominated
USC Scripter Award USC Scripter Award Nominated
2024 Venice Film Festival Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Honoured
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