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.
Academy Awards Year Nominated work Category Result1986WitnessBest Director1990Dead Poets Society1991Green CardBest Original Screenplay1999The Truman ShowBest Director2004Master and Commander: The Far Side of the WorldBest PictureBest Director2022Honorary Award
British Academy Film Awards Year Nominated work Category Result1986WitnessBest Film1990Dead Poets SocietyBest Director1992Green CardBest Original Screenplay1999The Truman ShowBest Director2004Master and Commander: The Far Side of the WorldBest FilmBest Director
Golden Globe Awards Year Nominated work Category Result1982GallipoliBest Foreign Language Film1986WitnessBest Director1990Dead Poets Society1999The Truman Show2004Master and Commander: The Far Side of the WorldBest Motion Picture – Drama
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Year Nominated work Category Result1971HomesdaleBest Director1975Picnic at Hanging Rock1977The Last Wave1981Gallipoli1982The Year of Living Dangerously
Saturn Awards Year Nominated work Category Result1977The Last WaveBest Director1998The Truman Show
Other Awards
Year Award Category Title Result1974Chicago International Film FestivalBest FeatureThe Cars That Ate Paris 1976Taormina Arte AwardGolden CharybdisPicnic at Hanging Rock1978Avoriaz Fantastic Film FestivalSpecial Jury AwardThe Last Wave1981Australian Film InstituteBest DirectorGallipoliVenice Film FestivalGolden Lion1983Australian Film InstituteBest DirectorThe Year of Living DangerouslyBest Adapted ScreenplayJury AwardCannes Film FestivalPalme d'Or1984Writers Guild of AmericaBest Drama1985Hochi Film FestivalBest Foreign FilmWitness1986Blue Ribbon AwardsDirectors Guild of AmericaBest DirectorKinema Junpo AwardsBest Foreign Film1990Australian Film InstituteRaymond Longford AwardDead Poets SocietyDavid di Donatello AwardsBest Foreign FilmBest Foreign DirectorDirectors Guild of AmericaBest DirectorItalian National Syndicate of Film JournalistsWarsaw International Film FestivalAudience Award1991Writers Guild of AmericaBest ScreenplayGreen CardArgentinean Film Critics Association AwardsBest Foreign FilmDead Poets SocietyCésar AwardsGuild of German Art House Cinemas1994Berlin International Film FestivalGold Berlin BearFearless1998European Film AwardsScreen International AwardThe Truman ShowHamburg Film FestivalGuild Film AwardValladolid International Film FestivalGolden SpikeThe Truman Show1999Australian Film InstituteBest Foreign FilmChicago Film Critics AssociationBest DirectorDirectors Guild of AmericaFlorida Film Critics CircleFotogramas de PlataBest Foreign FilmHugo AwardsBest Dramatic PresentationItalian National Syndicate of Film JournalistsBest Foreign DirectorLondon Film Critics' CircleDirector of the YearOnline Film Critics Society AwardsBest DirectorRobert FestivalBest American FilmSoutheastern Film Critics AssociationBest Director2000Taormina International Film FestivalTaormina Arte Award2001Australian Directors GuildOutstanding Achievement AwardAustralian Screen Directors' Association2003Britannia AwardsArtistic ExcellenceCamerimageBest DirectorWashington DC Area Film Critics AssociationMaster and Commander: The Far Side of the WorldBest Screenplay2004Broadcast Film Critics AssociationPassion in FilmChicago Film Critics AssociationBest DirectorDavid di Donatello AwardsBest Foreign FilmDirectors Guild of AmericaBest DirectorEmpire AwardsLondon Film Critics' CircleScreenwriter of the YearDirector of the YearPGA AwardsOutstanding ProducerPhoenix Film Critics SocietyBest DirectorBest ScreenplayUSC Scripter AwardUSC Scripter Award2024Venice Film FestivalGolden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
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