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Also Known As Peter Lindsay Weir
Born August 21, 1944 (age 80) • Sydney • Australia
Notable Works “Dead Poets Society” • “Gallipoli” • “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” • “Picnic at Hanging Rock” • “The Cars That Ate Paris” • “The Last Wave” • “The Mosquito Coast” • “The Truman Show” • “The Way Back” • “The Year of Living Dangerously” • “Witness”

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John Farrow
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Filming of Mad Max: Fury Road
George Miller
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Robert Wiene
German film director
Baz Luhrmann
Baz Luhrmann
Australian filmmaker, writer, and producer
Braveheart
Mel Gibson
American-born Australian actor, director, and producer
Bruce Beresford
Australian director, screenwriter, and producer
Gillian Armstrong
Australian director
Ethan Coen
American filmmaker
Michael Cimino
American director
Joy Batchelor
British director and animator
Joel Coen
American filmmaker
Mani Kaul
Indian filmmaker
Harold Ramis
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Tony Scott
British film director
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Belgian filmmaker
David Maysles
American documentary filmmaker
Roy Ward Baker
British director
Luc Dardenne
Belgian filmmaker
Robert Eggers
American filmmaker