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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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George Miller
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Baz Luhrmann
Baz Luhrmann
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Braveheart
Mel Gibson
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Bruce Beresford
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Gillian Armstrong
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Ethan Coen
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Michael Cimino
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Joy Batchelor
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Joel Coen
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Karel Reisz
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Paolo Taviani
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Jesse Lasky
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Dušan Makavejev
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Judith Malina
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Robert Eggers
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Tony Scott
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