"Peter Lindsay Weir"@en . . "1968Z"^^ . . "Australian film director" . . "1944Z"^^ . . "Weir, Peter"@en . . . "Peter Lindsay Weir, AM (/w\u026A\u0259r/; born 21 August 1944) is an Australian film director. He played a leading role in the Australian New Wave cinema (1970-1990) with his films such as the mystery drama Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), the mystery drama-thriller The Last Wave (1977) and the historical drama Gallipoli (1981). The climax of Weir's early career was the $6 million multi-national production The Year of Living Dangerously (1983)."@en . "1944-08-21Z"^^ . . "Peter Weir"@en .