Nandu News reporter Liu Yifan Recently, the French Film Archive Festival held a film retrospective for Australian director Peter Weir. At the event, he formally responded to the audience's expectations for his new work. He bluntly said that he no longer had more energy to make movies, so Choose retirement.
Peter Weir won the "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the 95th Academy Awards.
As early as 2022, actor Ethan Hawke, who worked with Peter Weir in "Dead Poets Society", revealed in an interview with foreign media that the reason why Peter Weir stopped making movies after 2010 may be It was his experiences with actors Russell Crowe and Johnnie Depp that caused him to lose interest in movies. As for whether this statement is the truth, it is not yet confirmed. Now Peter Weir's retirement remarks in France have officially announced that he will not have a next work.
Russell Crowe and John Depp are both Hollywood character actors.
Peter Weir was born on August 21, 1944. His representative works include "Dead Poets Society", "The Truman Show" and "Battlefield: Polar Conquest". The latter two works won him two British Film Academy Awards. "Best Director", he has also received four Oscar nominations for "Best Director" and four Golden Globe Award nominations for "Best Director". In 2023, he won the "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the 95th Academy Awards.
Stills from "The Truman Show".
Among Peter Weir's works, "Dead Poets Society" and "The Truman Show" are well-known and loved works by Chinese audiences. He is regarded by many movie fans as one of the few directors who can balance art and business. .
