Peter WEIR is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his films 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' (1975), 'Gallipoli' (1981), 'The Year of Living Dangerously' (1982), 'WITNESS' (1985), and 'The Truman Show' (1998). WEIR has been nominated for three Academy Awards and has won three Golden Globe Awards. He is also a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award. WEIR's 1984 film 'WITNESS' starred Harrison Ford as a Philadelphia police detective who is sent to protect a young Amish boy who witnessed a murder. The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won two, for Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing.