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Dead Poets Society director Peter Weir receives lifetime achievement award at Sydney film festival
Australian film-maker behind Picnic at Hanging Rock and Gallipoli celebrated for defining country’s culture and ‘global influence on craft, form and storytelling’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Peter Weir, the director of Dead Poets Society, The Truman Show, Picnic at Hanging Rock and Gallipoli, was presented with the inaugural lifetime achievement award from the Australian Film Television and Radio School on Wednesday night. At an event hosted by Sydney film festival, the AFTRS council chair, Rachel Perkins, called the now-retired 81-year-old director and screenwriter “the greatest film-maker this country has produced”. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Dead Poets Society director Peter Weir receives lifetime achievement award at Sydney film festival, Australian film-maker behind Picnic at Hanging Rock and Gallipoli celebrated for defining country’s culture and ‘global influence on craft, form and storytelling’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Peter Weir, the director of Dead Poets Society, The Truman Show, Picnic at Hanging Rock and Gallipoli, was presented with the inaugural lifetime achievement award from the Australian Film Television and Radio School on Wednesday night. At an event hosted by Sydney film festival, the AFTRS council chair, Rachel Perkins, called the now-retired 81-year-old director and screenwriter “the greatest film-maker this country has produced”. Continue reading…
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