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EXCLUSIVE: ICM has just signed Peter Weir, the Australian director of such classics as The Year Of Living Dangerously, Witness and Gallipoli. Weir, who had been repped forever by CAA, most recently directed the 2010 survival drama The Way Back, and before that the 2003 film Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World.
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Fantastic Sign ! CAA is a sinking ship ! Well done ICM !
CAA is a sinking ship?? Because they lost ONE director who directed two movies in the last EIGHT years?? What universe do you live in?
So glad to hear this nesws. Lucky for ICM.
They only signed him because they were forced to by a certain “RETAINER” client that he works for lol Need to keep the clients you are robbing blind and doing NO work for, happy. Lets be real here, and the only sinking ship is ICM, or haven’t you been reading Deadline.com ?
I saw “The Mosquito Coast” when I was in high school. It was the first moment of my life I contemplated becoming a filmmaker. It took almost 20 years but I am a director now. Peter Weir is one of few people on this earth I would get a thrill out of meeting. I hope ICM realizes who and what they have now. I can’t believe CAA couldn’t find a way to keep a talent like Weir’s happy.
It’s always nice to see a pleasant, inspiring comment in these sections. Thanks, Huge Fan.
The Mosquito Coast is a genuinely brilliant film, and it’s a shame it hasn’t found a bigger cult. Definitely Harrison Ford’s best ever performance.
THE WAY BACK touched my heart so deeply I can’t even tell ya. I forget which cinematographer said it, but re: Weir said: “he is the only director I have worked with who knew exactly where to put the camera every single time.” Cheers to a brilliant filmmaker and kudos to ICM
If you got a chance to meet him, you would love him even more. Even under pressure, he’s a very calm, wise person.
THE WAY BACK is worth renting, if you haven’t seen it, yet. There’s a moment between Ed Harris and Saoirse Ronan that is so beautiful…
Huge fan of his. One of the finest in cinema. Hopefully ICM will find him some good material so we can get excited about the movies again.
I hope he directs a new film soon. Easily my favorite director. Still depressed The Way Back was given such a paltry, nearly invisible release by Newmarket.
Agreed, they dumped it right at the end of the year and almost no one saw it, not in the guilds or the Academy, not in the public. The ending of THE WAY BACK gets me every time.
It was “The Last Wave” that did it for me. I hope this means Weir has a lot more under his belt.
Peter Weir is a exceptionally talented director and a super nice guy. I recall many years ago, while he was prepping Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World, I sent him a letter about his project and I heard back from his office the moment they received the letter, the left me with a great impression, of not just Peter Weir as a director, but as a person… it showed me how he runs his operation and the quality of people he hires. I look forward to working with him one day.
I worked with him on The Truman Show….
Such a class act….I had to work thanksgiving day and he sent me a gift basket with all sorts of amazing things in it like a bottle of Dom Perignon…he also put a shot back in the movie based on a conversation we had after a tmp screening…..one of the best movie experiences I’ve had in my 16 year career….AMAZING
Picnic at Hanging Rock for me. An incredible and diverse talent. He’s ratio of poor versus great films would be a strong as any long term A list director you could name. In fact, i’d honestly like to see someone challenge that statement. Not many contenders jump to mind.
My favorite director. I don’t know if his working so little is a choice or if it’s somebody’s fault, but who cares? His movies are stunning, deep, sensitive, emotional, clever. Ask this to most of the other directors around.
Normally I’m not a fan of sequels, but some films simply call out for another… and the one I refer to is Master and Commander, Far Side of the World. What a great film Weir directed… one of a kind, classic and memorable. While it was not a blockbuster, at the end of the day it was profitable.
There are 20 books in the O’Brian series … more than enough material for another film. I can only hope there’s a possibility one might happen. I want to see Aubrey and Maturin set sail again on another adventure.
Let me pile on with the Weir admiration — a true master whose voice and humanism shines through in everything he does.
It’s sad that directors like him are not being nurtured in the current marketplace/director pipeline, where it’s all about razzle dazzle and music videos and flashy cologne TV spots. The audiences are all the poorer for it when directors like Weir are supplanted by directors like McG and Brett Ratner.
I don’t know how we find the next director capable of WITNESS and MOSQUITO COAST and FEARLESS and MASTER & COMMANDER and PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK…
Cheers to you, Mr. Weir. I hope you continue making films for years to come.
I’ve loved every movie of his that I’ve seen, I hope he makes many more.