This article presents the awards and nominations of Australian film director, film producer and writer Peter Weir. Weir has won 30 awards from 42 nominations.
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Witness | Best Director | |
| 1990 | Dead Poets Society | ||
| 1991 | Green Card | Best Original Screenplay | |
| 1999 | The Truman Show | Best Director | |
| 2004 | Best Picture | ||
| Best Director | |||
| 2023 | Honorary Award | ||
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Witness | Best Film | |
| 1990 | Dead Poets Society | ||
| Best Director | |||
| 1992 | Green Card | Best Original Screenplay | |
| 1999 | The Truman Show | Best Director | |
| 2004 | Best Film | ||
| Best Director | |||
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Gallipoli | Best Foreign Language Film | |
| 1986 | Witness | Best Director | |
| 1990 | Dead Poets Society | ||
| 1999 | The Truman Show | ||
| 2004 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | ||
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | |||
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Homesdale | Best Director | |
| 1975 | Picnic at Hanging Rock | ||
| 1977 | The Last Wave | ||
| 1981 | Gallipoli | ||
| 1982 | The Year of Living Dangerously |
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | The Last Wave | Best Director | |
| 1998 | The Truman Show | ||
| Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Chicago International Film Festival | Best Feature | The Cars That Ate Paris | |
| 1976 | Taormina Arte Award | Golden Charybdis | Picnic at Hanging Rock | |
| 1978 | Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival | Special Jury Award | The Last Wave | |
| 1981 | Australian Film Institute | Best Director | Gallipoli | |
| Venice Film Festival | Golden Lion | |||
| 1983 | Australian Film Institute | Best Director | The Year of Living Dangerously | |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | ||||
| Jury Award | ||||
| Cannes Film Festival | Palme d'Or | |||
| 1984 | Writers Guild of America | Best Drama | ||
| 1985 | Hochi Film Festival | Best Foreign Film | Witness | |
| 1986 | Blue Ribbon Awards | |||
| Directors Guild of America | Best Director | |||
| Kinema Junpo Awards | Best Foreign Film | |||
| 1990 | Australian Film Institute | Raymond Longford Award | Dead Poets Society | |
| David di Donatello Awards | Best Foreign Film | |||
| Best Foreign Director | ||||
| Directors Guild of America | Best Director | |||
| Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | ||||
| Warsaw International Film Festival | Audience Award | |||
| 1991 | Writers Guild of America | Best Screenplay | Green Card | |
| Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards | Best Foreign Film | Dead Poets Society | ||
| César Awards | ||||
| Guild of German Art House Cinemas | ||||
| 1994 | Berlin International Film Festival | Gold Berlin Bear | Fearless | |
| 1998 | European Film Awards | Screen International Award | The Truman Show | |
| Hamburg Film Festival | Guild Film Award | |||
| Valladolid International Film Festival | Golden Spike | The Truman Show | ||
| 1999 | Australian Film Institute | Best Foreign Film | ||
| Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Director | |||
| Directors Guild of America | ||||
| Florida Film Critics Circle | ||||
| Fotogramas de Plata | Best Foreign Film | |||
| Hugo Awards | Best Dramatic Presentation | |||
| Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Best Foreign Director | |||
| London Film Critics' Circle | Director of the Year | |||
| Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Director | |||
| Robert Festival | Best American Film | |||
| Southeastern Film Critics Association | Best Director | |||
| 2000 | Taormina International Film Festival | Taormina Arte Award | ||
| 2001 | Australian Directors Guild | Outstanding Achievement Award | ||
| Australian Screen Directors' Association | ||||
| 2003 | Britannia Awards | Artistic Excellence | ||
| Camerimage | Best Director | |||
| Washington DC Area Film Critics Association | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | |||
| Best Screenplay | ||||
| 2004 | Broadcast Film Critics Association | Passion in Film | ||
| Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Director | |||
| David di Donatello Awards | Best Foreign Film | |||
| Directors Guild of America | Best Director | |||
| Empire Awards | ||||
| London Film Critics' Circle | Screenwriter of the Year | |||
| Director of the Year | ||||
| PGA Awards | Outstanding Producer | |||
| Phoenix Film Critics Society | Best Director | |||
| Best Screenplay | ||||
| USC Scripter Award | USC Scripter Award | |||
| 2024 | Venice Film Festival | Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement | ||