About the film
Adapted from the novel by Joan Lindsay, the 1975 film Picnic at Hanging Rock chronicles the disappearance of several schoolgirls and a teacher during a picnic day at Mt Macedon in Victoria on Valentines Day in 1900.
Directed by Peter Weir, it stars Rachel Roberts, Dominic Guard, Anne Lambert, Karen Robson, Helen Morse and Jacki Weaver.
Peter Weir
Peter Weir is the two time winner of the BAFTA David Lean Award for Direction. He has received 6 Academy Award nominations for his work as director, writer and producer. In 2022 he became the first Australian filmmaker to be awarded an Honorary Oscar.
He was a pivotal figure in the Australian New Wave cinema of the 70s with films such a Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave and Gallipoli. He continued on to international success directing Witness, Dead Poets Society, The Truman Show and Master and Commander amongst others.
