The Genius of Peter Weir 18+

Tutor Kenton Hall is our guide for this one-day course looking at the work of Peter Weir.

In a 40 year career that saw him go from making low budget pictures as one of the leading figures in the Australian New Wave to directing Hollywood period epics, Weir’s work as a filmmaker includes such acclaimed and diverse films as Witness, The Cars That Ate Paris, Dead Poets Society, Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Truman Show and Master and Commander.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Price: £20 / £18 Members

Tutor: Kenton Hall

Booking Information: This one-day course will run at Phoenix on Saturday 5 April 2025, 11.30am – 5pm.

You must be 18 or over to attend.

Member discount available.

Cancellation Policy:

We do not offer refunds for cancellations of bookings, except in exceptional circumstances. In the event that an advertised course is withdrawn, we will endeavour to give 7 days’ notice and a full refund will be made.

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ABOUT THE TUTOR

Kenton Hall is an award-winning Canadian writer, director, musician, and teacher, with numerous short and feature film credits to his name – both behind and in front of the camera. Kenton also teaches a BTEC in Creative Media Production through Leicester College and The Art of Screenwriting here at Phoenix. He has played a variety of roles on stage and screen, from Les Miserables and Muppets Most Wanted to 4th Floor of Singapore and Father to Fall. He most recently wrote, directed, and co-starred in the feature film A Dozen Summers, published the comic memoir Bisection, about living and parenting with bipolar disorder, and co-wrote the Audible Drama Getting Better, starring Rhod Gilbert, Kathryn Drysdale, and Mark Gatiss.