National film industries tend to move in cycles. In Australia right now, we're on a high, a feeling of potential, which as yet shows no sign of flagging. But the word "industry" is misleading. A small national cinema has no industry in the Hollywood sense.

He was also planning to direct two other films: War Magician and Shadow Divers. It became a major box-office hit and is without doubt one of Weir's best-known films for mainstream audiences. He was to direct a film adaptation of William Gibson's 2003 novel Pattern Recognition.

Peter Lindsay Weir AM (born 21 August 1944) is an Australian film director.