About Deanne Weir

Deanne Weir is a screen producer, investor and company director. She is passionate about storytelling, changemaking and gender equality. Deanne’s companies WeirAnderson Films and WeirAnderson.com invest in predominantly female-driven screen projects and technology businesses that change the way we experience the world. Released films include I Used to Be Normal, Babyteeth, I Am Woman, Blaze, How to Please A Woman, Seriously Red, Run Rabbit Run, Careless, The Wolves Always Come at Night and Addition.

Deanne has extensive experience as an Executive Producer and is the lead producer of the upcoming feature film Boss Cat. Other projects coming to market in 2026 are Sweet Milk Lake, Homebodies and Aftermath.  

Deanne was Chair of the Sydney Film Festival until 2023 and previously served as Deputy Chair of Screen Australia. 

Deanne is Chair of the civic tech company Seer Data & Analytics. She is an advisor to the board of the culture-tech company Othelia and to Phoebe Saintilan, the founder/CEO of publishing platform Missing Perspectives. Deanne was Chair of ASX-listed Ai-Media Technologies Ltd. for 14 years, retiring in February 2024.

Deanne leads The WeirAnderson Foundation and has previously been a Chair of Foundation-supported organisations Global Sisters and Australians Investing In Women, and a board member of International Women’s Development Agency. Her passion for human rights and time as a lawyer led Deanne to the Grata Fund, where she served as Chair until the end of 2025. Deanne was a Trustee of global non-governmental organisation The Asia Foundation.

Deanne Weir is a former media lawyer and executive. 

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