A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Born:
February 28, 1950
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Peter Raymont (born February 28, 1950 in Ottawa, Canada) is an award-winning Canadian filmmaker and producer and the president of White Pine Pictures, an independent film, television and new media production company based in Toronto. Among his most internationally regarded films are the 2009 feature documentary "Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould" and "Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Romeo Dallaire" (2005), both of which he co-directed with Michele Hozer. Other significant films include "A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman" (2007), "The World Stopped Watching" (2003) and "The World Is Watching" (1988). Raymont is Executive Producer of the television drama series, The Border, which he co-created with Lindalee Tracey, Janet MacLean and Jeremy Hole. The Border's 3-season, 38 X 1 hr episodes have been broadcast in more than 25 countries. Raymont has produced and directed over 100 documentary films and television programmes (Drama and Documentary) during his 40-year career. His films have taken him to Ethiopia, Nicaragua, India, Rwanda, Chile, the High Arctic and throughout North America and Europe. Raymont is the recipient of 35 international awards including an Emmy, The Sundance Film Festival Audience Award, a Canadian Genie, 5 Gemini Awards, several Gold and Silver Hugos, The Sesterce d'Argent and other international honours. Raymont's films are often provocative investigations of "hidden worlds" in politics, media and big business. His films are informed with a passion for human rights and social justice and are regularly broadcast on private and public TV networks worldwide. His documentary feature, Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire was honoured with the 2005 Audience Award for World Cinema Documentaries at Sundance Film Festival and the 2007 Emmy Award for Best Documentary. "A Promise To The Dead" was short-listed for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and was honoured with the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social-Political Documentary by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. "Genius Within" premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, followed by invitational presentations at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam (IDFA) and several other festivals worldwide (Full Frame, Vancouver, Seattle, Sydney, Melbourne, Hawaii, Bermuda). The film opened theatrically across Canada, USA and Australia in 2010, playing in over 50 US cities. A two-hour version of the film was broadcast on the PBS series "American Masters" in December, 2010. "Genius Within" won the 2010 Gemini Award for Best Biography Documentary presented by the Canadian Academy of Cinema and Television. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Raymont, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Co-Director:
2005 I, Nuligak: An Inuvialuit History of First Contact
Director:
1975 Lumsden
1975 Sikusilarmiut
1979 History on the Run: The Media and the '79 Election
1981 Magic in the Sky
1983 Prisoners of Debt: Inside the Global Banking Crisis
1988 The World is Watching
2004 Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
2005 I, Nuligak: An Inuvialuit History of First Contact
2007 A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman
2009 Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
2012 West Wind: The Vision Of Tom Thomson
2017 Where the Universe Sings: The Spiritual Journey of Lawren Harris
2019 Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
Editor:
1972 The Point: Community Legal Clinic
1975 Lumsden
1975 Sikusilarmiut
1979 History on the Run: The Media and the '79 Election
1981 Magic in the Sky
1983 Prisoners of Debt: Inside the Global Banking Crisis
1988 The World is Watching
2004 Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
2005 I, Nuligak: An Inuvialuit History of First Contact
2007 A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman
2009 Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
2012 West Wind: The Vision Of Tom Thomson
2017 Where the Universe Sings: The Spiritual Journey of Lawren Harris
2019 Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
Executive Producer:
1972 The Point: Community Legal Clinic
1975 Lumsden
1975 Sikusilarmiut
1979 History on the Run: The Media and the '79 Election
1981 Magic in the Sky
1983 Prisoners of Debt: Inside the Global Banking Crisis
1988 The World is Watching
1991 Tikinagan
2004 Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
2005 I, Nuligak: An Inuvialuit History of First Contact
2007 A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman
2009 Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
2012 West Wind: The Vision Of Tom Thomson
2016 Girls' Night Out
2017 The Truth Is in the Stars
2017 Where the Universe Sings: The Spiritual Journey of Lawren Harris
2018 The Corporate Coup D'État
2019 Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
2020 Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
2021 Sleeping Warrior
Producer:
1972 The Point: Community Legal Clinic
1975 Lumsden
1975 Natsik Hunting
1975 Sikusilarmiut
1977 The Hunters
1977 Whale Hunting (Qilaluganiatut)
1979 History on the Run: The Media and the '79 Election
1981 Magic in the Sky
1983 Prisoners of Debt: Inside the Global Banking Crisis
1988 The World is Watching
1990 Between Two Worlds
1991 Flooding Job's Garden
1991 The Learning Path
1991 Tikinagan
2004 Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
2005 I, Nuligak: An Inuvialuit History of First Contact
2007 A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman
2009 Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
2012 West Wind: The Vision Of Tom Thomson
2016 All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016 Girls' Night Out
2017 The Truth Is in the Stars
2017 Where the Universe Sings: The Spiritual Journey of Lawren Harris
2018 The Corporate Coup D'État
2019 Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
2020 Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
2021 Sleeping Warrior
Writer:
1972 The Point: Community Legal Clinic
1975 Lumsden
1975 Natsik Hunting
1975 Sikusilarmiut
1977 The Hunters
1977 Whale Hunting (Qilaluganiatut)
1979 History on the Run: The Media and the '79 Election
1981 Magic in the Sky
1983 Prisoners of Debt: Inside the Global Banking Crisis
1988 The World is Watching
1990 Between Two Worlds
1991 Flooding Job's Garden
1991 The Learning Path
1991 Tikinagan
2004 Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
2005 I, Nuligak: An Inuvialuit History of First Contact
2007 A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman
2009 Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
2012 West Wind: The Vision Of Tom Thomson
2016 All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016 Girls' Night Out
2017 The Truth Is in the Stars
2017 Where the Universe Sings: The Spiritual Journey of Lawren Harris
2018 The Corporate Coup D'État
2019 Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
2020 Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
2021 Sleeping Warrior
Creator:
2008 The Border
Director:
2002 The Undefended Border
2008 The Border
Executive Producer:
2002 The Undefended Border
2008 The Border
2013 Cracked
Producer:
2002 The Undefended Border
2006 Infrarouge
2008 The Border
2013 Cracked
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