Peter Raymont

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Peter Raymont born February 28 1950 in Ottawa Canada is an awardwinning 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 codirected 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 cocreated with Lindalee Tracey Janet MacLean and Jeremy Hole The Borders 3season 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 40year 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 dArgent and other international honours Raymonts 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 shortlisted for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and was honoured with the Donald Brittain Award for Best SocialPolitical 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 twohour 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia