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Peter Wintonick
Producer, director, writer, critic, mentor and advisor on all manner of
film, doc-media and 'now' media. Among many incarnations, he ceaselessly
aids and abets the development of young independent filmmakers. A career
spanning 33 years and involvement in more than 100 films. Wintonick is 2007
winner Premier's Prize, 2006 Laureate of the Governor General's Award in
Visual and Media Arts, Canada's highest such honour. Co-founder DocAgora.org
on new forms, new platforms and new ways of funding docmedia. Founder the
first online film festival The Virtual Film Festival (1994-97). Co-founder the
greenmedia institute promoting a Greencode.org for the Media Industries. 2005
digi-doc policy "Thinker in Residence" for the Premier of South Australia.
Producer-Director (with daughter Mira) pilgrIMAGE (2009) (Pusan, IDFA, Thessaloniki Fests);
Executive Producer Sylvie van Brabant's ecological epic Earth Keepers (2009); producer
Tanaz Eshaghian's Iranian film BE LIKE OTHERS (2008) (winner Berlinale etc);
Exec-Producer of Alison McAlpine's film about Scottish Storytellers, SECOND
SIGHT (2008) (winner Slamdance 09); Co-director, co-producer (with Mark Achbar)
MANUFACTURING CONSENT: NOAM CHOMSKY AND THE MEDIA (multiple prizes); Co-director
(with Katerina Cizek) SEEING is BELIEVING : Handicams, Human Rights and the News
(Abraham Prize); director CINÉMA VÉRITÉ: Defining the Moment (Berlinale Ecumenical
prize). Wintonick writes for (inter)national cinema magazines and websites. He is international editor of DOC's national film magazine, POV. He has advised important film festivals such as IDFA, RIDM, Sheffield. He's on the executive board of several film and new media organizations. He has organized conferences, debates, masterclasses and workshops around the world from China to Mexico, including at IDFAcademy's Summer School; Discovery Campus, European Documentary Network, the Canadian Screen Training Centre (SIFT) and Indonesia's Dokumenter. Peter Wintonick co-founded NECESSARY ILLUSIONS a modest multi-faceted production centre based in Montreal. He currently works as mentor and executive producer with EyeSteelFilms (Up the Yangtze; RIP, among others) developing and producing several new projects. CONTACT: Necessary Illusions Productions, Inc. pw@necessaryillusions.ca www.necessaryillusions.ca 24 Avenue du Mont-Royal Ouest Suite 1008 Montréal, Québec, Canada H2T 2S2 T: (+1) (514) 287.7337 F: (+1) (514) 287.7620 |
