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BIO

After completing his BFA in Film at Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute, Peter began his filmmaking career with a number of music videos that garnered accolades from MTV, Pitchfork, The New York Times, and Entertainment Weekly.

Peter’s music videos eventually led him to a career directing commercials and various branded content. He has been tasked in creating original films for the likes of Adidas, American Express, the NBA and Tommy Hilfiger. He’s traveled around the world numerous times to direct documentaries, lifestyle, and product launch keynote films for Apple. His series of short films and commercials for AXE starring Chinese celebrity Edison Chen helped launch the brand in China for the very first time. Peter even returned to his original love of music videos to collaborate alongside Academy Award winning director Spike Jonze for the Beastie Boys final video Don’t Play No Games That I Can’t Win

Peter’s first venture into television was with the MTV / AXE branded series, THE GAMEKILLERS, a scripted/hidden camera hybrid comedy which was the recipient of Cannes Lions and One Show awards

Recently, Peter has written & directed the award winning short films; THE GREY MATTER a horror comedy starring Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear, Andor) & Lucy Walters (Power, Get Shorty), THEREFORE I AM a lo-fi sci-fi mind bender starring Kevin Breznahan (The Deuce, Billions) and PROGRESS BAR an A.I. co-written sci-fi oddity starring Jennifer Kim (Search Party, Mozart in the Jungle). All of which have screened at film festivals around the world and been featured on AMC’s Shudder, Gunpowder & Sky’s DUST & ALTER (where The Grey Matter won 2020’s biggest one week premiere with over a millions views in its 1st week, CURRENTLY over 17 Million views), Eli Roth’s Slice of Summer, Crypt TV, Short of the Week, io9 and Vimeo Staff Picks. His forthcoming short the sci-fi comedy FUN, GUS! starring Madeleine Coghlan (The Free Fall, The Rookie) and Gavin Stenhouse (Black Mirror, Kung-Fu) recently had it’s World Premiere at FilmQuest - MovieMaker Magazine's "25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World”.

Peter’s also an avid photographer and rarely seen without a camera. After documenting his travels around the world for many years he was hired by Apple to shoot photography in addition to directing films for them. His photographs have been featured by Apple, NFL Network, Leica Camera and NBC.

Peter directed several episodes of the 2 season docu-series “DEAR…” executive produced by RJ Cutler for the Apple TV +. Inspired by Apple’s groundbreaking “Dear Apple” spots, “Dear…” takes an inventive and cinematic approach to biographies of the most iconic figures in society today by using letters written by those whose lives have been changed through their work.

The span and quality of his work is evident in the roster of clients and projects, which include: RCA Records, Capitol Records, Warner Music Group, LG, McDonald’s, Apple, Pepsi, Rayban, Tommy Hilfiger, Ralph Lauren, Grey Goose, American Express, Unilever, ESPN, MTV, VH1, NFL Network, Time Warner Cable, Listerine, NBCSN, NBA, Bing, EA Sports, West Elm, LL Bean, AXE and Apple TV +.

Peter is currently developing feature film and television projects. He’s currently living in LA.