Artist + Filmmaker

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About

Peter English is a writer, director, and producer working across film, television, art, and immersive.

 
 

Imagine the art world as an ancient tree—branches of disciplines fork and spread, stretching from oratory to computer science.  For 15 years, Peter has held roles across the entire tree—writer, director, producer, editor, composer, creative technologist—and received recognition from major institutions, media outlets, and brands: The Producers Guild of America, The Whitney Biennial, Sundance, Tribeca, The New York Times, Vice TV, COSM, Vimeo, Pitchfork, NPR, and more.

What some might consider restlessness is actually an instinctive drive to follow each branch back to the root. It's the question at the very core of human art: "What is the audience feeling?" that animates Peter. Answer that correctly, he believes, and each discipline opens up with fascinating new possibilities.

From showrunning a television series, to editing a feature art film, writing the world's first 24K resolution film, or developing a new musical instrument—each medium is an opportunity to find new ways to move an audience. Each story is a chance to find a new and surprising way to tell it. Different branch. Same tree.

This relentless commitment to the audience's experience dissolves ego and puts an entire team in service of a higher purpose. It's a leadership style that has garnered Peter a loyal group of collaborators, some who have been working with him for 15 years. The goal is work that feels alive, whatever branch you happen to be on. And the more you give yourself to each craft, the more the tree grows. It leaves Peter with a thought that gets him up every morning: There's still so much more to do.

 
 

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