Peter Raymont

Biography

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. Ray…

Directed

1. Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power (2019) — Director
2. Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould (2009) — Director
3. Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire (2005) — Director
4. Magic in the Sky (1981) — Director
5. The Brokers — Director
6. History on the Run: The Media and the '79 Election (1979) — Director
7. Sikusilarmiut (1975) — Director
8. Where the Universe Sings: The Spiritual Journey of Lawren Harris (2017) — Director
9. Prisoners of Debt: Inside the Global Banking Crisis (1983) — Director
10. Lumsden (1975) — Director
11. The Art of the Possible — Director
12. West Wind: The Vision Of Tom Thomson (2012) — Director
13. A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman (2007) — Director
14. The World Is Watching (1988) — Director
15. Flora: Scenes from a Leadership Convention (1977) — Director
16. Falasha: Agony of the Black Jews (1983) — Director
17. Arctic Dreamer: The Lonely Quest of Vilhjalmur Stefansson (2003) — Director
18. River (Planet Earth) (1977) — Director
19. The Forest Watchers (1975) — Director
20. The Undefended Border (2002) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Brokers — Narrator (voice)
2. Lumsden (1975) — Narrator
3. Prisoners of Debt: Inside the Global Banking Crisis (1983) — Narrator
4. History on the Run: The Media and the '79 Election (1979) — narrator
5. The Art of the Possible — Narrator (voice)