Peter James O'Brien is an independent filmmaker and author from Congers, NY. He is best known for directing, producing, and editing the thrash metal

Thrash metal

Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...

 documentary, "Riphouse 151: Could've Been's & Wanna Be's

Riphouse 151: Could've Been's & Wanna Be's

Riphouse 151: Could've Been's & Wanna Be's is a 2008 retrospective documentary film. It chronicles the rise and fall of Riphouse, a thrash metal band from Rockland County, New York. The film was directed by Peter O'Brien and features interviews with Rob Dukes , Don La Greca of ESPN radio, Rob...

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Biography

Peter O'Brien has been involved in the visual and performing arts for many years. He started out in High School taking video and theater courses and pursued both on a personal level outside of school. In the winter of 2008 he graduated from SUNY Purchase with a degree in Creative Writing

Creative writing

Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...

. He has worked on short films and features alike crossing several genres including horror

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

, documentary

Documentary

A documentary is a creative work of non-fiction, including:* Documentary film, including television* Radio documentary* Documentary photographyRelated terms include:...

, comedy

Comedy

Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...

, and concert footage. In addition to all this he has performed with bands and on his own for several years.

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