Peter Wintonick
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Peter Wintonick is an independent documentary
filmmaker based in Montreal
. A winner of the 2006 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts, former Thinker in Residence
for the Premier of South Australia
, prolific award winning filmmaker, he is one of Canada's best known international documentarians. He currently runs Necessary Illusions Productions along with his partner Francis Miquet. Wintonick is one of the founders of DocAgora
, an event inserted into various film festivals showcasing cutting-edge digital strategies.
. The current title is PilgrIMAGE
.
, examining the future of documentaries and the digital revolution
with a focus on educational and cultural legislation.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
filmmaker based in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. A winner of the 2006 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts, former Thinker in Residence
Thinker in Residence
Thinkers in Residence is a program in Adelaide, South Australia, that brings leaders in their fields to work with the South Australian community and government in developing new ideas and approaches to problem solving, and to promote South Australia....
for the Premier of South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
, prolific award winning filmmaker, he is one of Canada's best known international documentarians. He currently runs Necessary Illusions Productions along with his partner Francis Miquet. Wintonick is one of the founders of DocAgora
DocAgora
DocAgora is a non-profit international thinktank and open webplex that stimulates discussion about new forms, new platforms and new ways of financing documentary media....
, an event inserted into various film festivals showcasing cutting-edge digital strategies.
Filmography, among many others
- Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the MediaManufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the MediaManufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media is a documentary film that explores the political life and ideas of Noam Chomsky, a linguist, intellectual, and political activist...
with Mark AchbarMark AchbarMark Achbar is a Canadian filmmaker, best known for directing The Corporation and Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media.- Biography :Achbar is a graduate of Syracuse University's Fine Arts Film Program...
and Francis Miquet. (1992) - Cinema Verite: Defining the Moment with the National Film Board of CanadaNational Film Board of CanadaThe National Film Board of Canada is Canada's twelve-time Academy Award-winning public film producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions...
. (1999) - Seeing is Believing: Handicams, Human Rights and the News, winner of the Dan & Ewa Abraham and Tammy Abraham Award for Films of Conflict & Resolution at the 2002 Hamptons International Film FestivalHamptons International Film FestivalHamptons International Film Festival was founded to provide a forum for independent filmmakers from around the world to express their vision. The Festival is traditionally held for five days in mid-October in theatre venues from Montauk to Southampton and attracts roughly 15,000 visitors annually...
and Gemini AwardGemini AwardThe Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
nominee, co-directed with Katerina CizekKaterina CizekKaterina Cizek is a Canadian documentary filmmaker and web creator whose credits include the 2010 web documentary Out My Window, winner of the inaugural IDFA DocLab Award for Digital Storytelling at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam...
. (2002)
Current projects
Wintonick is currently working on a film investigating the shift from old to new media throughout the world with his daughter Mira Burt-WintonickMira Burt-Wintonick
Mira Burt-Wintonick is an award-winning Canadian radio and film producer best known for her audio pieces and work on the CBC radio program WireTap. Trained as a classical musician, Burt-Wintonick pursued a Communications degree from Concordia University in Montreal where she currently resides...
. The current title is PilgrIMAGE
Pilgrimage
A pilgrimage is a journey or search of great moral or spiritual significance. Typically, it is a journey to a shrine or other location of importance to a person's beliefs and faith...
.
Other work
In early 2005, at the invitation of the premier of South Australia, he filled the post of Thinker in ResidenceThinker in Residence
Thinkers in Residence is a program in Adelaide, South Australia, that brings leaders in their fields to work with the South Australian community and government in developing new ideas and approaches to problem solving, and to promote South Australia....
, examining the future of documentaries and the digital revolution
Digital Revolution
The Digital Revolution is the change from analog mechanical and electronic technology to digital technology that has taken place since c. 1980 and continues to the present day. Implicitly, the term also refers to the sweeping changes brought about by digital computing and communication technology...
with a focus on educational and cultural legislation.