
Person
Peter Wintonick
Directing · 1953–2013 · Trenton, Ontario, Canada
Biography
Peter Wintonick, director, producer, film editor, writer, director, journalist, and advocate, was a one-of-a-kind figure in the Canadian film industry. Wintonick started out as a precociously talented editor on commercial features before committing himself to documentary filmmaking. He became a highly regarded director-writer-producer and a mentor to numerous young filmmakers, as well as a globetrotting advocate and ambassador for socio-political documentaries. Involved in more than 100 films and media projects, he was perhaps best known for Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992). [The Canadian Encyclopedia]
Known for

In Praise of Older Women
Assistant Sound Editor

Capturing Reality
Self

Agency
1980

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
Director

Wintopia
Self

The Journey
Editor
Holocaust Denial vs. Freedom of Speech
Director
A Case Study: Cambodia and East Timor
Director of Photography

Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam
Editorial Consultant

Maneuvers in the Dark
Producer
Filmography
- 2019WintopiaSelf
- 2012Maneuvers in the DarkProducer
- 2009Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk IslamEditorial Consultant
- 2008Capturing RealitySelf
- 2008Second SightExecutive Producer
- 2002Seeing is Believing: Handicams, Human Rights and the NewsDirector
- 2000Cinéma Vérité: Defining the MomentDirector
- 1996The StreetEditor
- 1995Ho! KanadaDirector
- 1994A Case Study: Cambodia and East TimorDirector of Photography
- 1994A Propaganda Model of the Media Plus Exploring Alternative MediaDirector of Photography
- 1994Concision: No Time for New IdeasDirector of Photography
- 1994Holocaust Denial vs. Freedom of SpeechDirector
- 1994Toward a Vision of a Future SocietyDirector
- 1994Noah Chomsky: Personal InfluencesDirector
- 1992Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the MediaDirector
- 1988A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine RevolutionEditor
- 1987The JourneyEditor
- 1980Agency
- 1978In Praise of Older WomenAssistant Sound Editor
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