Peter Wintonick
Canadian documentary filmmaker (1953 - 2013) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Canadian documentary filmmaker (1953 - 2013) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peter Kenneth Wintonick (June 10, 1953 – November 18, 2013) was a Canadian 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 was one of Canada's best known international documentarians.
Peter Wintonick | |
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Born | June 10, 1953 Trenton, Ontario, Canada |
Died | November 18, 2013 60) Montreal, Quebec, Canada | (aged
Occupation | Documentary filmmaker |
Children | Mira Burt-Wintonick |
Awards | Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts |
Born in Trenton, Ontario in 1953, Wintonick was the son of John Wintonick and Norma Latham. He was of Ukrainian descent.[1][2]
He founded Necessary Illusions Productions with Mark Achbar, and subsequently ran it with Francis Miquet. Wintonick was a co-founder of DocAgora, an event inserted into various film festivals showcasing cutting-edge digital strategies. He co-directed, with his daughter, Mira Burt-Wintonick, the 2009 documentary PilgrIMAGE, a film about documentary filmmaking.[3]
Wintonick died of cholangiocarcinoma on November 18, 2013, aged 60.[4]
In early 2005, at the invitation of the premier of South Australia, he filled the post of Thinker in Residence, examining the future of documentaries and the digital revolution with a focus on educational and cultural legislation.[5]
Wintonick was the winner of a 2006 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts. His body of work includes dramatic features, theatrical documentaries, educational and socio-political works.
In 2014, a new award called the Peter Wintonick Award was given at Sheffield Doc/Fest to Vessel. The award was presented by Martin Rosenbaum, who read a message from Wintonick's daughter Mira, which said that she was very happy to see the award go to "a filmmaker who embodies his activist spirit."[6] Wintonick's film Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media was also screened at the festival.
He is the subject of his daughter Mira's 2019 film Wintopia.[7]
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