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American documentary filmmaker From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peter Gilbert (born 1957 or 1958[1]) is an American documentary filmmaker, film producer, and cinematographer. He was the cinematographer and one of the producers of Hoop Dreams, a 1994 documentary about two teenage basketball players in Chicago.[2] He has worked on several films for Kartemquin Films, including Vietnam, Long Time Coming, At the Death House Door (which he co-directed with Steve James), and In the Game.[3] He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Exceptional Merit In Nonfiction Filmmaking in 2005 for producing With All Deliberate Speed,[4] a documentary about Brown v. Board of Education.[5] Prior to Hoop Dreams, he worked on the cinematography of American Dream by Barbara Kopple, and with Haskell Wexler.[2] He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[3]
As of 2018[update], he lives in Chicago,[3] where he grew up.[2]
Title | Year | Role |
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Hoop Dreams | 1994 | Cinematographer, co-producer |
Vietnam, Long Time Coming | 1998 | Co-director, co-producer |
Stevie | 2002 | Cinematographer |
With All Deliberate Speed | 2004 | Director, producer |
At the Death House Door | 2008 | Co-director, co-producer |
Sacred Transformations | 2010 | Cinematographer |
In the Game | 2015 | Cinematographer |
Cooked: Survival by Zip Code | 2018 | Additional camera |
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