Peter Entell
| Peter Entell | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1952 New York City |
| Residence | Switzerland |
| Occupation | documentary filmmaker |
| Years active | 1975 - Present |
| Website | ahomefaraway |
Peter Entell is an American-born documentary filmmaker, living in Switzerland. He has filmed in Europe, Africa, and Asia on film project with social, political, and environmental subjects.[1][2][3]
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Biography
Entell was born in New York in 1952 and moved to Switzerland in 1975, where he began to work for UNHCR as a sound recordist.[1][2][3]
The first film he directed was Moving On: The Hunger for Land in Zimbabwe, at the behest of the Belgian-Zimbabwe Friendship Association.[1]
Other films which Entell produced and directed include:
Depending on Heaven, two films on the life of Mongols in China. (1988)
The Tube, an investigation led by a journalist who tries to discover the truth about how the television affects our brains. It first was released in 2001. He re-edited the film in 2009.
Josh’s Trees, the story of the filmmaker’s best friend who dies when his son is less than a year old. Years later the boy is just beginning to ask question about his father. (2005)
Shake the Devil Off, a film musical about New Orleans after the hurricane. (2007)
In 2012, Entell released A Home far Away,[4] about fellow Americans, Broadway, television and Hollywood actress Lois Snow and her husband Edgar Snow, author of the best-selling book Red Star Over China, first American correspondent to interview Mao Tse-tung, and first American to film Mao.[1]
Entell produces and directs his films himself.[1]
Recognition
Entell received a Guggenheim Foundation grant in 1988.[5] He was nominated for the Swiss Film Prize for the Best Documentary for Rolling [2][3] Also the Canvas Television Prize at the Viewpoint Documentary Now Film Festival, Belgium; Silver Spire Winner at the Golden Gate Festival, USA; Jury Prize at the Parnu Film Festival, Estonia (1997)
Moving On: The Hunger for Land in Zimbabwe : 1st Prize 'Blue Ribbon' -- International Affairs and the John Grierson Award—Best film by a new director at the American Film Festival (1983)
The Testimony of Four South African Workers : International Television Prize at the North-South Media Festival, Geneva, Switzerland; 2nd Prize, 'Struggle for Peace and Justice at the Vermont World Peace Film Festival (1988)
Josh's Trees : Grand Prize of the Jury, Montreal International Film Festival, Canada; Home Movies Award, Biografilm Festival, Italy (2005)
Shake the Devil Off : Best Editing Award, Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal; Best Documentary Feature Film, Nashville Film Festival; Nomination, Best Swiss Film of the Year (2007)
Filmography
Entell's documentary films[2][3][6][7] include:
Sound engineer
- Men's Lives - 1976
Direction
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- Moving on: The Hunger for Land in Zimbabwe (Toujours plus loin: la terre convoitée du Zimbabwe) - 1983
- Depending on Heaven (Les caprices du ciel) - 1987
- The Testimony of Four South African Workers (Le témoignage de quatre travailleurs sud-africains) - 1988
- Le manteau de pluie - 1990
- Waiting for the Caribou (En attendant le caribou) - 1991
- L'homme et le chimpanzé - 1991
- La maison du grand âge - 1992
- Martha - 1994
- Rolling - 1997
- The Tube (Le tube) - 2001, re-edited in 2009
- Josh's Trees (Les arbres de Josh) - 2005
- Shake the Devil Off - 2007[8]
- A Home Far Away (Ailleurs, ma maison) - 2012[4]
See also
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