Peter Wintonick
Peter Wintonick | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 10, 1953 Trenton, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | November 18, 2013 (aged 60) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | Documentary filmmaker |
| Children | Mira Burt-Wintonick |
| Awards | Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts |
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.
Biography
[edit]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]
Select filmography
[edit]- Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992) with Mark Achbar and Francis Miquet
- Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment (1999) with the National Film Board of Canada
- Seeing is Believing: Handicams, Human Rights and the News (2002) winner of the Dan & Ewa Abraham and Tammy Abraham Award for Films of Conflict & Resolution at the 2002 Hamptons International Film Festival and Gemini Award nominee, co-directed with Katerina Cizek
Other work
[edit]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]
Governor General's Award
[edit]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.
Legacy
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Remembering documentary film legend Peter Wintonick". Art Threat. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ Ontario, Canada, The Ottawa Journal (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1885-1980
- ^ "Peter Wintonick, Canadian documentary great, dead at 60". CBC News. 18 November 2013. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- ^ ReelScreen obituary (November 18, 2013)
- ^ "Adelaide Thinkers in Residence - Peter Wintonick". Govt. of South Australia. Archived from the original on 2011-02-22. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
- ^ "Sheffield Doc/Fest 2014 Awards Announced". sheffdocfest.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ Alex Rose, "Montreal filmmaker Peter Wintonick is the subject of a very personal new film". Cult MTL, March 26, 2021.
