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Peter St. Laurent
Peter St. Laurent is a Canadian documentary writer, producer, director and editor based in Toronto, Ontario.
Known For
The Life and Death of Owen Hart · 1999The Life and Death of Owen Hart
★ 7.41999
MovieDocumentary
Documentary based on Owen Hart and his life outside of the ring, containing footage of his family after his sudden and tragic death.
The Man Who Might Have Been: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Herbert Norman · 1999The Man Who Might Have Been: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Herbert Norman
★ 8.01999
Movie
On April 4, 1957, Herbert Norman, the Canadian ambassador to Egypt, leapt to his death from a Cairo rooftop. During his remarkable life, Norman helped set the course of post-war Japan and played a key role during the Suez crisis. But with all of his talents and achievements, there was something haunting Herbert Norman and following him to every corner of the globe: the accusation that he was a Soviet spy. This documentary takes us back to a time when the Cold War was heating up and when the mere accusation of communist sympathies could destroy a man's career. Using de-classified documents, interviews with key players and dramatizations filmed around the world, the film reconstructs the ordeal that Norman endured for seven long years, as a US Senate subcommittee relentlessly probed his past beliefs and current loyalties.
Mayday · 2003Mayday
★ 8.22003
SeriesDocumentaryDrama
Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts.
William Shatner's Weird or What? · 2010William Shatner's Weird or What?
★ 6.82010
SeriesDocumentaryDrama
Weird or What? is a series on the Discovery Channel and History hosted by William Shatner. Each episode contains three separate stories of the bizarre and unexplained. As the show unfolds, it weighs various supernatural and scientific theories that attempt to explain the story, and sometimes features tests conducted as proof of a theory's plausibility. The show features strange occurrences such as ghosts, aliens, monsters, medical oddities and natural disasters.