Peter Wintonick

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Peter Wintonick

Born June 10, 1953 · Trenton, Ontario, Canada

Died November 18, 2013 · aged 60

Peter Wintonick, director, producer, film editor, writer, director, journalist, and advocate, was a one-of-a-kind figure in the Canadian film industry. Wintonick started out as a precociously talented editor on commercial features before committing himself to documentary filmmaking. He became a highly regarded director-writer-producer and a mentor to numerous young filmmakers, as well as a globetr…

Known For

In Praise of Older WomenIn Praise of Older Women · 1978
In Praise of Older Women
5.31978
MovieDramaRomance
Andras Vayda grows up in a turbulent, war-torn Hungary, where he procures local girls for the occupying G.I.'s during World War II. Disappointed by girls of his age, he meets Maya, a married women in her thirties, who tutors him in the lessons of love and romance. Maya is only the first of many mature women that Andras will meet through his teenage and young adult life.
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the MediaManufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media · 1992
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
7.61992
MovieDocumentary
A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.
AgencyAgency · 1980
Agency
6.21980
MovieScience FictionDrama
A mysterious millionaire buys an ad agency and begins to replace its employees with his own people, who don't appear to be advertising types at all...
WintopiaWintopia · 2019
Wintopia
10.02019
MovieDocumentary
IDFA and Canadian filmmaker Peter Wintonick had a close relationship for decades. He was a hard worker and often far from home, visiting festivals around the world. In 2013, he died after a short illness. His daughter Mira was left behind with a whole lot of questions, and a box full of videotapes that Wintonick shot for his Utopia project. She resolved to investigate what sort of film he envisaged, and to complete it for him.
Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk IslamTaqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam · 2009
Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam
5.62009
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Three years in the making, this feature documentary follows the progression of the Muslim Punk scene: from its imaginary inception in a novel written by a white-convert named Michael Muhammad Knight to a full-blown, real-life scene of Muslim punk bands and their fans.
The JourneyThe Journey · 1987
The Journey
4.61987
MovieDocumentary
Peter Watkins' global look at the impact of military use of nuclear technology and people's perception of it, as well as a meditation on the inherent bias of the media, and documentaries themselves.
Maneuvers in the DarkManeuvers in the Dark · 2012
Maneuvers in the Dark
8.52012
MovieDocumentary
Maneuvers in the Dark is the story of how three young Swedish entrepreneurs manage to sneak through the backdoor of North Korea in an attempt to produce jeans in the country, and of the spiraling repercussions that follow as they begin to trade with the worlds most sealed dictatorship.
A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine RevolutionA Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution · 1988
A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution
10.01988
MovieDocumentary
A chronicle of the three points of a political triangle — the legal left, the illegal (armed) revolution, and the enemy which threatens them both: the armed reactionary right. It is 1987. The dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos has just been overthrown. Newly elected President Corazon Aquino struggles to wrench control of the country from her own military. A Rustling of Leaves poses the key question facing the revolutionaries and the Filipino Left: Should the People’s Movement continue the guerilla war, or do they dare enter legal politics and reveal the hidden face of the revolution?

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The StreetThe Street · 1996
The Street
9.01996
MovieDocumentary
Every day, on the streets of Canada's cities, we pass them on our way to work or school. Bums, beggars, winos, bag people we call them. But who is the person at the end of that outstretched arm? What is life on the street really like? Is there a way off the street? For six years, director Daniel Cross followed the lives of three homeless men who spent much of their time in and around a Montreal subway station. Filmed in a cinema verité style, the film is unique: it humanizes the homeless, breaking down the barrier between us and them, neither moralizing nor offering easy answers. This is a gritty, compelling look at life on the streets that moves beyond the media stereotypes to show both the humanity of the homeless and the street-toughened aspects of their existence.

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