Peter Raymont was born in 1950 in Ottawa, Canada. His career began at age 21 at the National Film Board of Canada in Montreal where, from 1971-78,he worked as an editor, director and producer. While at the NFB, Raymont also taught film and video production in the Canadian Arctic. In 1979, Raymont moved to Toronto and established his independent film and television production company, Investigative Productions now operating as White Pine Pictures. He co-partnered the company for many years with his late wife, award-winning filmmaker and author, Lindalee Tracey.
Peter Raymont has produced and directed over 100 documentary films and series during a career of 34-years. His films have taken him to Ethiopia, Nicaragua, India, Rwanda, the High Arctic and throughout North America and Europe. Raymont is the recipient of 35 international awards including the Canadian Genie, 4 Gemini Awards, several Gold and Silver Hugos, The Sesterce d'Argent and other international honours. His documentary feature, Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire was honoured with the 2005 Audience Award for World Cinema Documentaries at Sundance Film Festival and the 2007 Emmy Award for Best Documentary.
Raymont's films are often provocative investigations of "hidden worlds" in politics, media and big business. His films are informed with a passion for human rights and social justice and are regularly broadcast on private and public TV networks worldwide.
Filmography: (selection)
Prisoners of Debt: Inside the Global Banking Crisis (58´, Canada, 1984)
The World Is Watching (59´, Canada/UK/Netherlands/Sweden, 1989)
The Skeptics Journey (45´, Canada, 1996)
The World Stopped Watching (82´, Canada, 2003)
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire (90´, Canada, 2004)
Bhopal: The Search for Justice (52´, Canada, 2004)
A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman (92´, Canada, 2007)
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Glould-together with Michèle Hozerovou (109‘, Canada, 2009)
West Wind: A Vision of Tom Thomson-together with Michèle Hozerovou (95´, Canada, 2012)
