Peter Gilbert (filmmaker) explained

Peter Gilbert (born [1]) is an American documentary filmmaker, film producer, and cinematographer. He was the cinematographer and one of the producers of Hoop Dreams, a 1994 documentary about two teenage basketball players in Chicago.[2] He has worked on several films for Kartemquin Films, including Vietnam, Long Time Coming, At the Death House Door (which he co-directed with Steve James), and In the Game.[3] He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Exceptional Merit In Nonfiction Filmmaking in 2005 for producing With All Deliberate Speed,[4] a documentary about Brown v. Board of Education.[5] Prior to Hoop Dreams, he worked on the cinematography of American Dream by Barbara Kopple, and with Haskell Wexler. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

, he lives in Chicago, where he grew up.

Filmography

Peter Gilbert filmography! Title! Year! Role
Hoop Dreams1994Cinematographer, co-producer
Vietnam, Long Time Coming1998Co-director, co-producer
Stevie2002Cinematographer
With All Deliberate Speed2004Director, producer
At the Death House Door2008Co-director, co-producer
Sacred Transformations2010Cinematographer
In the Game2015Cinematographer
2018Additional camera

Notes and References

  1. News: A Filmed Taste of Lives Changed Since the Brown Case in 1954 . Felicia R. . Lee . May 19, 2004 . The New York Times . May 14, 2022.
  2. Web site: An oral history of Hoop Dreams, 20 years after its première . Jason . Guerrasio . January 15, 2014 . The Dissolve . April 4, 2022.
  3. Web site: Peter Gilbert . Kartemquin Films . April 4, 2022.
  4. Web site: Awards Nominees and Winners . . April 4, 2022.
  5. News: 'Speed' takes long look at race . Robert K. . Elder . May 14, 2004 . Chicago Tribune . April 4, 2022 .