Full Name Peter Rowe Name Peter Rowe Books Adventures in Filmmaking | Years active 1971–present Role Filmmaker | |
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Occupation filmmakerfilm directorfilm produceractor Movies Treasure Island, The Best Bad Thing, Lost ! Nominations Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Screenplay Similar People George Kourounis, Patrick Bergin, Jack Palance, Helen Shaver, Christopher Benjamin | ||
Peter Rowe (born 1947) is a Canadian filmmaker specializing in themes of exploration and adventure. His latest production is the 39 part television series Angry Planet, which airs on 10 television networks around the world. He is also freelance producer and heads Peter Rowe Productions/Pinewood Films Inc.
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Rowe is the director of numerous documentaries including Beyond the Red Wall: The Persecution of Falun Gong, the subject of a notorious battle between broadcaster CBC and the Chinese government, Joshua Slocum: New World Columbus, and Popcorn With Maple Syrup: Film in Canada from Eh to Zed.
Rowe’s feature films include Treasure Island, starring Jack Palance and Kevin Zegers, Lost! starring Ken Welsh, Michael Hogan and Helen Shaver, and The Best Bad Thing starring Lana McKissick and Kirin Kiki.
His 2013 half-hour film Shipwrecked on a Great Lake stars Jack Manser as Ned Myers and John Fray as James Fenimore Cooper, and is based on Cooper's book, Ned Myers; or, a Life Before the Mast. 1843. ISBN 1-4280-2232-5.
Television series he has directed include On the Run, Super Humans, Ready or Not, E.N.G., African Skies, Exploring Under Sail, and Fast Track.
His wilderness filmmaking has taken place in over 40 countries and many far-flung corners of the world including numerous active volcanoes, several hurricanes and tornadoes, Antarctica, Cape Horn, the Canadian Arctic, and the Sahara and Arabian Deserts.
Rowe has also performed as an actor, most recently playing Hunter S. Thompson in the TV biography series Final 24.
Rowe has chronicled his life and adventures in his 2013 memoir Adventures in Filmmaking.
He appeared in the 2013 documentary film Rewind This about the impact of VHS on the film industry and home video.