Peter’s documentary work is grounded in curiosity about people — how they live, work, adapt, create and respond to the circumstances around them.
Peter’s documentary work begins with curiosity — a desire to understand the people, environments and circumstances behind a story.
A closer look at the people and communities whose experiences provide the human perspective at the heart of the documentary.
A closer look at the people whose knowledge, experience and perspective help reveal the story beyond the surface.
Peter’s documentary work sits within a much broader history of working alongside people in different countries, cultures and challenging environments.
That experience influences what he notices, the questions he asks and the stories he chooses to follow.
The result is documentary work shaped not simply by observation from the outside, but by years spent working in environments where understanding local context matters.
Discover documentary stories exploring people, places, environments and experiences through Peter’s wider body of work.
What We’re Making explores people through what they make, build, preserve and pass on.
The series looks closely at skill, knowledge and creativity — particularly the kinds of experience that are often learned through doing rather than through formal instruction.
Across decades of international work, Peter has accumulated experiences, photographs and stories that may never become full-length films.
Field Stories provides a home for those moments — connecting an image, a place or an experience with the lesson or perspective behind it.
Documentary provides Peter with a different way to explore many of the questions that run throughout his work.
How do people respond to their environment?
What knowledge exists within communities that outsiders might overlook?
What can we learn when we stop assuming we already understand the situation?
And how does seeing the reality change the way we think about it?
Documentary doesn’t always need to provide the answer.
Sometimes its value is helping us look more carefully at the question.
Peter’s interest in the world extends beyond organizations and communities to the environments surrounding them.
Travel, the ocean, wildlife, adventure and conservation provide another lens through which to explore the places he encounters.
