Peter Raymont

Peter Raymont
Born (1950-02-28) February 28, 1950 (age 76)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Occupationsfilm director, screenwriter, producer, film editor & cinematographer
Years active1971-present
SpouseLindalee Tracey (May 14, 1957 - October 19, 2006) her death
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

Peter Raymont (born February 28, 1950) is a Canadian filmmaker and producer and the president of White Pine Pictures, an independent film, television and new media production company based in Toronto. Among his films are Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Romeo Dallaire (2005), A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman (2007), The World Stopped Watching (2003) and The World Is Watching (1988). The 2011 feature documentary West Wind: The Vision of Tom Thomson and 2009's Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould were co-directed with Michèle Hozer.

Education

Raymont attended Crighton Street School, Rockcliffe Park Public School and Lisgar Collegiate Institute. He graduated from Trinity College School in Port Hope in 1968.

At Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario he was honoured with the Tricolour Award for contribution to the university community. Raymont graduated from Queen's University in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Political Science and Film Studies. Raymont is a graduate of The Canadian Centre for Advanced Film Studies in North York, Ontario (First Year, 1988), now the Canadian Film Centre. He was a co-founder of the Canadian Independent Film Caucus, now The Documentary Organization of Canada and is a member of The Directors' Guild of Canada and The Canadian Media Producers' Association.

Early career

Raymont's career began at age 21 at the National Film Board of Canada in Montreal. From 1971 to 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 1978, 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.

Career

Raymont was executive producer of the television drama series The Border, which he co-created with Lindalee Tracey, Janet MacLean and Jeremy Hole, and Cracked, a Toronto-based police procedural which explores the intersection of the law and mental illness. Cracked's 2 seasons are also broadcast in France, Germany, USA and elsewhere.

Raymont's documentary feature Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire was honoured with the 2005 Audience Award for World Cinema Documentaries at The Sundance Film Festival and the 2007 Emmy Award for Best Documentary. A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman was longlisted for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, followed by invitational presentations at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam (IDFA) and several other festivals worldwide (Full Frame, Vancouver, Seattle, Sydney, Melbourne, Hawaii, Bermuda). The film opened theatrically across Canada, USA and Australia in 2010, playing in over 50 US cities. A two-hour version of the film was broadcast on the PBS series American Masters in December, 2010. Genius Within won the 2010 Gemini Award for Best Biography Documentary presented by the Canadian Academy of Cinema and Television, and was short-listed for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

In 2015 Raymont received an Honorary Doctor of Letters Degree from Trent University

In 2019 he was named the winner of the Don Haig Award at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Director Producer Writer
1970 Blue Yes Yes No
1971 Have You Ever Been North of Princess Street? Yes Yes No
1977 Flora: Scenes from a Leadership Convention Yes No No
1978 The Art of the Possible Yes No No
1979 History on the Run: The Media and the ’79 Election Yes Yes No
1981 Magic in the Sky Yes Yes No
1982 Arctic Spirits Yes Yes No
Falasha: Agony of the Black Jews Yes No No
1983 On to the Polar Sea: A Yukon Adventure Yes No Yes
Prisoners of Debt: Inside The Global Banking Crisis Yes No Yes
1986 At The Brink: The Cuban Missile Crisis Yes No No
1987 The Politics of Aid Yes No No
1988 The World Is Watching Yes No Yes
1990 Between Two Worlds No Yes No
1992 Voices From the Shadows Yes Yes No
1993 Chasing the Dream Yes Yes No
1994 Hearts of Hate: The Battle for Young Minds Yes Yes No
1995 Abby, I Hardly Knew Ya No Yes No
The Skeptic’s Journey Yes No No
1997 Invisible Nation: Policing the Underground No Yes No
Passing the Flame: The Legacy of Women’s College Hospital No Yes No
1999 Rwanda: In Search of Hope Yes Yes No
2002 King of Hearts Yes No No
2003 Into the Light Yes Yes No
The World Stopped Watching Yes Yes No
Arctic Dreamer: The Lonely Quest of Vilhjalmur Stefansson Yes Yes No
2004 Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire Yes Yes No
Bhopal: The Search for Justice Yes Yes No
The Killer Cure No Yes No
2005 The Idealist: James Beveridge, Film Guru No Yes No
2007 A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman Yes Yes No
Tsepong: A Clinic Called Hope No Yes No
2008 Worlds Collide: The Saga of Herschel Island No Yes No
I Nuligak: An Inuvialuit History of First Contact No Yes No
Tar Sands: The Selling of Alberta No Yes No
Radical Dreamer: The Passionate Journey of Graham Spry Yes Yes No
Triage: Dr. James Orbinski’s Humanitarian Dilemma No Yes No
2009 Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould Yes Yes No
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel No Yes No
2010 Pets on Prozac No Yes No
Experimental Eskimos No Yes No
Winds of Heaven: Emily Carr, Carvers and The Spirit of The Forest No Yes No
The Team No Yes No
Prosecutor No Yes No
2011 West Wind: The Vision of Tom Thomson Yes Yes No
2012 Fight Like Soldiers, Die Like Children No Yes No
2014 Guantanamo's Child No Yes No
Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven No Yes No
2015 Premier: The Unscripted Kathleen Wynne No Yes No
2016 All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception and the Spirit of I. F. Stone No Yes No
2009 Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word after a Word is Power Yes Yes No
2022 Ice-Breaker: The 1972 Summit Series No Yes No

Executive producer

Short film

Year Title Director Producer Writer Editor
1972 Just Another Job No No No Yes
The Point: Community Legal Clinic Assistant No No Yes
1973 The Innocent Door No Associate No Yes
1974 The Coldspring Project No Associate No Yes
1975 The Forest Watchers Yes No Yes No
Sikusilarmiut Yes Yes No No
Lumsden Yes No No No
Natsik Hunting No Yes No No
1977 The Hunters No Yes No No
River: Planet Earth Yes No No No
Whale Hunting No Yes No No
1978 Reflections of a Leadership Convention Yes No Yes Yes
1985 With Our Own Two Hands Yes Yes No No
1987 The Brokers Yes Yes No No
1989 Only The News That Fits Yes Yes No No

Television

Year Title Director Producer Notes
1990 As Long As the Rivers Flow No Yes 5 x 1hr episodes
1997 The New Ice Age: A Year in the Life of the NHL Yes Yes 6 episodes
1998 A Scattering of Seeds No Yes 52 x ½ hr episodes
2000 Toronto: City of Dreams No Yes 3 x 1hr episodes
2001 Graveyard Shift Yes Yes 6 x ½ hr episodes
2002 The Undefended Border Yes Yes 3 x 1 hr episodes
2003 The Anatomy of Burlesque No Yes 2 x 1 hr episodes
The Hero’s Hero: The Forgotten Life of William Barker No Executive
2007 The Border No Executive 38 x 1hr episodes
2009 City Sonic No Yes 20 episodes
2012 Cracked No Executive
2015 Where the Universe Sings: The Spiritual Journey of Lawren Harris Yes Yes
2016 Arctic Secrets No Yes 8 x 1 hr episodes
Girls' Night Out No Yes
2017 We Are Canada No Executive 6 x 1 hr episodes
2018 In the Making No Executive 16 x ½ hr episodes
2020 CitizenKid: Earth Comes First No Executive
2021 Wild Pacific Rescue No Executive 3 x 1 hr episodes

Awards

Gemini Awards:

Canadian Film and Television Awards

Sundance Film Festival

Philadelphia Film Festival

Chicago International Film Festival

American Film Festival, New York City

Nyon International Documentary Film Festival, Switzerland

Leipzig International Film Festival

Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels (FIPA), Biarritz, France

Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists, ACTRA Awards

Yorkton International Film Festival, Canada

Alberta Film and Television (AMPIA)

International Arctic Film Festival (Rovaniemi, Finland)

23rd International Festival of Short Films (Cracow, Poland)

National Film and Video Association, Oakland, California

Worldfest Houston

Academy Awards, Los Angeles, USA

Berlin Film Festival

References

  1. ↑ "CBC Gets Cracked Cop Drama to Pilot". The Hollywood Reporter. 20 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Canadian Documentary on Oscar Shortlist".
  3. ↑ "Five Distinguished Canadians to Receive Honorary Degrees at Trent University's 2015 Convocation". 25 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Lauren Malyk, "Peter Raymont wins the Don Haig Award". Playback, April 29, 2019.
  5. ↑ "International Emmy Award for Best Arts Programming".
  6. ↑ "Latest Academy News". 10 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Outstanding coverage of a breaking news story in a regularly scheduled newscast". Archived from the original on 2013-05-29.
  8. ↑ "In Conversation with Peter Raymont - Telefilm Canada". Archived from the original on 2011-02-05. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
  9. ↑ "Peter Raymont - Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-06-27.