Peter Kinoy is an American

documentary A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

filmmaker and film editor. Four of his films (''Poverty Outlaw'', ''Takeover'', ''Teen Dreams'' and ''Teatro!'') were nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with 423,234 combined in-person and online viewership in 2023. The festival has acted ...

, and '' When the Mountains Tremble'' won the award in 1984. '' State of Fear: The Truth about Terrorism'', which he co-wrote and edited, won the 2006

Overseas Press Club The Overseas Press Club of America (OPC) was founded in 1939 in New York City by a group of foreign correspondents. The wire service reporter Carol Weld was a founding member, as was the war correspondent Peggy Hull. The club seeks to maintain ...

Award for "Best Reporting in Any Medium on Latin America". He co-wrote the 1986 documentary '' Witness to Apartheid'', which was nominated for an

Academy Award The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence ...

, with Sharon I. Sopher, the film's producer and director. He is the son of Arthur Kinoy.

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