Peter Rowe (born 1947) is a Canadian

filmmaker Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, castin ...

and author specializing in themes of history and exploration. He is the producer of the 49-part television series

Angry Planet ''Angry Planet'' is a 39-part television series broadcast around the world featuring the adventures of storm chaser George Kourounis. ''Angry Planet'' is produced by Peter Rowe of Pinewood Films. The series plays on the following networks: * Pi ...

, which airs on streaming and television networks around the world. His book, ''Music vs The Man'' was published in 2020.

Career

Rowe’s feature films include ''

Treasure Island ''Treasure Island'' (originally titled ''The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys''Hammond, J. R. 1984. "Treasure Island." In ''A Robert Louis Stevenson Companion'', Palgrave Macmillan Literary Companions. London: Palgrave Macmillan. .) is an adventure n ...

'' starring

Jack Palance Jack Palance ( ; born Volodymyr Palahniuk ( uk, Володимир Палагню́к); February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American actor known for playing tough guys and villains. He was nominated for three Academy Awards, all fo ...

and Kevin Zegers, '' Lost!'' starring Ken Welsh, Michael Hogan and Helen Shaver, and '' The Best Bad Thing'' starring George Takei Rowe has directed numerous documentaries including ''Beyond the Red Wall, Art War,'' ''Joshua Slocum: New World Columbus'', and ''Popcorn With Maple Syrup: Film in Canada from Eh to Zed''. His 2013 film ''

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'' is based on

James Fenimore Cooper James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances depicting colonist and Indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries brought h ...

's book Television series he has directed include ''Angry Planet,'' ''On the Run'', ''Super Humans'', '' Ready or Not'', '' E.N.G.'', ''

African Skies ''African Skies'' is an adventure drama series that aired from October 11, 1992 until April 24, 1994 on The Family Channel. It starred Catherine Bach. Plot summary An adventure-drama series about two male teenagers, one black and one white, liv ...

'', ''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

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es, several

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s and

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es,

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest co ...

Cape Horn Cape Horn ( es, Cabo de Hornos, ) is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile, and is located on the small Hornos Island. Although not the most southerly point of South America (which are the Diego Ramí ...

, the Canadian

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, and the

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and

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n Deserts. Rowe has also performed as an actor, most recently playing Hunter S. Thompson in the TV biography series ''

Final 24 ''Final 24'' is a Canadian documentary series which airs on the Discovery Channel, Global Television Network, and OWN. Released in Canada in 2006, the series chronicles the last 24 hours of the lives of famous celebrities of the late 20th cen ...

''. He appeared in the documentary film ''

Rewind This ''Rewind This!'' is a 2013 documentary film directed by Josh Johnson about the impact of VHS on the film industry and home video, as well as about collectors of videotapes. Interviewees * Atom Egoyan * Mamoru Oshii * Frank Henenlotter * Roy Frum ...

'' about the impact of VHS on the film industry and home video. His 2020 book, ''Music vs The Man'' chronicles the battles between musicians and the authorities—police, border guards, mayors, city councils, the FBI, the Kremlin. His 2021 book, ''Ablaze: 10 Years that Shook the World'', recounts the revolutionary, incendiary era of the late 60s and early 70s, including the birth of the new passions of the era—Black power, the environmental movement, women's liberation, gay pride, the animal rights movement, sexual revolution, and the antiwar movement.

Awards

* Canadian Society of Cinematographers 2010 Award for Lifestyle/Reality Cinematography (

"Hurricane Triple Threat") * Gold Medal, Worldfest Film Festival (

) * Gold Special Jury Award, Houston Film Festival (Joshua Slocum: New World Columbus) * Best Film, Montreal Children’s Film Festival ( The Best Bad Thing)

Memberships

* Explorers Club (Fellow, Past Chair-Canadian Chapter (Ontario/Nunavut) *

Directors Guild of Canada The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) is a Canadian labour union representing more than 5,500 professionals from 48 different occupations in the Canadian film and television industry. Founded in 1962, the DGC represents directors, editors, assist ...

(Ontario Chairman, 2001–2003) *Canadian Society of Cinematographers *

Writers Guild of Canada The Writers Guild of Canada is an organization representing more than 2,500 professional writers working in film, television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication Media (communication), medium for transmitting mov ...

*Royal Canadian Geographic Society (Fellow) *Founding Board Member-Whistler Film Festival *Founding Board Member-Explorers Club Film Festival *Lecturer in Post-Graduate Film Production-

Sheridan College Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning (formerly Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology) is a public polytechnic institute of technology located in the west- Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada. Founded in ...

(2002–2003) *Lecturer in Film Production – Harris Institute for the Arts (1995–1997)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rowe, Peter 1947 births Living people Canadian television directors Film directors from Winnipeg Canadian documentary film directors

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