Peter Gerard

Peter Gerard is an indefatigable filmmaker who finds the extraordinary in the ordinary. His first documentary, Out of Breath, looked at teen life in the Midwestern town in which he grew up. The film won the Audience Favorite award at the SOFA Film Festival in Portland, Oregon and has been shown at the Royal Museum in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2000 and 2001, he produced the Bargain Basement Film Festival, a celebration of low-budget film. A multi-media visionary, he has made numerous short films, designed award-winning websites, and shown his photography in the U.S. and Britain. His documentary Just to Get a Rep documents the art and history of graffiti in the U.S. and Europe. Now living in Edinburgh, Scotland, Peter continues making documentaries including an upcoming feature-length doc about a musician in Ghana.