Peter Wintonick

Peter Wlntonlck as a writerproducerdirector with decades of experience in the Canadian film industry Some of the highlights from his career include spending four years as the Canadian producer and postproduction coordinator for Peter Watklns 14 hour megadocumentary emThe Journeyem about nuclear peace development andthe media He was the supervising editor on a hrefmannronRon Mannsa offbeat emComic Book Confidentialem which was named Best Documentary at the a hrefcanadianfilmawardsgeniesGenie Awardsa and picked up a Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival He was a witty and frequent contributor to Cinema Canada which was once Canadas national film magazine He had been a programmer for the Montreal International Festival of New Cinemaand Video and taught Universitylevel film His initiation into the world of filmand politics began on the postproduction of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeaus early campaign films He also edited the nondocumentary features a hrefhttpwwwnorthernstarscainpraiseofolderemIn Praise of Older Womanema in 1978 and emAgencyem in 1980 In 2006 he won the Canadian Governor Generalrsquos award for Visual and Media Arts He is pictured above speaking at the 2010 Hot Docs Festival in Toronto Peter Wintonick was diagnosed with Cholangio Carcinoma a rare form of liver cancer in the fall of 2013 and was hospitalized on November 15thbrbrAlso See a hrefwintonickpeterarticleCamera Eye Peter Wintonickrsquos emCinma Vrit Defining the MomentemabrAlso See ema hrefwintonickpeternfbarticleVritaema hrefwintonickpeternfbarticle and the Future of the NFBa