Peter John Ross is a U.S. filmmaker and published author from Columbus, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...

. He has written and directed over 30 short films, as well as the feature film Horrors of War, and has produced the feature In the Trenches of an Indie Film. In 1999 he founded Sonnyboo Productions as a means to produce his shorts and feature films.

Ross has also written the book Tales from the Front Line of Indie Film and continues to write for magazines such as Videomaker

Videomaker Magazine

Videomaker is a magazine publication dedicated to video production. The magazine's publisher/editor, Matthew York, founded the publication with his wife Patrice York, Associate Publisher, to "empower people to make video and to democratize and enrich television."-Overview :When Videomaker started...

and MovieMaker

MovieMaker

“Moviemaker” redirects here. For the software, see Windows Movie Maker.MovieMaker is an American magazine focused on the art and business of making movies with a special emphasis on independent film....

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Awards

• AUDIENCE AWARD - 48 HOUR FILM PROJECT 2004 http://www.48hourfilm.com/cincinnati/2004.php
• EMERGING TALENT AWARD - B MOVIE CELEBRATION 2007 http://www.bmoviecelebration.com/
• CHRIS AWARD - THE COLUMBUS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2006 http://www.chrisawards.org/download/chris2006program.pdf