Peter Salmon (Filmmaker)
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Peter Salmon was born 9 February 1976 in Auckland, New Zealand. He is a New Zealand
based film and television writer/director.
Salmon has directed many successful short films since graduating from film school in 1996.
Salmon's first 35 mm short film Playing Possum was made in association with Creative New Zealand
in 1998. It screened in competition at Clermont Ferrand, Edinburgh Film Festival and Valladolid International Film Festival. It also screened at Telluride Film Festival
, Rotterdam, New York Children's Festival, Mill Valley, Hof, Brisbane and L'etrange (where it won the Grand Prix and audience awards) to name but a few.
His next short film, a science fiction drama, Letters about the Weather, starring Sara Wiseman (winner of best performance in a short film (NZ film awards 2000 )). The film was made with funding from the New Zealand Film Commission
in 1999. It screened in competition in Clermont Ferrand (where it received an Ecumenical Jury Special Mention ) and Puchon Fantastic in Korea. It also screened in Telluride Film Festival
, Cannes Forum and San Tropez.
His short film Fog was made in 2007 with Maxim Films and the New Zealand Film Commission
on location in Ngawi, New Zealand
. It stars Chelsie Crayford Preston (winner of best performance in a short film (NZ film awards 2007)). 'Fog' premiered in Cannes Critics Week in 2007. It has since screened in Melbourne, New Zealand and Stockholm.
Salmon's latest short film The Box set in New York City premiered at the New Zealand Film Festival in 2010.
Alongside his film projects Salmon is a director and writer of television programmes, notably the internationally successful South Pacific Pictures
teen drama series Being Eve
. The show was a finalist in the International Emmy Awards 2002 (Children & Young People), Gold World Medal Winner (Teen Programmes) in the New York Festivals 2002, and received the 2002 TV Guide New Zealand Television Awards for Best Drama Series, Best Contribution Soundtrack and Best Contribution Design. Salmon has also directed five episodes for South Pacific Pictures
drama series, Go Girls
.
Salmon also directed the motion capture elements for Weta Workshop
and Nelvana
's successful animation series Jane and the Dragon
. He went on to direct the multi award winning show Outrageous Fortune
and wrote for the popular pre school animation series, "The Wot Wots".
Salmon directed three episodes for "Power Rangers RPM" and went on to direct "This is not my Life"
, a science fiction drama for TVNZ.
DIRECTOR/WRITER - TELEVISION
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
based film and television writer/director.
Salmon has directed many successful short films since graduating from film school in 1996.
Salmon's first 35 mm short film Playing Possum was made in association with Creative New Zealand
Creative New Zealand
The Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa is the national arts development agency of the New Zealand government, investing in artists and arts organisations, offering capability building programmes and developing markets and audiences for New Zealand arts domestically and internationally...
in 1998. It screened in competition at Clermont Ferrand, Edinburgh Film Festival and Valladolid International Film Festival. It also screened at Telluride Film Festival
Telluride Film Festival
The Telluride Film Festival was started in 1974 by Bill and Stella Pence, Tom Luddy and Jim Card in the town of Telluride, Colorado, United States. It is operated by the National Film Preserve....
, Rotterdam, New York Children's Festival, Mill Valley, Hof, Brisbane and L'etrange (where it won the Grand Prix and audience awards) to name but a few.
His next short film, a science fiction drama, Letters about the Weather, starring Sara Wiseman (winner of best performance in a short film (NZ film awards 2000 )). The film was made with funding from the New Zealand Film Commission
New Zealand Film Commission
The New Zealand Film Commission is a New Zealand government agency formed to assist with creating and promoting New Zealand films...
in 1999. It screened in competition in Clermont Ferrand (where it received an Ecumenical Jury Special Mention ) and Puchon Fantastic in Korea. It also screened in Telluride Film Festival
Telluride Film Festival
The Telluride Film Festival was started in 1974 by Bill and Stella Pence, Tom Luddy and Jim Card in the town of Telluride, Colorado, United States. It is operated by the National Film Preserve....
, Cannes Forum and San Tropez.
His short film Fog was made in 2007 with Maxim Films and the New Zealand Film Commission
New Zealand Film Commission
The New Zealand Film Commission is a New Zealand government agency formed to assist with creating and promoting New Zealand films...
on location in Ngawi, New Zealand
Ngawi, New Zealand
Ngawi is a small fishing / holiday town within five kilometers of Cape Palliser, the southernmost point of New Zealand's North Island. The town is made up of mainly small wooden houses, which are often called baches....
. It stars Chelsie Crayford Preston (winner of best performance in a short film (NZ film awards 2007)). 'Fog' premiered in Cannes Critics Week in 2007. It has since screened in Melbourne, New Zealand and Stockholm.
Salmon's latest short film The Box set in New York City premiered at the New Zealand Film Festival in 2010.
Alongside his film projects Salmon is a director and writer of television programmes, notably the internationally successful South Pacific Pictures
South Pacific Pictures
South Pacific Pictures is a television production company based in New Zealand. The company produces drama series, mini-series, telemovies and feature films for the domestic market and international market....
teen drama series Being Eve
Being Eve
Being Eve is a television series from New Zealand, originally shown on TV3 from 2001–2002, and rebroadcast on The N. Being Eve focused on a teenage girl, Eve Baxter, and her daily problems. Her parents were divorced but lived next door to each other. Eve was in love with a boy named Adam...
. The show was a finalist in the International Emmy Awards 2002 (Children & Young People), Gold World Medal Winner (Teen Programmes) in the New York Festivals 2002, and received the 2002 TV Guide New Zealand Television Awards for Best Drama Series, Best Contribution Soundtrack and Best Contribution Design. Salmon has also directed five episodes for South Pacific Pictures
South Pacific Pictures
South Pacific Pictures is a television production company based in New Zealand. The company produces drama series, mini-series, telemovies and feature films for the domestic market and international market....
drama series, Go Girls
Go Girls
Go Girls is a New Zealand comedy/drama television series centering around four adult friends, Amy, Britta, Cody and Kevin, who live on the North Shore, Auckland...
.
Salmon also directed the motion capture elements for Weta Workshop
Weta Workshop
Weta Workshop is a special effects and prop company based in Miramar, New Zealand, producing effects for television and film.Founded in 1987 by Richard Taylor and Tania Rodger as RT Effects, Weta Workshop has produced creatures and makeup effects for the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys...
and Nelvana
Nelvana
Nelvana Limited is a Canadian entertainment company founded in 1971 known for its work in children's animation. It was named by founders Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert and Clive A. Smith after a Canadian comic book superheroine created by Adrian Dingle in the 1940s...
's successful animation series Jane and the Dragon
Jane and The Dragon (TV series)
Jane and the Dragon is a CGI animated series based on the books of the same name by Martin Baynton. The show is directed by Mike Fallows and motion capture directed by Peter Salmon; it is co-produced by Weta Workshop in New Zealand and Nelvana Limited in Canada...
. He went on to direct the multi award winning show Outrageous Fortune
Outrageous Fortune (TV series)
Outrageous Fortune was a New Zealand comedy/drama television series, which was created by James Griffin and Rachel Lang and was produced by South Pacific Pictures...
and wrote for the popular pre school animation series, "The Wot Wots".
Salmon directed three episodes for "Power Rangers RPM" and went on to direct "This is not my Life"
This Is Not My Life
This Is Not My Life is a 2010 New Zealand television mystery thriller which originally aired on Television New Zealand's TV ONE channel on Thursday nights....
, a science fiction drama for TVNZ.
Filmography
DIRECTOR/WRITER - FILM- The Box (2010): Director/Co-Writer
- Fog (2007): Director
- Letters About The Weather (1999): Director/Co-Writer
- Playing Possum (1998): Director/Writer
- The Creakers (1997): Director/Writer
DIRECTOR/WRITER - TELEVISION
- This is not my Life (2009): Director
- Power Rangers RPM (2009): Director
- Wot Wots (2009): Writer
- Go Girls (2008): Director
- Outrageous Fortune (Series 4) (2008): Director
- My Story (2007): Director/Co-Writer
- Jane and the DragonJane and The Dragon (TV series)Jane and the Dragon is a CGI animated series based on the books of the same name by Martin Baynton. The show is directed by Mike Fallows and motion capture directed by Peter Salmon; it is co-produced by Weta Workshop in New Zealand and Nelvana Limited in Canada...
(2005): Motion Capture Director - Being EveBeing EveBeing Eve is a television series from New Zealand, originally shown on TV3 from 2001–2002, and rebroadcast on The N. Being Eve focused on a teenage girl, Eve Baxter, and her daily problems. Her parents were divorced but lived next door to each other. Eve was in love with a boy named Adam...
(2001): Director/Writer