Peter Gilbert (born 1957 or 1958[1]) is an American documentary filmmaker. He was the cinematographer and one of the producers of Hoop Dreams, a 1994 documentary about two teenage basketball players in Chicago.[2] He has worked on several films for Kartemquin Films, including Vietnam, Long Time Coming, At the Death House Door (which he co-directed with Steve James), and In the Game.[3] He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Exceptional Merit In Nonfiction Filmmaking in 2005 for producing With All Deliberate Speed,[4] a documentary about Brown v. Board of Education.[5] Prior to Hoop Dreams, he worked on the cinematography of American Dream by Barbara Kopple, and with Haskell Wexler.[2] He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[3]

As of 2018, he lives in Chicago,[3] where he grew up.[2]

Filmography

Peter Gilbert filmography[3]
Title Year Role
Hoop Dreams 1994 Cinematographer, co-producer
Vietnam, Long Time Coming 1998 Co-director, co-producer
Stevie 2002 Cinematographer
With All Deliberate Speed 2004 Director, producer
At the Death House Door 2008 Co-director, co-producer
Sacred Transformations 2010 Cinematographer
In the Game 2015 Cinematographer
Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 2018 Additional camera

References

  1. ↑ Lee, Felicia R. (May 19, 2004). "A Filmed Taste of Lives Changed Since the Brown Case in 1954". The New York Times. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Guerrasio, Jason (January 15, 2014). "An oral history of Hoop Dreams, 20 years after its première". The Dissolve. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Peter Gilbert". Kartemquin Films. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Awards Nominees and Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  5. ↑ Elder, Robert K. (May 14, 2004). "'Speed' takes long look at race". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 4, 2022.


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