Peter wrote, produced and directed the thought provoking feature film 'Doonby' starring John Schneider (Dukes of Hazzard), Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters), Jenn Gotzon (Frost/Nixon), Robert Davi (Die Hard) and Jennifer O'Neill (Summer of '42). It is available on VOD internationally via Amazon Prime after a limited US theatrical release in 2014. The film won the Capra Award at LifeFest '12.

Apart from 'Doonby', Peter wrote, produced and directed the feature movie 'Mission Manila' in the Philippines starring Larry Wilcox of 'Chips' fame and Sam Hennings. 'Merchants of War' was shot on a budget of US$4.5 million in South Africa, starring Asher Brauner and Jesse Vint, Both films were released theatrically in the US and internationally.

Peter's company Riverhorse Entertainment owns several developed projects including.... They Call Me The Professor - Eight hour miniseries. Florence 1960s. Desperate young artist becomes a front for Italy's biggest illegal gambling syndicate, ripping off high roller punters for millions before entering the dangerous Mafia infested world of horse race fixing. Now he and his young family struggle to escape the terrifying expansion of organized crime following deaths of his benefactors, mobsters Lucky Luciano and Joe Adonis. True story, .

The Wedding Present aka Lucretia - Neo noir paranormal horror. Ex music star and his new bride discover a vintage fortune teller machine in the cellar of the old mansion they are converting into a studio that unleashes a terrifying evil force lying dormant for nearly 100 years. But are these nightmares real or just flashback hallucinations as a result of his previous drug addiction?

Costello's Miracle - Fish out of water comedy. Cynical director of schlock 'B' movies, on the run from creditors and ex-wives, winds up in a small Southern town making a disastrous biblical epic on a budget $20,000 until he is saved by an unlikely miracle.

In the 70s Peter set up his company's base at Bray Studios in UK and produced and directed major launch shows for national and international clients like Lyons, BMC, Reckitt & Colman, Imperial Foods etc. Products ranged from new automobile models to new brands of coffee, tea and air fresheners. Presenters were of the caliber of Bob Monkhouse and Terry Wogan. Performers included Sacha Distel and Stephan Grapelli.

He was then recruited by J.Walter Thompson to handle the Demo Corporation worldwide as well as Bacardi, General Foods . At this time he became involved in the writing and production of TV commercials and he left JWT to set up his own production company. He began directing in 1979 and has produced and directed over 150 commercials for markets as far apart as USA, UK, South Africa, Belgium, Spain, Greece, the Middle East, Australia and South East Asia.

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