Peter Entell (b. 1952, New York) has lived in Switzerland since 1975. He studied anthropology, but then turned to documentary filmmaking and began as a sound and film editor. He makes films in Europe, Asia and Africa and focuses on social, political and ecological themes. He has recently also been making film portraits. In 1989 he won the Guggenheim Fellowship award and his films have won a number of prizes. Of Entell's filmography we could mention, e.g. Moving on: The Hunger for Land in Zimbabwe (1983 – John Grierson Award for Best Film by a new director), Depending on Heaven (1987 – Man and Nature award at the Troia festival in Portugal), The Testimony of Four South African Workers (1988), Waiting for the Caribou (1991), Skaters Hit the Town (1994), The Tube (2001).
MFF Karlovy Vary
