Peter Entell

Background

Entell was born in New York in 1952 and moved to Switzerland in 1975, where he began to work for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as a sound recordist.

Career

He has filmed in Europe, Africa, and Asia on film project with social, political, and environmental subjects. The first film he directed was Moving On: The Hunger for Land in Zimbabwe, at the behest of the Belgian-Zimbabwe Friendship Association. Other films which Entell produced and directed include: Depending on Heaven, two films on the life of Mongols in China.

(1988) The Tube, an investigation led by a journalist who tries to discover the truth about how the television affects our brains.

lieutenant first was released in 2001. He re-edited the film in 2009.

Years later the boy is just beginning to ask question about his father. (2005) Shake the Devil Office, a film musical about New Orleans after the hurricane.

Entell produces and directs his films himself.

Entell received a Guggenheim Foundation grant in 1988. Moving On: The Hunger for Land in Zimbabwe: 1st Prize "Blue Ribbon" -- International Affairs and the John Grierson Award—Best film by a new director at the American Film Festival (1983) The Testimony of Four South African Workers: International Television Prize at the North-South Media Festival, Geneva, Switzerland. 2nd Prize, "Struggle for Peace and Justice at the Vermont World Peace Film Festival (1988) Josh"s Trees: Grand Prize of the Jury, Montreal International Film Festival, Canada.

Home Movies Award, Biografilm Festival, Italy (2005) Shake the Devil Office: Best Editing Award, Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal.

Best Documentary Feature Film, Nashville Film Festival. Nomination, Best Swiss Film of the Year.

Achievements

• He was nominated for the Swiss Film Prize for the Best Documentary for Rolling Also the Canvas Television Prize at the Viewpoint Documentary Now Film Festival, Belgium. Silver Spire Winner at the Golden Gate Festival, United States of America. Jury Prize at the Parnu Film Festival, Estonia (1997).