Background
According to Joseph he was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and attended high school at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
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He is best known for the Zeitgeist film series, which he wrote, directed, narrated, scored, and produced. Other professional work includes directing the music video God Is Dead? for the band Black Sabbath
After graduation, he moved to New York City to pursue a career in solo classical percussion performance, attending the New School for Social Research. Joseph began his professional career working in advertising and as a private equity trader on Wall Street.
In 2007 he produced a live performance art piece that he entitled "Zeitgeist." The production was never intended for distribution, but was released online and went viral with millions of views.
lieutenant became the first in a trilogy of films produced by Joseph, the others being Zeitgeist:Addendum and Zeitgeist:Moving Forward, released in 2008 and 2011 respectively. In 2009, Joseph founded The Zeitgeist Movement, a self-described "sustainability advocacy organization." lieutenant was originally started as the "activist arm" of an organization called The Venus Project, launched by Jacque Fresco in 1994.
In 2011 the two organizations separated. Joseph"s work with the Movement and the Trilogy has been the subject of national media attention to include articles in the The New York Times, The Palm Beach Post, Venture capital Reporter, and TheMarker.
Joseph is the owner of Gentle Machine Productions Limited Liability Company, a production company that has released many of his projects, including the Zeitgeist film trilogy.
lieutenant also is responsible for the production of the Culture in Decline, a web series launched by Joseph in 2012, as well as Joseph"s new feature film project: InterReflections. Peter Joseph directed a "short-film" music video for the heavy metal music group Black Sabbath, entitled "God Is Dead?" The film had its world-premiere screening at the band"s June 6, 2013, album release in Hollywood"s Harmony Gold Preview Center. The music video film is largely composed of symbology extracted from Joseph"s Zeitgeist trilogy, coupled with layers of imposed archival imagery of the band.
Joseph has given many lectures and interviews, including two TEDx talks, a feature at the 2011 Cine Futuro film festival, a feature at the 2011 Leaders Causing Leaders conference and appeared on Reality Therapy television numerous times.
Other coverage includes The Joe Rogan podcast in 2012, The Young Turks, the Marker television in Israel, and a feature in the New York Times. A proponent of Occupy Wall Street, he gave public speeches in both New York and Los Los Angeles
He was a judge in the 2015 USFUCA Worldwide Youth Contest supporting youth generated technological progress and has been featured by The Global Summit. Joseph is also on the steering committee of Project Peace on Earth.
