Career
Rasmussen was a leader in machinima production and development. He is perhaps best known for the feature-length 2007 machinima film Stolen Life. Rasmussen is credited as producer and writer for the film.
Before becoming a filmmaker, Rasmussen was a cinematographer.
He had a congenital eye disease however, which cut his cinematography career short. Rasmussen"s writing credits include In the Winter Dark, The Picture Woman, and Mad Bomber in Love, in addition to Stolen Life.
In 2009 the Sydney Film Festival launched the Peter Rasmussen Innovation Award for work described as fringe, maverick, or innovative.
