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Peter King

Director

Most recently, Peter directed MAKE ME FAMOUS for Expectation Entertainment and BBC One.

He previously directed THIS IS THE WINTER (2019), a short that stars BAFTA and BIFA nominated Liv Hill (Jellyfish, Three Girls) and Warren Brown (Luther). It was exec produced by Michael Fassbender through DMC Film and is currently being developed into a series.

His short film CRACK (2015) was nominated for best British short at the British Independent Film Awards and screened at festivals including London Film Festival, Cork, Krakow and LoCo. In 2010, his short documentary THE CITY WITH THE DIRTY FACE won best short doc at Abu Dhabi Film Festival. In 2011 he was selected to be part of the prestigious Berlinale Talent Campus.

Peter is currently developing original series SNAP with Expanded Media and original series ORBIT with Genial Productions.

Credits

IN DEVELOPMENT
Date: 2023
Production (role):
MORTAL
Company:
Netflix / Creative UK
Project details:
Part of the Netflix and Creative UK’s debut filmmaking scheme Breakout
Date: 2021
Production (role):
ORBIT (Director and Writer)
Company:
Genial Productions
Project details:
Orbit is a darkly comic sci-fi series about a reality TV show in space. The six-part series follows fame hungry contestants who must spend six weeks in a TV studio that orbits the Earth.
Date: 2019
Production (role):
BURNERS (Director)
Company:
Cowboy Cosmonaut Films
Project details:
Based on real events. When their BURNER is bombed, a gifted graffiti writer and his disparate crew living on the fringes of society must respond and prove themselves to be ‘Kings’ of the London scene. Risking their lives and freedom as they conquer rooftops and railway tracks, the crew searches for its identity amongst an increasingly fractured society.
Date: 2019
Production (role):
SNAP (Director and Writer)
Company:
Expanded Media
Project details:
A weary middle-aged detective and her estranged teenage daughter have their lives turned upside down when a local girl’s brutal murder is streamed live on her social media story. When the killer strikes again and broadcasts it live to the world, it causes a frenzy as the murders become a global internet phenomenon. As influencers and the media descend upon the small northern new town, the detective and her daughter must put aside their differences and work together to discover the identity of the killer.
TELEVISION
Date: 2020
Production (role):
MAKE ME FAMOUS
Company:
Expectation Entertainment / BBC One
Project details:
60’ single drama
Wr. Reggie Yates
Prod. Margaret Conway
SHORT
Date: 2019
Production (role):
THIS IS THE WINTER
Company:
DMC Film
Project details:
THIS IS THE WINTER (2019), a short that stars BAFTA and BIFA nominated Liv Hill (Jellyfish, Three Girls) and Warren Brown (Luther). It was exec produced by Michael Fassbender through DMC Film and is currently being developed into a series.

Nom. 'Best UK Short Film' at Raindance 2019
Date: 2015
Production (role):
CRACK
Company:
Outsider
Project details:
CRACK (2015) was nominated for best British short at the British Independent Film Awards and screened at festivals including London Film Festival, Cork, Krakow and LoCo. Produced by Joseph Taussig.
Date: 2010
Production (role):
THE CITY WITH A DIRTY FACE
Company:
Ivory
Project details:
Produced by Rowland Kimberly. Won the Abu Dhabi Film Festival Black Pearl Award, and was nominated for the Festival of Nations Golden Bear award.

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): MORTAL
    Company: Netflix / Creative UK
    Project details: Part of the Netflix and Creative UK’s debut filmmaking scheme Breakout
  • Date: 2021
    Production (role): ORBIT (Director and Writer)
    Company: Genial Productions
    Project details: Orbit is a darkly comic sci-fi series about a reality TV show in space. The six-part series follows fame hungry contestants who must spend six weeks in a TV studio that orbits the Earth.
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): BURNERS (Director)
    Company: Cowboy Cosmonaut Films
    Project details: Based on real events. When their BURNER is bombed, a gifted graffiti writer and his disparate crew living on the fringes of society must respond and prove themselves to be ‘Kings’ of the London scene. Risking their lives and freedom as they conquer rooftops and railway tracks, the crew searches for its identity amongst an increasingly fractured society.
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): SNAP (Director and Writer)
    Company: Expanded Media
    Project details: A weary middle-aged detective and her estranged teenage daughter have their lives turned upside down when a local girl’s brutal murder is streamed live on her social media story. When the killer strikes again and broadcasts it live to the world, it causes a frenzy as the murders become a global internet phenomenon. As influencers and the media descend upon the small northern new town, the detective and her daughter must put aside their differences and work together to discover the identity of the killer.
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2020
    Production (role): MAKE ME FAMOUS
    Company: Expectation Entertainment / BBC One
    Project details: 60’ single drama
    Wr. Reggie Yates
    Prod. Margaret Conway
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): THIS IS THE WINTER
    Company: DMC Film
    Project details: THIS IS THE WINTER (2019), a short that stars BAFTA and BIFA nominated Liv Hill (Jellyfish, Three Girls) and Warren Brown (Luther). It was exec produced by Michael Fassbender through DMC Film and is currently being developed into a series.

    Nom. 'Best UK Short Film' at Raindance 2019
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): CRACK
    Company: Outsider
    Project details: CRACK (2015) was nominated for best British short at the British Independent Film Awards and screened at festivals including London Film Festival, Cork, Krakow and LoCo. Produced by Joseph Taussig.
  • Date: 2010
    Production (role): THE CITY WITH A DIRTY FACE
    Company: Ivory
    Project details: Produced by Rowland Kimberly. Won the Abu Dhabi Film Festival Black Pearl Award, and was nominated for the Festival of Nations Golden Bear award.
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