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Peter Raymont

Peter Raymont

Producer and director · Born February 28, 1950 (76) · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Berlinale award winner · Sundance award winner

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Peter Raymont (born February 28, 1950 in Ottawa, Canada) is an award-winning Canadian filmmaker and producer and the president of White Pine Pictures, an independent film, television and new media production company based in Toronto. Among his most internationally regarded films are the 2009 feature documentary "Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould" and "Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Romeo Dallaire" (2005), both of which he co-directed with Michele Hozer. Other significant films include "A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman" (2007), "The World Stopped Watching" (2003) and "The World Is Watching" (1988). Raymont is Executive Producer of the television drama series, The Border, which he co-created with Lindalee Tracey, Janet MacLean and Jeremy Hole. The Border's 3-season, 38 X 1 hr episodes have been broadcast in more than 25 countries. Raymont has produced and directed over 100 documentary films and television programmes (Drama and Documentary) during his 40-year career. His films have taken him to Ethiopia, Nicaragua, India, Rwanda, Chile, the High Arctic and throughout North America and Europe. Raymont is the recipient of 35 international awards including an Emmy, The Sundance Film Festival Audience Award, a Canadian Genie, 5 Gemini Awards, several Gold and Silver Hugos, The Sesterce d'Argent and other international honours. Raymont's films are often provocative investigations of "hidden worlds" in politics, media and big business. His films are informed with a passion for human rights and social justice and are regularly broadcast on private and public TV networks worldwide. His documentary feature, Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire was honoured with the 2005 Audience Award for World Cinema Documentaries at Sundance Film Festival and the 2007 Emmy Award for Best Documentary. "A Promise To The Dead" was short-listed for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and was honoured with the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social-Political Documentary by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. "Genius Within" premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, followed by invitational presentations at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam (IDFA) and several other festivals worldwide (Full Frame, Vancouver, Seattle, Sydney, Melbourne, Hawaii, Bermuda). The film opened theatrically across Canada, USA and Australia in 2010, playing in over 50 US cities. A two-hour version of the film was broadcast on the PBS series "American Masters" in December, 2010. "Genius Within" won the 2010 Gemini Award for Best Biography Documentary presented by the Canadian Academy of Cinema and Television. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Raymont, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
February 28, 1950 (76)
From
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Works as
Producer and director
Titles
15 on MovieCove · 53 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 21% in 30 days

What are Peter Raymont's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Ideas
25%
Morality
24%
Survival
17%
Power
11%
Society
10%
Self
9%
Bonds
4%
Justice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth2 titles, browse their movies with this themeHope2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 1 · Dark 6

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 10 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 4 · Intense 4

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 9 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 4

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 4

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
10
Warm
5
Tense
4
Hopeful
5
Dread
2
Other
6

How their films linger

Thought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteInfuriating3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Bittersweet7
  • Ambiguous5
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Peter Raymont's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Peter Raymont's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

53 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.

  • Shining Light: A Vietnamese–Canadian Legacy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Producer

  • Digital Tsunami: Big Tech, Big AI, Big Brother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer

  • Plastic People(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On(2022)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Sleeping Warrior (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Executive Producer

  • Wild Pacific Rescue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Once Were Brothers(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power(2019)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Toxic Beauty(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Corporate Coup D'État(2018)

    Executive Producer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • In the Making(2018)

    Show Producer

  • The Truth Is in the Stars(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Where the Universe Sings: The Spiritual Journey of Lawren Harris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director

  • All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Girls' Night Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Executive Producer

  • Arctic Secrets(2016)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Executive Producer

  • Cracked(2013)

    Show 21 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • West Wind: The Vision Of Tom Thomson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director

  • Fight Like Soldiers Die Like Children(2012)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Winds of Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Producer

  • Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director · Producer

  • Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Border(2008)

    Show Creator

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

  • Triage: Dr. James Orbinski's Humanitarian Dilemma(2008)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director

  • Infrarouge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · Producer

  • I, Nuligak: An Inuvialuit History of First Contact (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Co-Director · Producer

  • Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director · Producer

  • Arctic Dreamer: The Lonely Quest of Vilhjalmur Stefansson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director · Producer

  • The Undefended Border (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 3 episodes · Director · Producer

  • Flooding Job's Garden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Producer

  • The Learning Path (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Producer

  • Tikinagan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Executive Producer · Producer

  • Between Two Worlds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Producer

  • The World Is Watching (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Prisoners of Debt: Inside the Global Banking Crisis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Director · as Narrator

  • Falasha: Agony of the Black Jews (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Director

  • Magic in the Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • History on the Run: The Media and the '79 Election (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Writer · as narrator

  • Whale Hunting (Qilaluganiatut) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Producer

  • Flora: Scenes from a Leadership Convention (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Director · Editor · Writer

  • The Hunters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Producer

  • River (Planet Earth) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Director · Editor

  • Lumsden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Director · Writer · as Narrator

  • Natsik Hunting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Producer

  • Sikusilarmiut (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Director

  • The Forest Watchers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Director

  • The Coldspring Project (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Associate Producer · Editor

  • The Point: Community Legal Clinic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Editor

  • Say Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer

  • The Art of the Possible (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Editor · Script · as Narrator (voice)

  • The Brokers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Producer · as Narrator (voice)

Career shape

A full career of 45 titles, 42 of them dated from 1972 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Once Were Brothers (2019)

$537K worldwide

Highest rated

Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power (2019)

Midcredits 89th

Most popular right now

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting5 of 45: 0 only acting, 5 with another roleDirecting21 of 45: 6 only directing, 15 with another roleWriting5 of 45: 0 only writing, 5 with another roleProducing32 of 45: 21 only producing, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score85thEditing6 of 45: 1 only editing, 5 with another roleOther crew2 of 45: 1 only other crew, 1 with another role

45 titles, 16 with more than one role — producing and directing overlap on 10 of them.

By decade

1970s11 · 2 acting · 11 crew1980s4 · 1 acting · 4 crew1990s4 · crew2000s8 · crew2010s10 · crew2020s5 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

2 major awards from 3 major nominations, 1989–2005.

WinNomination
  1. 2005
    • Sundance award, won · World Cinema - Documentary
    • Sundance award, nominated · World Cinema - Documentary
  2. 1989
    • Berlinale award, won

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Peter Raymont's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 85th percentile, the median of all 11; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 83rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

6 of their 14 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser6
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · producer

Fight Like Soldiers Die Like Children (2012)

67th percentile spread · 17% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Triage: Dr. James Orbinski's Humanitarian Dilemma (2008)

Midcredits 93rd · 79% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 64/100 and the pacing 51/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Peter Raymont work with?

People who share at least 2 of Peter Raymont's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Steve Ord shares the most, 7.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers