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PeterSalmon

  • Director
  • Writer
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Director Peter Salmon first won attention with 1998 chase romp Playing Possum. In 2007, his short film Fog was invited to the Cannes Film Festival. Salmon's extensive CV of television credits includes Being Eve, Outrageous Fortune and Emmy winner INSiDE. In Australia, Salmon has directed several high profile drama series including Rake, Offspring and Wanted. Acclaimed TV drama After the Party won nine NZ TV Awards. 

Screenography

Madam
2024 Director Series
Watching You
2024 Director Series
After the Party
2023 Director, Producer Series
After the Verdict
2022 Director Series
The Pact
2021 Director Series

Biography

A video store botch up on Peter Salmon’s thirteenth birthday opened his eyes to filmmaking. He requested Disney movie Flight of the Navigator, but the shop gave him Vincent Ward's The Navigator instead. "I remember my friends were pretty bored and disappointed. But I was sold, and couldn't believe films could be so visionary and compelling."

Awards

2024 New Zealand Television Awards / Ngā Taonga Whakaata O Aotearoa 
Best Drama: After the Party
Best Director - Drama / Comedy Drama: for After the Party

“I meant to reserve the Disney movie Flight of the Navigator but the [video] shop made a mistake and gave me Vincent Ward's The Navigator instead ... I was sold and couldn't believe films could be so visionary and compelling. ”

Peter Salmon, on a profound moment when he was 13