Peter DIaz

Available for Work

Homebase:

Beverly Hills, CA

Title:

Director, Writer, Editor

Affiliations:

HighFlightFilms

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• Bio

  I was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario and I graduated from Seneca College in the Spring of 2002 after the short film I wrote, shot, directed, and starred in got nominated for best picture, best cinematography, and best screenplay, ultimately taking home the award for best cinematography. After graduation, I worked as PA on the cult hit film Ham & Cheese which starred Jason Jones (Daily Show with Jon Stewart) and was helmed by Warren P. Sonoda (5ive Girls, Sleeptalkers). The experience I had working on this movie set was helpful but with my tuition bills mounting I decided to take a job in South Korea that would give me the financial freedom to buy my own film equipment and work on my own projects. In the summer of 2007, I returned home having shot two short films and a feature. Since then I have directed a music video for Jon Levine of the Philosopher Kings and another short film entitled A Solemn Consideration which is currently in the film festival circuit. I am currently at work directing commercials and web video promos. My latest short film, The Unsaid, is soon to be released to film festivals.

• Favorite Movies

  A Very Long Engagement, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, American Beauty, Baraka, The Matrix, Requiem for a Dream, Donnie Darko, Old Boy, The Corporation, Battle Royale, Buffalo 66, Lost in Translation, Shawshank Redemption, Collateral, Memento, Boogie Nights, Nobody Knows, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Sin City, Brick, Platoon, Apocolypse Now, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Kungfu Hustle, Bound, The Rules of Attraction, No Country For Old Men

• Favorite Music

  Digitalism, Jon Brion, DJ Shinichi Osawa, Leftfield, Aphex Twin, Portishead, Squarepusher, DJ Sasha, Coldplay, Nick Drake, Lost in Translation Soundtrack, Radiohead, Mobb Deep, Pharcyde, Tribe Called Quest, Souls of Mischief, Pendulum

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