Peter Davis

Biography

English documentary filmmaker. Not to be confused with American documentary filmmaker of the same name.

Career Overview

Peter Davis has 28 screen credits in a career dating back to 1962. Signature works include Winnie Mandela: Under Apartheid, The Nature of David Suzuki, In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

Known Credits

28

Known For

• Winnie Mandela: Under Apartheid
• 

  The Nature of David Suzuki
• 

  In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
• Nelson Mandela: Prisoner to President
• 

  Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt
• A Sizwe Bansi Workshop

Frequent Collaborators

• Athol Fugard (2 collaborations)
• John Kani (2 collaborations)
• Winnie Mandela (1 collaborations)
• David Suzuki (1 collaborations)
• Erica Rutherford (1 collaborations)
• Richard Attenborough (1 collaborations)
• Bono (1 collaborations)
• André P. Brink (1 collaborations)
• Ross Devenish (1 collaborations)
• Arthur Maimane (1 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (16 credits)

  • Winnie Mandela: Under Apartheid

    director

    directing
    2026
  • The Nature of David Suzuki

    director

    directing
    1998
  • In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid

    director

    directing
    1994
  • Nelson Mandela: Prisoner to President

    director

    directing
    1986
  • Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt

    director

    directing
    1986
  • A Sizwe Bansi Workshop

    director

    directing
    1981
  • Generations of Resistance

    director

    directing
    1980
  • South Africa: The White Laager

    director

    directing
    1977
  • Son of Greetings

    director

    directing
    1970
  • D H Lawrence in Taos

    director

    directing
    1969
  • The Heritage of Slavery - Of Black America

    director

    directing
    1968
  • Anatomy of Violence

    director

    directing
    1967
  • Strip

    director

    directing
    1966
  • Chelsea Bridge Boys

    director

    directing
    1965
  • Immigrants

    director

    directing
    1965
  • Pub

    director

    directing
    1962

• camera (4 credits)

  • In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid

    director of photography

    camera
    1994
  • Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

    camera operator

    camera
    1989
  • Two Dollars and A Dream: The Story of Madame C.J. Walker

    camera operator

    camera
    1987
  • The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival

    camera operator

    camera
    1972

• editing (1 credits)

  • In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid

    editor

    editing
    1994

• production (6 credits)

  • In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid

    producer

    production
    1994
  • Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt

    producer

    production
    1986
  • Generations of Resistance

    producer

    production
    1980
  • This Bloody, Blundering Business

    producer

    production
    1975
  • Anatomy of Violence

    producer

    production
    1967
  • The Homosexuals

    associate producer

    production
    1967

• writing (1 credits)

  • The Heritage of Slavery - Of Black America

    writer

    writing
    1968