Peter Kinoy is an American documentary

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

 filmmaker and film editor. Four of his films (Poverty Outlaw, Takeover, Teen Dreams and Teatro!) were nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival

The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...

, and When the Mountains Tremble

When the Mountains Tremble

When The Mountains Tremble is 1983 documentary produced by Skylight Pictures about the war between the Guatemalan Military and the Mayan Indian population of Guatemala. The film centers on the experiences of future Nobel Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992, nine...

won the award in 1984. State of Fear: The Truth about Terrorism

State of Fear: The Truth about Terrorism

State of Fear: The Truth about Terrorism is a documentary film produced by Skylight Pictures and directed by Pamela Yates. It won the 2006 Overseas Press Club Award for "Best Reporting in Any Medium on Latin America"...

, which he co-wrote and edited, won the 2006 Overseas Press Club

Overseas Press Club

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 Award for "Best Reporting in Any Medium on Latin America". He co-wrote the 1986 documentary Witness to Apartheid

Witness to Apartheid

Witness to Apartheid is a 1986 documentary film directed by Sharon I. Sopher. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Written by Sharon I. Sopher and Peter Kinoy, the film also won a Cine Golden Eagle. The filmmaker, Sharon I. Sopher, also won an Emmy Award for its...

, which was nominated for an Academy Award, with Sharon I. Sopher, the film's producer and director.