Peter Rowe is a Canadian filmmaker specializing in themes of exploration and adventure. His latest production is the 39 part television series Angry Planet

Angry Planet

Angry Planet is a 39 part television series broadcast around the world featuring the adventures of storm chaser George Kourounis, Angry Planet is produced by Peter Rowe of Pinewood Films...

, which airs on 10 television networks around the world. He is also freelance producer and heads Peter Rowe Productions/Pinewood Films Inc.

Career

Rowe is the director of numerous documentaries including Beyond the Red Wall: The Persecution of Falun Gong, the subject of a notorious battle between broadcaster CBC and the Chinese government, Joshua Slocum: New World Columbus, and Popcorn With Maple Syrup: Film in Canada from Eh to Zed.

Rowe’s feature films include Treasure Island

Treasure Island (1999 film)

Treasure Island is a 1999 film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island. It was directed by Peter Rowe, and starred Kevin Zegers as Jim Hawkins and Jack Palance as Long John Silver in his final film appearance....

, starring Jack Palance

Jack Palance

Jack Palance , was an American actor. During half a century of film and television appearances, Palance was nominated for three Academy Awards, all as Best Actor in a Supporting Role, winning in 1991 for his role in City Slickers.-Early life:Palance, one of five children, was born Volodymyr...

 and Kevin Zegers

Kevin Zegers

Kevin Joseph Zegers is a Canadian actor and model. He is best known for his leading roles as Josh Framm in the Air Bud series, as well as playing Damien Dalgaard in the Gossip Girl series and the protagonist in Rock Mafia's The Big Bang...

, “Lost!” starring Ken Welsh

Kenneth Welsh

Kenneth Welsh, CM is a Canadian film and television actor . He is known to Twin Peaks fans as the multi-faceted villain Windom Earle, and has more recently played the father of Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator.In 1984 he was nominated for a Genie Award as Best Actor for his...

, Michael Hogan and Helen Shaver

Helen Shaver

Helen Shaver is a Canadian actress and film and television director.-Early life:Shaver was born and raised in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, a small city located near London, Ontario, with five sisters...

, and The Best Bad Thing

The Best Bad Thing

The Best Bad Thing was originally a book authored by Yoshiko Uchida. A screenplay was developed and a film released in 1997. The story is set on the U.S. west coast during 1935 when the U.S. economy was still recovering from the effects of the Great Depression. It opens in a city, then moves to a...

 starring Lana McKissick and Kirin Kiki.

Television series he has directed include On the Run, Super Humans, Ready or Not, E.N.G.

E.N.G.

E.N.G. is a Canadian television drama, following the staff of a fictional Toronto television news station . The show aired on CTV from 1988 to 1994...

, African Skies

African Skies

African Skies was a Canadian television series which aired from 1991-1994. It starred Catherine Bach.-Plot summary:An adventure series about two teenagers, one black and one white, living in post-Apartheid South Africa. Rory lives with his mother on a large range out in the countryside, while Jam...

”, Exploring Under Sail, and Fast Track.

His wilderness filmmaking has taken place in over 40 countries and many far-flung corners of the world including numerous active volcanoes, several hurricanes and tornadoes, Antarctica, Cape Horn, the Canadian Arctic and the Sahara and Arabian Deserts.

Rowe has also performed as an actor, most recently playing Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author who wrote The Rum Diary , Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 .He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting where reporters involve themselves in the action to...

 in the TV biography series Final 24

Final 24

Final 24 is a Canadian documentary series which airs on the Discovery Channel and Global Television Network. The series explores the last 24 hours of the life of a person, usually a celebrity...

.

Awards

• Canadian Society of Cinematographers 2010 Award for Lifestyle/Reality Cinematography (Angry Planet
  Angry Planet
  Angry Planet is a 39 part television series broadcast around the world featuring the adventures of storm chaser George Kourounis, Angry Planet is produced by Peter Rowe of Pinewood Films...
  
   "Hurricane Triple Threat")

• Gold Medal, Worldfest Film Festival (Treasure Island
  Treasure Island (1999 film)
  Treasure Island is a 1999 film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island. It was directed by Peter Rowe, and starred Kevin Zegers as Jim Hawkins and Jack Palance as Long John Silver in his final film appearance....
  
  )

• Gold Special Jury Award, Houston Film Festival (Joshua Slocum: New World Columbus)

• Best Film, Montreal Children’s Film Festival (The Best Bad Thing
  The Best Bad Thing
  The Best Bad Thing was originally a book authored by Yoshiko Uchida. A screenplay was developed and a film released in 1997. The story is set on the U.S. west coast during 1935 when the U.S. economy was still recovering from the effects of the Great Depression. It opens in a city, then moves to a...
  
  )

Memberships

• Explorers Club
• Directors Guild of Canada
  Directors Guild of Canada
  The Directors Guild of Canada is a Canadian labour union, founded in 1962, which represents more than 3,700 professionals from 48 different occupations in the Canadian film and television industry. The DGC represents directors, assistant directors, location managers, production assistants and...
  
   (Ontario Chairman, 2001–2003)
• Canadian Society of Cinematographers
• Writers Guild of Canada
  Writers Guild of Canada
  The Writers Guild of Canada represents more than 1,800 professional writers working in film, television, radio, and multimedia production in Canada...
  
  

• Founding Board Member-Whistler Film Festival
• Founding Board Member-Explorers Club Film Festival

• Lecturer in Post-Graduate Film Production-Sheridan College
  Sheridan College
  Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning is a diploma and degree granting Canadian polytechnic institute with approximately 15,000 full time students and 35,000 continuing education students...
  
  (2002–2003)
• Lecturer in Film Production – Harris Institute for the Arts (1995–1997)