Peter Webber
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Peter Webber (born May 19601) is a British film and television director and producer.
Peter Webber (born May 1960) is a British film and television director and producer.
Early life
Webber took a one-year Postgraduate Film and TV course at the University of Bristol.
Career
Television
He directed Simon Russell Beale as Franz Schubert in The Temptation of Franz Schubert and explored the counter-culture of tunnel-dwelling road protesters in Underground. His 2001 Channel 4 miniseries Men Only stirred controversy for its frank and shocking portrayal of the dark side of male sexuality. It is notable for giving early leads to Stephen Moyer of True Blood and Martin Freeman of The Hobbit. Webber directed the 2016 ITV miniseries Tutankhamun, starring Sam Neill. Webber directed the 2019 14-episode series Kingdoms of Fire.
Documentary
An award-winning documentary director, Webber directed several programmes for Channel 4 about classical music including child prodigies, maestros and composers such as Richard Wagner. He also directed several popular science documentaries about a range of subjects including crash test dummies, deep sea life and phantom limbs. In 2009, he travelled into the remote Colombian Amazon to film with the Macuna Tribe for a documentary titled The Sand and the Rain. Webber directed the 2019 documentary Inna de Yard: The Soul of Jamaica.
Producer
Webber moved to Qatar in 2008 where he took up the post of Creative Director at Qatar National Day for two years. During this time he developed their film programme. While in Qatar he also executive produced several documentary films including Sarajevo Film Festival winner For the Love of Books, which was also the recipient of a Grierson Award in 2012 for Best Historical Documentary.
Filmography
Films
The Stretford Wives (2001) Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) Hannibal Rising (2007) Emperor (2012) Earth: One Amazing Day (2017) Pickpockets: maestros del robo (2018) Inna de Yard: The Soul of Jamaica (2019) DRAGN (2025)
Television
The Temptation of Franz Schubert (1997) Underground (1999) Men Only (2001) Six Feet Under (2004, TV episode "The Dare") Tutankhamun (2016) Kingdoms of Fire (2019)
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