Peter Wintonick
Biography
Peter Kenneth Wintonick was a renowned Canadian independent documentary filmmaker born in Trenton, Ontario in 1953. He founded Necessary Illusions Productions and co-founded DocAgora, showcasing cutting-edge digital strategies at film festivals. A two-time award winner, including the 2006 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts, Wintonick was known for his work on Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992) and PilgrIMAGE (2009), a documentary about documentary filmmaking.