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PETER WEBBER – Director
FILMMAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Peter Webber attended the film school at Bristol University.
Webber has directed award-winning documentaries on subjects ranging from composer
Richard Wagner to crash test dummies to creatures of the deep sea. He later went on to
direct the controversial Channel Four miniseries, MEN ONLY, charting the decline into
crime and debauchery of the formerly respectable members of a five-a-side soccer team.
His next drama, BBC’s THE STRETFORD WIVES, starred Fay Ripley in a tale of
women's revenge on men, before being invited to direct Series 4, Episode 6 of SIX FEET
UNDER.
Webber’s debut feature film GIRL WITH A PEARL EARING, starring Colin Firth and
Scarlett Johannsen and was a huge success earning 3 Academy® Award nominations, 2
Golden Globe nominations and 10 BAFTA nominations. The film received many awards
at international film festivals including the Hitchcock d’Or and the Audience Award at
the Dinard Film Festival.
Webber’s filmography is available on www.pfd.co.uk.
THOMAS HARRIS – Writer
Thomas Harris began his writing career covering crime in the United States and Mexico,
and was a reporter and editor for the Associated Press in New York City. His first novel,
Black Sunday, was published in 1975, followed by Red Dragon in 1981, The Silence Of
The Lambs in 1988, and Hannibal in 1999.
DINO DE LAURENTIIS – Producer
As a producer and presenter of motion pictures, the career of Dino De Laurentiis spans
over 65 years. Dino’s remarkable contribution to cinema, both in Europe and in the
United States, is unprecedented. He helped transform the very image of Italy and its
people immediately following WWII through pioneering filmmaking collaborations with
such directors as Federico Fellini, Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio De Sica, Michelangelo
Antonioni, and others.
Following the war, the people and art of Italy, Germany and Japan were largely isolated
from the rest of the world for obvious reasons. Their film industries, which prior to the
war had thrived, were at a standstill, with morale low and funding tight at best. Dino,
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