Peter Pearson

Canadian film director and screenwriter

March 13, 1938 (86 years old)

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This Is Not a Movie

Can. 2019. Documentary by Yung Chang. Portrait of Robert Fisk, a journalist who risks his life to get firsthand accounts of countries devastated by war.

Runtime: 106 min.

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Bananas From Sunny Quebec

Can. 1993. Dramatic comedy by Peter Pearson with Marc Marut, Mathieu Kermoyan, Jessica Barker. In Quebec in the 1950s, a young anglophone befriends a college friend who dreams of expeditions to the Amazon.

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Only God Knows

Can. 1974. Police comedy by Peter Pearson with Gordon Pinsent, John Beck, Paul Hecht. A Catholic priest, a Protestant minister, and a rabbi rob a mob family to bail out their foster home.

Runtime: 95 min.

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Paperback Hero

Can. 1972. Psychological drama by Peter Pearson with Keir Dullea, Elizabeth Ashley, John Beck. In a small western town, a misfit loses his chances of happiness in wild fantasies.

Runtime: 93 min.