PETER O'DONOGHUE : FILMMAKER / EDITOR
ABOUT

Peter O'Donoghue

Peter O'Donoghue is a digital filmmaker and freelance editor based in Sydney and working in Australia and New Zealand.

He has his first long form documentary Park Life China currently in production (funded by South Australian Film Corporation and scheduled for release May 2012). He co-wrote and edited Florian Habicht's feature Love Story which premiered as opening night film of the NZ International Film Festival and was followed by an extensive NZ cinema release. Peter has edited several long form documentary films and written and directed a number of short dramas. He gives equal weight to his self-inititated projects and his ongoing collaborations with other like-minded filmmakers.

 

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PETER O'DONOGHUE : FILMMAKER / EDITOR
DRAMA

  • 2011: DIRECTOR FLORIAN HABICHT : CO-WRITER / EDITOR PETER O'DONOGHUE
    LOVE STORY: 92 MINUTES

    A romance written on the streets of New York.

    Peter joined prolific New Zealand director Florian Habicht in Manhattan in July 2010 to start cutting an original feature film at the same time Florian started shooting it. In the beginning nothing was known about the story except that the main character (Florian) would fall for a Russian actress (which he did). With the 'love' part taken care of, the filmmakers started putting their antennas out for some additional inspiration and guidance on the 'story' front. As Peter began manipulating and shaping the footage, Florian went interviewing people on the street to get ideas for what could happen next - ideas which could be acted out with his romantic co-star Masha Yakovenko and then woven together by Peter and Florian in the edit, both during and after the shoot. A year later a feature length film had been crafted from
    a generous supply of New Yorkers' ideas, and the line between fantasy and reality had been
    blurred beyond all recognition.

    Love Story has received overwhelming critical praise since screening to a raucous opening
    night crowd at the NZ International Film Festival in Auckland in July. It has since enjoyed an
    extensive NZ cinema release and has just begun showing itself to festivals elsewhere.

    "...one of the wittiest and most delightful films of this or any year. This deserves to become
    a Kiwi classic - and a New York one, too." 5 stars, Peter Calder, NZ Herald

    "...cut with wit and dexterity." Bill Gosden, NZ Film Festival

  • 2011-2012: DIRECTOR/EDITOR
    SUPER MAN: 14 MINUTES

    A man in a hospital wheelchair is brutally attacked with a bottle of his own urine. The attacker has his reasons, but revenge is not always sweet. A story about mental fragility, the randomness of fate and the complex nature of blame.

    Release Date: Jan 2012. Starring Matthew Sunderland, Adam Gardiner, Niamh Peren and Tessa Mitchell. Featuring music by Voom and Marc Chesterman.

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  • 2008: director / editor Peter O'Donoghue
    HEAR NO EVIL: 11 MINUTES

    An old man tries a new hearing aid and finds out what his neighbours are really like.

    "Peter O'Donoghue's assured, concisely dramatic short film works deftly with the impact of sound on image to tell a pungent tale of neighbourhood watch.
    Bill Gosden, Director New Zealand International Film Festivals

    Adelaide Film Festival 2009, Auckland International Film Festival 2008, Wellington International Film Festival 2008

    Distributed by Ouat Media, Canada

  • 2006 - 2008 : DIRECTOR / EDITOR PETER O'DONOGHUE
    SHORT FILMS 2006-2008

    3 films to explore what actors, cameras, sound design and a bit of stylised editing can do.

    Bar of Tricks (2008) Workshopping with actors produces a sordid fairy tale.

    Memory (2007) Storytelling with sound design.

    A House in the Woods (2006) Silent film meets music clip.

PETER O'DONOGHUE : FILMMAKER / EDITOR
DOCUMENTARY

  • 2011-2012 : DIRECTOR / EDITOR PETER O'DONOGHUE
    PARK LIFE CHINA : 52 MIN

    Park Life China

    There are a lot of ways to grow old, but few places do it as colorfully as this.

    Set in the public parks of Shanghai and Beijing, Park Life China celebrates the mass antics of a generation who have lived through as much change as just about any in history, and offers a collection of Chinese perspectives on staying healthy and sane in old age.

    The film is produced by Sarah Wishart and Phillipa Campey and is funded by the South Australia Film Corporation and philanthropic donors. It is in the final stages of production and its release date is May 2012.

    For more info contact Peter petero@peterofilm.com or Philippa at pip@filmcamp.com.au

  • 2009 : DIRECTOR FLORIAN HABICHT : EDITOR PETER O'DONOGHUE
    LAND OF THE LONG WHITE CLOUD : 75 MIN

    Fish meet philosophy on New Zealand's 90 mile beach. NZ nationwide cinema release from Jan 21st 2010

    'A marvelous celebration of our land and its people' NZ Herald on Sunday

    'Peter O'Donoghue's editing creates smooth, intelligent segues between content and image' NZ Listener

  • 2009-2011 : DIRECTOR JACOB SOUTHALL : EDITOR PETER O'DONOGHUE
    TERRITORY: 52 MIN

    The only thing more unique than remote Australia are the people who inhabit it. Six incredibly varied Northern Territory dwellers offer insights on land, identity and isolation form the red centre to the tropics. Cut together from a mountain of rediscovered footage gathered on an epic ABC-online funded tour of the outback in the early 2000's. Timeless.

    In postproduction

PETER O'DONOGHUE : FILMMAKER / EDITOR
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ADDRESS

32 Rochford St
Erskineville, Sydney NSW 2043
Australia

PHONE

Aus: +61401634748
NZ: +64211272339

EMAIL

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