Damian Pettigrew

Damian Pettigrew
Born
Damian (Damien) Pettigrew

Québec, Canada
Occupation(s)filmmaker, screenwriter, author
Years active1982–present
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
AwardsUNESCO Grand Prize - Best Documentary
1997 Balthus Through the Looking Glass
Lausanne IFAF Prize - Best Photography
1997 Balthus Through the Looking Glass
Prix Arte Nomination - Best Documentary
2003 Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Marseille IFF Award - Coup de Coeur
2003 Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Banff World Television Festival Rockie Award - Best Arts Documentary
2003 Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

Damian (also Damien) Pettigrew (1963)[1] is a Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, author, and multimedia artist, best known for his cinematic portraits of Balthus, Carolyn Carlson, Federico Fellini, and Jean Giraud.

Released theatrically in fifteen countries, his film Fellini: I'm a Born Liar won the Rockie Award for Best Documentary at the Banff World Television Festival and was nominated for the Prix Arte at the European Film Awards, Europe's equivalent of the Oscars.[2]

  1. ^ Cited in filmmaker’s official CV online Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  2. ^ French distributor MK2 International Retrieved 30 October 2013.