Peter Riddihough
Director | DOP | Videographer | Editor
Peter Riddihough is a filmmaker and media artist with extensive experience in film and video production. His most recent film is Sarah (2022) an abstract portrait of a young woman experiencing homelessness. Other recent narrative work includes the short film, The Ballad of Gloria Sedgwick (2016), the web series Child-ish (2021), and music videos for Canadian artists SG Sinnicks and Another Crush. Early films include the feature documentary, One Man’s Island (2003) the story of one man’s obsession with the world’s most dangerous motorcycle race, which premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival and continues to hold cult status amongst motorcyclists worldwide, and Jump (2006) a feature profile of basejumpers in Toronto, broadcast on the CBC. Peter has also designed and created film and video projections for numerous live theatre productions. In 2018, he co-created, directed and designed, Last Supper, a site-specific film-theatre hybrid performance piece, named as runner up “Best of Theatre 2019” by Hamilton View Magazine. Peter was born in Dublin, Ireland, raised on the west coast of Canada, studied film at Metropolitan Toronto University, and lives in Hamilton, Ontario. www.hoffworks.com
Curriculum Vitae
Films
(Director, Cinematographer, Editor)
Sarah (2022) narrative short
The Ballad of Gloria Sedgwick (2016) narrative short
Designing Mr Pim (2013), documentary short
Jump (2006), documentary feature
La Boite (2004), experimental short
Things My Parents Taught Me; Ode To The Empanada (2003), documentary short
One Man’s Island (2003) documentary feature
Music Videos
(Director, Cinematographer, Editor)
SG Sinnicks, When You're Gone (2022)
Another Crush, It Sucks (2019)
Another Crush, Hope You're Happy (2019)
Another Crush, Empty Promises (2019)
SG Sinnicks, This Is Home (2018)
SG Sinnicks, When We Leave This Place (2018)
Promos & Communication
(Director, Videographer, Editor)
Theatre: Crow's Theatre, Factory Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, Why Not Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times, New Harlem Productions, bcurrent Performing Arts, Hamilton Fringe Festival, Sundown Theatre, Alameda Theatre, Body Theatre, Young People’s Theatre, Pleiades Theatre Company
Not-For-Profit: St Stephen's Community House, United Way Toronto & York Region, LACAP
Publishing: Scholastic Publishing, Harper Collins Canada, Tundra Books, Kids Can Press
Video Projection & Design
(Projection Designer, Videographer, Editor)
Last Supper, Frost Bites Festival, Hamilton, 2019 (+director)
Demos Kratos, McMaster University, Hamilton 2018
HERE, Open Heart, Frost Bites Festival, Hamilton, 2018
Mercy, Industry Theatre, Supercrawl 2017, Hamilton
El Retorno / I Return, El Retorno Collective / RISER Project, Toronto, 2017
The Memory Project II, Sector N Collective, Hamilton, 2016
Fetish, John Henry Gerena, Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2016
The Memory Project, Sector N Collective, Frost Bites Festival, Hamilton, 2016
Rumbling Drumlins, AgaThom, Nuit Blanche, 2013
Festival Screenings & Broadcasts
Sarah
Forest City Film Festival, 2022
Ottawa Canadian Film Festival, 2022
Hamilton Film Festival, 2022
Short To The Point Festival, 2022
Canada Shorts Film Festival, 2022
The Ballad of Gloria Sedgwick
Hamilton Film Festival, 2016
Shut Your Mouth Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2016
Canada Shorts Festival, New Brunswick, 2016
Milton Film Festival, Canada, 2017
Short To The Point Festival, Romania, 2017
Sunderland Shorts Film Festival, UK, 2017
Hamilton New York International Film Festival, USA, 2017
Forest City Film Festival, London, Canada, 2018
Jump
Montreal World Film Festival, 2006
Calgary International Film Festival, 2006
Moscow International Sports Film Festival, Russia, 2007
Canadian Filmmakers Festival Toronto, 2007
Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival, 2007
CBC Documentary Channel, 2007
One Man’s Island
Montreal World Film Festival, 2003
Calgary International Film Festival, 2003
CBC Documentary Channel
ITV UK, Men & Motors, 2004, 2005
Things My Parents Taught Me; Ode to the Empanada
The Chilean International Short Film Festival, 2003
Alucine Film & Video Festival, Toronto, 2003
Salvador Allende Arts Festival For Peace, Toronto, 2003
Photo: Kazuyoshi Ehara