PETER CORNWELL

FILM DIRECTOR

“I like working with actors. With live actors, you get to shoot more than four seconds a day,” he jokes. Known for directing The Haunting in Connecticut and Mercy, his career began with the award-winning stop-motion short Ward 13. He’s currently developing several exciting new projects.

Biography

AWARDS
& FESTIVALS

2004 Resfest

Audience Choice Award for Best Short Film

Tirana International Film Festival (Albania):

Best Animation

2004 Animadrid

Audience Award

2005 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Semi-Finalist, Animated Short Film

San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival

Audience Award Best Short Film

Ottawa International Animation

Special Mention for amazing timing and extreme imagination in animation

2004 Zagreb Animafest

Audience Award in the Grand Competition

20th Short Film Festival Hamburg

Special Mention by the Jury for an animation whose action sequences are in no way inferior to those of live action thrillers

12th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film

Special Mention by the Jury
for effective, fast-paced editing

I Castelli Animati

Audience Award

Valladolid International Film Festival

FIPRESCI Prize (Federation of International Film Critics)

2003 Lexus IF Awards

Best Animated Film

Anima Mundi

Special Award for First Animated Production

Dahlonega International Film Festival

Audience award for short animation

Fantasiafest, Montreal

Gold audience award for best short film

Fantasiafest Montreal

Kung Fu Cult Cinema Award, Bronze

2004 Flickerfest

Award for Best Editing

2004 Dead by Dawn Horror Festival, Edinburgh

Audience Award for Best Short

2003 ASSG Australian Screen Sound Awards

Best Achievement in Sound for an Animation (Finalist)

2003 APRA-AGSC Screen Music Awards

Best Music for a Short Film (Finalist)

2005 Sedicicorto, Forli, Italy

Special Mention

2005 Silhouette Film Festival, Paris

Audience Award for Best Short Film

Festival, La Ciotat

Best Short Film (Finalist)

2005 Academy Awards

Best Animation (Shortlisted)

Realm of the Senses Outdoor Short Film Festival

Best Film

2004, Fitz Awards