Jennifer Peedom

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Place of Birth Canberra, Australia

Jennifer Peedom

Biography

Jennifer Peedom is a BAFTA nominated Australian filmmaker. Her documentary Solo (co-directed with David Michôd) won the 2009 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Documentary in Under One Hour. Her film Sherpa, which was filmed during the 2014 Mount Everest avalanche, won the 2015 Grierson Award for Best Documentary at the BFI London Film Festival. It premiered internationally at the Telluride Film Festival and also screened at Toronto Film Festival and received a BAFTA nomination in 2016 for Best Documentary. In 2017 she directed Mountain, a collaboration the Australian Chamber Orchestra with script by Robert Macfarlane (writer), narrated by Willem Dafoe. It screened theatrically in 27 countries and went on to become the highest grossing (non-IMAX) Australian documentary of all time. It won 3 AACTA (Australian Academy Awards) in 2018.

Known For

Director

Tenzing

as Director

2021
River

as Director

2017
Mountain

as Director

2015
Sherpa

as Director

2015
As You Dreamt It

as Director

2008
Solo

as Director

2008
Miracle on Everest

as Director

Producer

Tenzing

as Producer

2023
2023
The Way We Wore

as Executive Producer

2022
Harley & Katya

as Executive Producer

2021
River

as Producer

2019
Martha: A Picture Story

as Executive Producer

2019
Australia in Colour

as Executive Producer

2017
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

as Executive Producer

2017
Mountain

as Producer

2015
Between a Frock and a Hard Place

as Executive Producer

2015
As You Dreamt It

as Producer

2008
Miracle on Everest

as Producer

2008
Solo

as Producer

Writer

2023
2021
River

as Writer

2021
Under the Volcano

as Story Consultant

2017
Mountain

as Writer