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Peter Salmon

Director, Writer

Director Peter Salmon first won attention with 1998 chase romp Playing Possum. In 2007, his coming of age short Fog was invited to Critics' Week at the Cannes Film Festival. His extensive CV of television credits includes Being Eve, Outrageous Fortune andThe Wot Wots. Since moving to Australia in 2012, Salmon has directed several high profile drama series including Rake, Offspring and Wanted. In 2023 Salmon directed acclaimed TV drama After The Party, which sold internationally. 

I meant to reserve the Disney movie Flight of the Navigator but the [video] shop made a mistake and gave me Vincent Ward's The Navigator instead ... I was sold and couldn't believe films could be so visionary and compelling. Peter Salmon, on a profound moment when he was 13