Peter Kosminsky | |
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| Born | 18 December 1956 |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, Actor, producer |
Dr Peter Kosminsky is an English Director, Actor and Producer. He has directed both Hollywood films such as White Oleander and television films like The Government Inspector and The Project.[1]
Born in London to a Jewish family, he attended Haberdashers' Aske's School and Oxford University as a chemistry major. He spent much of his time at the university in theatre, where he was a lighting designer for the Dramatic Society and where he ultimately produced a successful touring production of Twelfth Night, co-starring fellow student Hugh Grant. The production's composer and accompanist was another young student named Rachel Portman (now an Oscar-winning composer and three time Oscar nominee).
On graduation in 1981, he joined the staff of the BBC in London as one of three general trainees, alongside Kevin Lygo (now head of studios at ITV), and producer Peter Salmon (former head of BBC Sport).[2]
On finishing his training, Kosminsky became a documentary director. In 2010, Kosminsky directed the series "Homeland", co-produced with an Israeli studio, for Channel 4.
Kosminsky resides in Wiltshire, England.[3] In 2009 he was awarded an honorary doctorate in Arts from Bournemouth University.[4].