Peter Joseph

Peter Joseph
File:Peter joseph 1.jpg Peter Joseph interviewed in 2008
Born	Peter Joseph
Occupation(s)	film director, producer, screenwriter, composer, activist
Years active	2007 – present

Peter Joseph is an American non-commercial film director and conspiracy theorist. He wrote, directed, produced, scored the musical track and narrated the two documentary films, Zeitgeist, the Movie in 2007 and its sequel, Zeitgeist: Addendum in 2008. He decided to release them to be openly and freely distributed on the internet via Google video and BitTorrent, to encourage the worldwide spread of these films He is also the founder of The Zeitgeist Movement - a social organization with over 350,000 members worldwide.

Early life

Peter was born in North Carolina to a middle class family. Due to the controversial subject matter of his films, he has chosen to withhold his last name to protect the identity and anonymity of his family. He has said in interviews that his mother's role as a social worker helped shape his opinion and impressions of American life. He later moved to New York to attend art school. Currently he lives and works in New York City as a freelance film editor/composer/producer for various industries.

Zeitgeist, The Movie

Zeitgeist, The Movie came into existence as a personal project which was shown in New York as a free public awareness expression. After the event was over, the film was released online with little thought given to a public response. Shortly the film received several thousands views and a few months later, the "Final Edition" was completed. The views for the film have exceeded 50 million on Google video alone. Considering the other posts in different formats, the BitTorrent distribution, along with public screenings, Joseph estimates that the total world views are well over 100 million.

Zeitgeist: Addendum

In October 2008, "Zeitgeist: Addendum" was released as a continuation of the first film, focusing on the core issues relevant to the subject of human corruption, while in turn offering a solution. The website reports that it has an average 50,000 daily views, making it approximately 10 million, as of August 2009. Not including YouTube views and other platforms.

Activism and The Zeitgeist Movement

Peter Joseph started The Zeitgeist Movement in 2009, after the release of his second film, a grassroots movement which gathered more than 350,000 members . The movement advocates broad social change concepts, the most significant of which is the transition of modern global society from a monetary-based economy to a resource-based economy.

Media Attention

Peter Joseph has been the subject of a New York Times article shortly after the 2009 "Zeitgeist Day", as well as numerous interviews by radio hosts and independent media journalists.

Interviews

2009

• Peter Joseph's Zeitgeist Movement Lecture: London, UK - July 25, 2009
• Interview By Randall Libero - May 27, 2009
• Interview By Karen Frandsen From Eerie Investigations - July 2009 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3, Part 4
• Review and recordings of a lecture and Q&A at Goldsmiths College - August 2009

2008

• Luminopolis London (Uncut Version)
• On Eerie Investigations - Nov. 29, 2008 (Download Full version)
• On Coast To Coast AM - Nov. 15, 2008
• On The Power Hour - Nov. 14, 2008
• On Expansion Radio - Oct. 24, 2008
• On Alex Jones Radio Show - Oct. 15, 2008
• InfinitePossibility.org - Nov. 2008
• Q&A at the Luminopolis event at the SE1 club London bridge - Nov. 2008 Part 1 Part 2

2007

• On The Mark Dice Radio Show - July 23, 2007
• On The Nova M Radio Network - July 13, 2007
• On Jason Bermas Radio Show - July 2007
• On The Revolution Radio - Jun. 28, 2007

External links

• Peter Joseph at the Zeitgeist Movement wiki.
• New York Times article featuring the zeitgeist movement and Peter Joseph himself.
• Peter Joseph at IMDb