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Peter Joseph
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Peter Joseph interviewed in 2008
Born
Peter Joseph
Occupation(s)film director, producer, screenwriter, composer, activist
Years active2007 – present

Peter Joseph is an American film director, social activist and atheist. 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[1]. 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.[2] 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[citation needed]. He later moved to New York initially to attend art school. Currently he lives and works in New York City as a freelance film editor/composer/producer for various industries.[3]

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.[4][5]

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. [6] 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[7]. 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 was the subject of a New York Times article, right after the 2009 Zeitgeist Day, as well as numerous interviews by radio hosts and independent media journalists.[8][9]

Interviews

2009

2008

2007

References

  1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2879822/
  2. ^ http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/
  3. ^ http://thezeitgeistmovement.com/wiki/index.php/Peter_Joseph#Biography
  4. ^ http://thezeitgeistmovement.com/wiki/index.php/Peter_Joseph#Zeitgeist:_The_Movie
  5. ^ http://www.mininova.org/tor/1628351
  6. ^ http://thezeitgeistmovement.com/wiki/index.php?title=Peter_Joseph#Zeitgeist:_Addendum
  7. ^ http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com/joomla/index.php?Itemid=50
  8. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/nyregion/17zeitgeist.html
  9. ^ http://thezeitgeistmovement.com/wiki/index.php?title=TZM:Interviews_Peter_Joseph
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