Born 1978

Peter Bolte is a Brooklyn, NY based artist and filmmaker. He received his BFA in painting from Webster University in 2000. He then obtained a post-baccalaureate in fine art from Maryland Institute College of Art. While there, his work expanded from painting to film when he began an ongoing audio/visual collaboration with composer Trevor Dunn on his first avant-garde short, Consuming Capitalism.

Since this time, he has written and directed several short subject films including The Greims (Wes Bentley, Francesco Saviano, Richard Edson), Veneer (Michael Buscemi, Francesco Saviano) and V.O. (Sean Gullette, Jake Robards)

Along with his film-works, he has directed two award-winning music videos and has directed spots for Nokia and The American Red Cross. His side projects also include co-editing the provocative documentary Begging Naked (dir. Karen Gehres), which won best editing at VisionFest 2008.

Peter has exhibited his paintings and films internationally at numerous venues including the Vancouver International Film Festival, St. Louis International Film Festival, Woodstock Film Festival, Nantucket Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, Issue Project Room, Galapagos Art Space, HereArt, Festival Electrochoc, Barbès Performance Space and Maryland Institute College of Art.

Currently he is on the festival circuit with The Greims, prepping to release Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School (a new documentary) and involved in pre-production of his second feature film, Anathema.