Biography

Born in 1973, Košice, Slovakia, Peter Kerekes has directed many award winning documentaries. Although he initially wanted to direct fiction films, his first documentary about the Slovak poet Erik Groch swayed his interest towards this form of film expression. Since 2003, he has been working with the same consolidated creative team: Martin Kollar as DOP, and Marek Sulik as editor. His filmography includes documentaries such as “Velvet Terrorists” (2013.) and “Cooking History” (2009).