Peter Joseph

About Peter Joseph

Who is it?: Writer, Director, Editor
Birth Year: 1979
Occupation: Filmmaker, activist
Years active: 2007–present

Peter Joseph

Peter Joseph was born on 1979, is Writer, Director, Editor. Peter Joseph (Winston-Salem, NC, USA) inadvertently became globally acclaimed after a private performance work called "Zeitgeist" went viral online in 2007. This highly controversial art piece was artlessly placed online after a short performance run in Manhattan.Peter is/was a solo percussionist/electronic musician and originally produced "Zeitgeist" as a performance, not a "film".Afterwards "Zeitgeist" became "Zeitgeist: The Movie", with over 50 million+ online views counted in the first year alone via Google Video, Peter went on to produce 2 sequels (Zeitgeist: Addendum and Zeitgeist: Moving Forward) to that work, each achieving a similar level of viral attention. It is estimated that combined, well over 350 million people have seen one or more of his three documentaries since 2007.Apart from his film and music work, Peter is a dedicated activist and has lectured around the world, including the UK, Canada, America, Brazil, Germany & Israel, on subjects of cultural/social sustainability, the importance of critical thought, and the social role of the arts and scientific literacy. He has been profiled in the New York Times, The Huffington Post, The Marker, Free Speech TV, The Young Turks, Hollywood Today and many other outlets. He has participated in multiple TEDx Events, has worked with The Global Summit and is also a frequent social/economic critic on the news network Russia Today.Side projects include his hit web series Culture in Decline.In 2013, he was tapped to direct the official music video of 2013 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame artist Black Sabbath, which requested actual segments from the Zeitgeist Trilogy for their Grammy Award winning single "God is Dead?".
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Biography/Timeline

2007

Joseph began his professional career working in advertising and as a private equity trader on Wall Street. In 2007, he produced a live performance art piece in New York City that he entitled "Zeitgeist." A film version was created and released by Joseph online and went viral with millions of views. It became the first in a trilogy of films produced by Joseph, the others being Zeitgeist: Addendum and Zeitgeist: Moving Forward, released in 2008 and 2011 respectively.

2009

In 2009, Joseph founded The Zeitgeist Movement, a self-described "sustainability advocacy organization." It was originally started as the "activist arm" of an organization called The Venus Project, launched by Jacque Fresco in 1994. In 2011 the two organizations separated. Joseph's work with the Movement and the Trilogy has been the subject of national media attention to include articles in The New York Times, The Palm Beach Post, VC Reporter, and TheMarker.

2011

Since 2011, Joseph has supported the Occupy Movement. As a proponent of Occupy Wall St, he gave public speeches in both New York and Los Angeles.

2012

Joseph is the owner of Gentle Machine Productions LLC, a production company that has released many of his projects, including the Zeitgeist film trilogy. It also is responsible for the production of Culture in Decline, a web series launched by Joseph in 2012, as well as Joseph's new feature film project: InterReflections.

2013

Peter Joseph directed a "short-film" music video for the heavy metal music group Black Sabbath, entitled "God Is Dead?" The film had its world-premiere screening at the band's June 6, 2013, album release in Hollywood's Harmony Gold Preview Center. The music video film is largely composed of symbolism extracted from Joseph's Zeitgeist trilogy, coupled with layers of imposed archival imagery of the band.

2017

In March 2017, BenBella Books published The New Human Rights Movement authored by Joseph. Abby Martin discussed his views in the book and generally in an interview on Telesur (TV channel).

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