Author: Peter Rowe

Peter Rowe is a veteran filmmaker whose career began in the 1960s. His feature films include The Neon Palace; the award-winning Horse Latitudes, starring Gordon Pinsent; Lost!, starring Kenneth Welsh, Helen Shaver, and Michael Hogan; The Best Bad Thing, starring George Takei; and Treasure Island, starring Jack Palance. Among the many television series he has directed are E.N.G., African Skies, The Adventures of Black Stallion, Black Harbour, and Ready or Not. His documentaries include Popcorn With Maple Syrup: Film in Canada from Eh to Zed and Shipwrecked on a Great Lake. In 2025 he produced and directed a new political drama/comedy titled Borderline Funny from his script.

Rowe’s paintings, mostly in the Pop Art style, have been shown in numerous Toronto galleries. His published books include Music vs The Man, Adventures in Filmmaking, and Out There – The Batshit Antics of the World’s Great Explorers.

Rowe is a lifetime member of the Writers Guild of Canada, the Directors Guild of Canada and the Canadian Society of Cinematographers, and past president of the Ontario divisions of the DGC and the Explorers Club.