"His legacy is our challenge: to make work he’d embrace, live up to his generosity, spirit and imagination; and make him proud," writes McKenna about Peter Wintonick.
Peter Wintonick lived many lives in his 60 years: filmmaker, father, lover, friend, mentor, writer, curator and editor. He embraced his calling—the creation and promotion of the documentary—with joy and absolute dedication.
Peter and I I have been to dozens of places around the world, but I’d never been with him in Montreal. He spent so much time on the road devoting his life to documentary.
Peter believed that documentary films could really change people’s minds—change the world and make it a better place. He was a good sparring partner.
"It’s a film I couldn’t have made if it weren’t for Peter’s selfless desire to share the world with the world," Yung Chang writes of Peter Wintonick's impact on China Heavyweight.
The Peter Wintonick Award was presented by Jan Rofekamp at IDFA 2013 in honour of the late filmmaker who loved the festival.
I have mixed feelings about our film, pilgrIMAGE, young as I was when we made it and rather self-conscious about being on camera. But Pete was unfailingly proud of it.
Peter Wintonick was a one-off. He channelled his anger and frustration with the world’s injustices into media designed to motivate.
Lutz Dille created a unique body of documentary photographs that have stood the test of time and lhave a deeper resonance with the passage of time.
Peter Wintonick was interviewed at great length by Pepita Ferrari for her acclaimed 2008 National Film Board feature Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary.