Peter McGettigan
Peter McGettigan's film and video history goes
back to the 1960's. Beginning with 8mm movie shorts, Peter produced films
during his high school days and after graduation left for Hollywood to
fulfill his dream of working in the film industry.
His apprenticeship started on the popular ( and now cult classic) television
Show, "Gilligan's Island". He spent three seasons working in
the script division and "on-site" as assistant dialog director.
He worked with the actors preparing for their on camera dialog. This was
to become a stepping stone which would lead to editing and directing.
Peter's film and video career was put on hold when he was drafted, in
1966, to serve in the Viet Nam War. After completing two tours of duty,
Peter entered college as a film major.
His first film, after returning from Viet Nam, "Tarot Tripping"
won first place honors at the Student film festival and again brought
him back on the road to filmmaking. After winning this festival, Peter
was asked by the Student Council to head the schools, and oldest in the
United States, independent film festival. Along with faculty advisor Stewart
Roe, Peter ran the 13th,14th and 15th Annual Independent Film Festival
at Foothill College in Los Altos, California. During his stay, hundreds
of independent films were screened and many film seminars were held. Peter
coordinated all the judging, screenings, guest lectures and seminars.
After moving to Santa Cruz in 1975, Peter was asked by Integrand Design
founder Jeff Arnett to start Santa Cruz's "First" film festival.
Peter has been involved with film and video in Santa Cruz ever since.
In 1995, Community Television of Santa Cruz County opened its doors and
Peter was quick to utilize its resources. Over the years, Peter has produced
hundreds of hours of programming. He has created documentaries and shorts,
helped produce segments for the award winning community affairs program,
Community In Action, and crewed (camera, sound, lighting, editing, directing,
etc.) on countless local television shows. Peter, with his co-producer
Clay Butler have produced award winning programs that include; BookTV,
Streetlight Presents, Y.E.S. (Youth for Environmental Sanity), Yadda Yadda,
Wolf Sentry, and The C.E.R.T. Training Video.
Current Productions
BookTV
Streetlight Presents
Interview Television
Clients
Capitola Book Cafe
Bookshop Santa Cruz
Develip.com
Streetlight Records
Community Television
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Peter McGettigan
Clay Butler
831-477-9029
PO Box 245
Capitola, CA 95010
info@claytowne
productions.com
