- Peter Emmanuel Goldman was born in 1939 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Wheel of Ashes (1968), Echoes of Silence (1965) and The Sensualist (1966). He has been married to Birgit Nielsen since 1968.
- SpouseBirgit Nielsen(1968 - present)
- Susan Sontag said in the 60's that he was the most exciting new filmmaker in recent years.
- Wheel of Ashes was his third feature film. He shot the movie in Paris in 1967-68 thanks to a grant he received through Jean-Luc Godard. The film, shot in seven weeks with Pierre Clémenti in the main role, reflects a mystic crisis. Pierre Clémenti, who, just as so many French people at that time, did not speak English, understood the title in a totally different way: 'We Love Hashish.'.
- In 1961, he enrolled in Berkeley but spent most of his time in a boxing gym. Then he joined a vessel that took him to Venezuela.
- Peter Emmanuel Goldman is "a figure of the American underground of the 60s".
- His film 'Echoes of Silence', obsolete, cost a mere 50 cents per unit. Miguel, the hero of the movie, was initially working as an electrician for the film. The montage was made at night; the music was taken from among the records scattered across the flat: Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, Prokofiev's suite Semyon Kotko, Charles Mingus' Haitian Fight Song. Susan Sontag saw the film in early 1965 and was enthusiastic about it.
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