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Christopher Petit

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Cinematographer
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A film essay montage of contemporary footage, archive and cinema history, about the age of post-truth and how one young man's childhood epilepsy became representative of the woes of the world and how he triumphed against adversity.
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D Is for Distance (2025)
Christopher Petit was born in 1949 in London, England, UK. He is a director and writer, known for An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1982), Radio On (1979) and Chinese Boxes (1984).
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 4 nominations total

    Known for

    An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1982)
    An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
    6.0
    • Director
    • 1982
    Radio On (1979)
    Radio On
    6.5
    • Director
    • 1979
    Chinese Boxes (1984)
    Chinese Boxes
    5.0
    • Director
    • 1984
    Flight to Berlin (1984)
    Flight to Berlin
    5.5
    • Director
    • 1984

    Credits

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    Director

    • D Is for Distance (2025)
      D Is for Distance
      6.5
      • Director
      • 2025
    • The Film That Buys the Cinema (2014)
      The Film That Buys the Cinema
      6.4
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Content (2010)
      Content
      6.6
      TV Movie
      • Director (as Chris Petit)
      • 2010
    • Unrequited Love
      3.9
      • Director (as Chris Petit)
      • 2006
    • London Orbital (2002)
      London Orbital
      6.9
      • Director
      • 2002
    • The Carfax Fragment
      Short
      • Director
      • 2001
    • Asylum
      6.9
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2000
    • Negative Space
      8.0
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1999
    • Radio On Remix
      5.2
      TV Movie
      • Director (as Chris Petit)
      • 1998
    • Dead TV
      Short
      • Director
      • 1998
    • The Falconer (1998)
      The Falconer
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1998
    • Network First (1994)
      Network First
      6.5
      TV Series
      • drama director (as Chris Petit)
      • 1996
    • Death of a Bank Manager (1995)
      Death of a Bank Manager
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1995
    • Rudy Wurlitzer
      TV Short
      • Director
      • 1994
    • Bookmark (1983)
      Bookmark
      5.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1994

    Writer

    • D Is for Distance (2025)
      D Is for Distance
      6.5
      • Writer
      • 2025
    • Mozartbique (2013)
      Mozartbique
      • co-writer
      • 2013
    • Unrequited Love
      3.9
      • Writer
      • 2006
    • London Orbital (2002)
      London Orbital
      6.9
      • Writer
      • 2002
    • Asylum
      6.9
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2000
    • Negative Space
      8.0
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 1999
    • Dead TV
      Short
      • writer
      • 1998
    • The Falconer (1998)
      The Falconer
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 1998
    • Chinese Boxes (1984)
      Chinese Boxes
      5.0
      • screenplay
      • 1984
    • Flight to Berlin (1984)
      Flight to Berlin
      5.5
      • Writer
      • 1984
    • An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1982)
      An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
      6.0
      • screenplay
      • 1982
    • Radio On (1979)
      Radio On
      6.5
      • script
      • screenplay (uncredited)
      • 1979

    Cinematographer

    • D Is for Distance (2025)
      D Is for Distance
      6.5
      • Cinematographer
      • 2025
    • Content (2010)
      Content
      6.6
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2010
    • Unrequited Love
      3.9
      • Cinematographer
      • 2006
    • London Orbital (2002)
      London Orbital
      6.9
      • Cinematographer
      • 2002
    • The Carfax Fragment
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2001
    • Negative Space
      8.0
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 1999
    • Dead TV
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 1998

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    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Chris Petit
    • Born
      • 1949
      • London, England, UK
    • Other works
      Robinson. London: Jonathan Cape, 1993. ISBN 0224035525

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    • Trivia
      A former film critic for "Time Out" magazine and a presenter on the last season of BBC-2's "Film Night" program.

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