BIO BRIEF

    Peter Smoczynski was born and raised in Montreal, Canada and attended Loyola University.

  Peter produced, wrote and directed his first documentary short titled “Being Old” for CBC’s Montreal’s "Critical Path" (exec. producer David Waters) and followed up with a series of CFL films modelled on NFL FILMS entitled "Moments In Motion".    

    Peter continued as an independent documentary filmmaker while contracted to CBC TV as a researcher/writer where he evolved into a field producer with CBC TV sports, entertainment and lifestyle (Edmonton, Winnipeg, Charlottetown, Regina and Vancouver. )   

    During the 1990’s Peter penned screenplays under representation by Los Angeles Preferred Artists Agency (Sylvia Hirsch/Lew Weitzman). Peter's talents were commissioned by established Hollywood producers such as William Wilson III (Santa Clause, George Of The Jungle) and Gerry Abrams (Black and Blue) .  

  Over the years Peter's work has own him acclaim that won acclaim at the Ottawa Reel Awards and  with a Gold Sheaf Award at the 1994 Saskatchewan Yorkton Film Festival.

    In 2010 Peter, afflicted with severe hearing loss and debilitating tinnitus, withdrew from filmmaking.  

    Almost a decade later Peter returned with a feature length documentary “E-Day Canada: When Voter Suppression Came Calling” , a cautionary tale of voter suppression during Canada's 2011 General Election. "E-Day Canada" debuted at the 2020 Salt Spring Film Festival.   

   Peter's has since focus on legalized voter suppression, electoral/campaign misinformation  and cyber vote rigging.

    The filmmaker's photographic essays and literary work  often released under the pseudonym or nom de plume F.W. Samms.