Peter Schnall

Movies

Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes
Director
The life and career of jazz musician Ron Carter, the most recorded bassist in history, featuring original concert footage and insights from jazz icons.
Air Force One: America's Flagship
Director
Take the ultimate guided tour of the most famous plane in the world, and meet the tireless crew charged with operating this global command center in the sky.
Air Force One: America's Flagship
Director of Photography
Take the ultimate guided tour of the most famous plane in the world, and meet the tireless crew charged with operating this global command center in the sky.
Air Force One: America's Flagship
Producer
Take the ultimate guided tour of the most famous plane in the world, and meet the tireless crew charged with operating this global command center in the sky.
The White House: Inside Story
Camera Operator
The White House is one of America’s most iconic buildings; it is a symbol of shared national history and is home to the most powerful person on Earth. Here, the president charts the course for the country, and the First Family lives in the spotlight. It's a home, an office, and a museum. It's a bunker in times of war, a backdrop for command performances or state visits, and the heart of the American body politic.
The White House: Inside Story
Producer
The White House is one of America’s most iconic buildings; it is a symbol of shared national history and is home to the most powerful person on Earth. Here, the president charts the course for the country, and the First Family lives in the spotlight. It's a home, an office, and a museum. It's a bunker in times of war, a backdrop for command performances or state visits, and the heart of the American body politic.
The White House: Inside Story
Director
The White House is one of America’s most iconic buildings; it is a symbol of shared national history and is home to the most powerful person on Earth. Here, the president charts the course for the country, and the First Family lives in the spotlight. It's a home, an office, and a museum. It's a bunker in times of war, a backdrop for command performances or state visits, and the heart of the American body politic.
Digits: Guardians of the Web
Director of Photography
Learn about "white hat" hackers, the U.S. Secret Service's cyber crime division working to protect us from the risks associated with persistent connectivity.
Digits: Guardians of the Web
Director
Learn about "white hat" hackers, the U.S. Secret Service's cyber crime division working to protect us from the risks associated with persistent connectivity.
The Treasures of the Depths
Director of Photography
In the abyss of the ocean lies a world of mysteries and sunken treasures. But the laws governing the seas are not enough to end the debate over the right to claim possession of these Roman ships, Spanish galleons, and centuries-old luxury ropemakers. Follow Dr. Robert Ballard and his team of specialists as they embark on a remarkable underwater expedition in the Mediterranean Sea to discover and study ancient shipwrecks.
Lincoln@Gettysburg
Producer
An examination of how President Abraham Lincoln used contemporary telecommunications to his maximum advantage in the American Civil War.
Lincoln@Gettysburg
Director of Photography
An examination of how President Abraham Lincoln used contemporary telecommunications to his maximum advantage in the American Civil War.
Lincoln@Gettysburg
Director
An examination of how President Abraham Lincoln used contemporary telecommunications to his maximum advantage in the American Civil War.
'All the President's Men' Revisited
Director
The Watergate case was the original game changer of America politics. How has Watergate changed the Presidency? What effect has the scandal had on our political leaders? And has hope and optimism forever been replaced in our national dialogue by doubt and cynicism? In 1973, Watergate's most pivotal year, reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein doggedly investigated the scandal exposing the long, twisted trail of cover-ups and lies.
Cesar Millan: The Real Story
Executive Producer
Follow Cesar Millans rise from impoverished illegal immigrant to celebrity dog trainer to international superstar. Join Cesar as he embarks on his live world speaking tour, films his new television series in Spain and leads thousands of dogs and owners on a Pack Walk in Washington, D.C. Cesar reflects on his humble past, his family life and his ever-evolving philosophy, which inspires people to improve their relationships with their dogs while becoming the pack leader of their own lives.
George W. Bush: The 9/11 Interview
Director
In the National Geographic Channel special, “George W. Bush: The 9-11 Interview,” the former President talks about the chaotic moments after the attacks and the reasoning behind decisions he made that day. Bush reflects on being told about the attacks while visiting schoolchildren in Florida and the difficulty in getting accurate information in what he calls “the fog of war.” He also talks about returning to the White House to address Americans in the hours after the terrorist attacks. Fearing a possible psychological boost for al-Qaeda, Bush said he, quote, “damn sure wasn’t going to give it from a bunker in Nebraska.” The former President recalls the emotional visit to Ground Zero just three days after the World Trade Center Towers were destroyed. He describes “a palpable bloodlust” among workers in the ruins who were encouraging him to retaliate against those behind the attacks.
Counterterror NYC
Director
The NYPD's Counterterrorism Bureau is on the front lines in the war on terror. These specialized task forces have one goal: to keep New York City safe. During the busiest season of the year, Hercules teams deploy with 9-mm submachine guns, the TORCH team patrols New York's subway system and the bomb squad sweeps for explosive devices, all to secure the nation's largest city.
Counterterror NYC
Executive Producer
The NYPD's Counterterrorism Bureau is on the front lines in the war on terror. These specialized task forces have one goal: to keep New York City safe. During the busiest season of the year, Hercules teams deploy with 9-mm submachine guns, the TORCH team patrols New York's subway system and the bomb squad sweeps for explosive devices, all to secure the nation's largest city.
Counterterror NYC
Director of Photography
The NYPD's Counterterrorism Bureau is on the front lines in the war on terror. These specialized task forces have one goal: to keep New York City safe. During the busiest season of the year, Hercules teams deploy with 9-mm submachine guns, the TORCH team patrols New York's subway system and the bomb squad sweeps for explosive devices, all to secure the nation's largest city.
On Board Marine One
Director
We'll take to the skies with the presidential helicopter Marine One as it flies to the nation's largest city. To protect the President, Marine One must flawlessly coordinate with the Marines, the New York Police Department, and the Secret Service.
Empress of Ambition: Catherine the Great
Executive Producer
National Geographic: Icons of Power - Empress of Ambition documents the life and reign of Russia's Catherine the Great, widely considered one of the most controversial rulers in the history of the world.
Air Force One
Director
National Geographic takes you on an exclusive tour inside Air Force One, part luxury hotel, part super-secret military command post. From its beginnings with President Roosevelt making a secret wartime flight in 1943 - to the historic flight that returned President Kennedy's body to Washington after his assassination - to the closing months of the Clinton administration, Air Force One takes you through the history of the world's most powerful plane. Features exclusive interviews with Presidents George W. Bush, William Jefferson Clinton, George H. W. Bush, and Jimmy Carter.
Lost Liners
Director
Dr. Bob Ballard explores the histories and the final resting places of famous 20th-century passenger liners, including the Titanic, the Lusitania, and the Empress of Ireland.
In Search of Liberty Bell 7
Director
Documentary about the search for Gus Grissom's Mercury capsule, the Liberty Bell 7, that was lost in the Atlantic after splashdown.
National Geographic Explorer: The Battle For Midway
Director
National Geographic follows underwater explorer Bob Ballard as he searches for the aircraft carrier sunk during the Battle of Midway.
National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania
Director of Photography
Why did Germany torpedo the Lusitania, a civilian vessel? And why did such an enormous ship sink so fast? Now, take a high-tech plunge beneath the Irish Channel and relive on of the century's most mysterious maritime tragedies: The date is May 7, 1915, just nine months into World War I. A German U-boat torpedoes the Lusitania — one of than largest and fastest luxury liners in the world. Of the 1,959 people aboard, including millionaire Alfred Vanderbilt, nearly two-thirds will die. Many are trapped inside as the great ship sinks in just eighteen minutes.
National Geographic: Last Voyage of the Lusitania
Producer
Why did Germany torpedo the Lusitania, a civilian vessel? And why did such an enormous ship sink so fast? Now, take a high-tech plunge beneath the Irish Channel and relive on of the century's most mysterious maritime tragedies: The date is May 7, 1915, just nine months into World War I. A German U-boat torpedoes the Lusitania — one of than largest and fastest luxury liners in the world. Of the 1,959 people aboard, including millionaire Alfred Vanderbilt, nearly two-thirds will die. Many are trapped inside as the great ship sinks in just eighteen minutes.
Chile: Hasta Cuando?
Camera Operator
A portrait of a brutal Pinochet military dictatorship made during a three month visit to Chile in 1985 by David Bradbury. The footage reveals a country torn with civil strife and political unrest; military intimidation of the population; indiscriminate arrests: murder torture and disappearances were facts of Chilean life.
The Mutilator
Director of Photography
As a child, Ed was cleaning his father’s hunting rifles - a surprise birthday treat for the old man - when one of them went off, hitting and killing his mother. On seeing the bloodshed, his father flew into a murderous rage - Ed just barely escaped with his life. Now in his teens, he returns home; he doesn’t expect to find his father, still there, waiting for a chance to settle the score . . .
Soldiers in Hiding
Director of Photography
A portrait of several Vietnam War veterans living "off the grid." Upon returning home from the war, these men found themselves unable to exist in normal society due to the lasting psychological scars from Vietnam, and, subsequently, chose to live a life of solitude and survival in the American wilderness.