Peter Bisanz developed the documentary ONE while completing his MBA, with an emphasis on social entrepreneurship, at the University of Oxford's Said Business School. During his time at Oxford, Peter was fortunate enough to obtain an internship with the Department of Information and International Relations (the DIIR) for the Central Tibetan Administration in Dharamsala, India, where he produced filmed segments of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's teachings. While in Dharamsala, Peter developed the concept of ONE in collaboration with the Secretary of the DIIR and later with the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.Prior to his enrollment at Oxford, Peter worked as a producer and film executive in Los Angeles. For three years, he served as vice president of development for The Ladd Company, reporting directly to legendary producer Alan Ladd, Jr., the former president of two studios and producer of BRAVEHEART, CHARIOTS OF FIRE, THE RIGHT STUFF, and BLADE RUNNER.Peter began his career in the entertainment industry in 1997 as assistant to the president of production at Paramount Pictures, before being promoted to the position of production coordinator for Paramount Pictures' Academy Awards Campaign in 1998. Peter also freelanced as a second unit cinematographer and assistant cameraman for such television productions as MAD ABOUT YOU, THE MICHAEL RICHARDS SHOW and THE BETTE MIDLER SHOW. Peter attended New York University's Tisch School of Arts where he graduated with a BFA in Film and Television, and also completed undergraduate work at Columbia University, where he majored in Cinema Studies and Creative Writing.A few clips of the interviews so far:
** His Holiness the Dalai Lama **
** Archbishop Desmond Tutu **
* * Chief Rabbi David Rosen, President, International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Relations * *
* * Deepak Chopra, author * ** * * * Peter Gabriel, musician * *
* * Paolo Coelho, Brazilian lyricist and novelist - "The Alchemist" * *
* * Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf- Founder and Chairman, Cordoba Initiative * * We have also interviewed Religious Figures:Bishop Gunnar Stalsett, The Lutheran Bishop of Oslo (Norway), and former general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation
Kosei Morimoto, PhD, Chief Abbot,
Todaiji Temple
Rabbi Soetendorp, Founder of the Jewish Institute for Human Values
Swami Sahajananda, Leader of the Sivananda International Cultural Centre
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Indian Guru
Evelyn Falck, International Council of Jewish Women
Rabbi Ezekiel Isaac Malekan
Political figures:
Samdhong Rimpoche, the Prime Minister of Tibet in Exile
Grand Mufti Mustafa Ceric, Grand Mufti of Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tony Leon, Leader of South Africa's Democratic Alliance
Dr. Drago Stambuk, Ambassador of Croatia
Ambassador Andrew Young
Ayatollah Seyed Mehammad Mousari Bojnourdi, Iran
Sami Atroshi, Iraqi Kurdistan delegate
Mohammad Khatami, President of Iran (Aug. 97 - Aug. 05
Katherine Marshall, Director and Counsellor to the President, The World Bank - Development Dialogue on Values and Ethics
Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of Tanzania
Ahmed Nazif, Prime Minister of Egypt
Gillian Caldwell , Executive Director of the Witness Organization
Klaus Schwab, President and founder of the World Economic Forum
Jessiee Kaur Singh, World Aid International Ambassador
Abdul Ilah Marafie, Marafie Foundation - Kuwai
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf- Founder and Chairman, Cordoba Initiative
Luminaries in their fields:
Dr Michael Beckwith - Agape Spiritual center, The Secret
Father Kieran Creagh - First person to take the AIDS vaccine
Ela Gandhi, Granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi and Director of the Gandhi Foundation
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov, Russian chess Grand-Master
Michael Marcus Hearst, American Composer, Multi-Instrumentalist and writer
John Hope Bryant, The Hope Foundation
Tenzin Robert Thurman, Professor, Columbia University
Ndungi Githuku, Poet/Dramatist and Human Rights Activist, Kenya
Shaikh Yusuf de Castro
Sangoma Gogo Nkanka of South Africa
Eveybody.