PETER FERRIS
Date of Birth: 17th February 1967 Place of Birth: Belfast Northern Ireland 1975-1980 Cabin Hill Preparatory School 1980-1985 Campbell College 1985-1988 Italia Conti Academy of Performing Arts (1988 Head Boy of Italia Conti Academy)
TEACHING Italia Conti Academy of Performing Arts 1988-1995, Woodlee Academy (Head of Drama) 1995-1997, D&B London 1998-1999, Nutopia Performing Arts London 1997-2006, Nutopia Performing Arts Oxford 1997-2004, Nutopia Performing Arts Cardiff 2002-2006, Ferris Entertainment Cardiff 2006-2014, Ferris Entertainment Belfast 2008-Present, Ferris Entertainment Marlborough 2008-2011, Mercy College Belfast 2015-Present Masterclasses at various Academic and Drama schools throughout the UK 1988- present, Workshops at various Film Festivals including SXSW (Austin Texas), Marbella International Film Festival Guest Speaker and Moderator “Easy as Point, Shoot, Share” SxSW Film Festival Austin Texas “ March 2013 Guest Speaker and Workshop ”Come and Be Inspired” SxSW Eco Festival Austin Texas October 2013 Guest Speaker, Inspirational talk, Tech Entrepreneur Week, London, England, June 2013 Guest Speaker and Workshop “Unsung Heroes” SxSW Eco Festival Austin Texas October 2014 Guest Speaker. Inspirational Speaker, “Inspiration” Royal Geographical Society October 2014
Peter Ferris CV FILM (Acting) Shoot to Kill Steve Milburn YTV/Zenith Skulduggery Scripto BBC You, Me and Marley John BBC Light Detectives Peter Ferris Entertainment Shape Shifter Cú Chulainn Ferris Entertainment Cold Blood Elias Mortenson Ferris Entertainment Audition for a Vampire Elias Mortenson Ferris Entertainment
TELEVISION Heartbeat Jim YTV The Bill Pat Duvall Thames Nobody Here Knows Danny (lead) BBC Crimewatch File Tony Snow (lead) BBC Crime Ltd IRA Bomber BBC Grange Hill Jason Swift BBC Who Dares Wins Lucifer CH4 London’s Burning Paul LWT
THEATRE Too Late To Talk To Billy Billy (lead) Arts Theatre, Belfast Imagine George Harrison Liverpool Playhouse Rough Beginnings Snazzer Lyric Theatre, Belfast Over The Bridge Ephraim Smart Lyric Theatre, Belfast Sgt. Pepper’s Magical George Harrison Everyman Theatre, Mystery Trip Liverpool
COMMERCIALS Harp (2006) Lead British TV Vodafone Lead British Television All Aboard Lead Cinema – UK Knorr Products Lead German/Austrian TV
VOICE OVER Felix The Movie The Rapping Cockroaches Universal Pictures
MUSIC The Cavern Club Co-performed with the cast of “Imagine” Liverpool Playhouse Co-performed with Mark and Joe McGann (charity concert) Cardiff International Performed with “The Tom Jones Experience” Arena Independence Day Performed with “The Beatles Band” with 120-piece Concert, Lubbock, Orchestra to 110,000 people Texas
Peter Ferris CV
DIRECTING TELEVISION Snail Trouble Co-Director BBC Peaceline Project Director David Lynch Foundation
DIRECTING FILM 20 000 Polar Bears Ferris Entertainment Revelations Ferris Entertainment The Gentleman and the Gate Ferris Entertainment Hero Ferris Entertainment 20 000 Polar Bears Ferris Entertainment The Meat Cleaver Ferris Entertainment End Times Ferris Entertainment Parallel Lives Ferris Entertainment Kill the Director Ferris Entertainment On Ice Ferris Entertainment The Terrifying Storm Ferris Entertainment The Seance Ferris Entertainment The 12 Days of Christmas Ferris Entertainment The Light Detectives Ferris Entertainment The Telethon Ferris Entertainment St Vitas Dance And Drama Ferris Entertainment Shape Shifter Ferris Entertainment The Slender Man Ferris Entertainment Colours Ferris Entertainment Emergency 2012 Ferris Entertainment Armageddon Ferris Entertainment Soul Survivors Ferris Entertainment Mrs Thomas Protest Ferris Entertainment The Terrifying Storm Ferris Entertainment Precious Mutant Tomatoes Ferris Entertainment The Log Cabin Ferris Entertainment The Terrifying Making of Cold Blood Ferris Entertainment The Famine Ship Ferris Entertainment The Wailing Ferris Entertainment/Belfast Education and Library Board Displacement Ferris Entertainment Dreams Ferris Entertainment Blood Moon Ferris Entertainment Cold Blood Ferris Entertainment Audition for a Vampire Ferris Entertainment Pink, Naked Ferris Entertainment Unusual Requests Continent Films/Hollywood Classics Delusions Ferris Entertainment High Stakes Nutopia Garlandstone
Peter Ferris CV
DIRECTING MUSIC VIDEOS Bringing Me Down Then Came Bronson Jack Union Jack Union Free Ride Jemma Krysa Missing You Katie Morgan Lipstick Girl Sarah Louise Get Back There Love Rocket Flowers Mia John’s a Dinosaur Psychic Spies
MUSIC FOR TELEVISION UEFA Champions League Peter composed the music for the 97/98, 98/99, 99/200 seasons (over 60 tracks) Live and kicking BBC Peter composed the menu music for the series (1999-2000) Felix TV Series Peter Co-composed the theme tune and songs Nimbols TV Series Peter Co-composed the songs
MUSIC FOR FILM Felix, The Movie Peter Co-Composed the Universal Pictures theme tune and the songs for the film and the album
Peter Ferris CV