Born in Montreal, Peter Adamakos has made film a way of life. He formed an amateur film group while in high school and university, and the 150 people produced animation, live-action, even feature films. Upon graduation, Peter formed Disada Productions Ltd in 1971, and the company has been a diverse producer ever since. As producer and director of many Disada projects, Peter has done films and videos for almost every market, from television commercials to Specials, to theatrical shorts, to educational and corporate films. He has directed animation projects for television networks, governments, television programs etc and his client list ranges from Sesame Street in New York, to Disney, to major corporations.

Peter got into computer animation early, in 1983, and the company brought its high-quality profile to that form as well. Peter did the first Canadian nationally syndicated comic strip to be both a black and white daily and a weekend color strip. He has written children’s books, and has written extensively on animation over the years.

Peter has curated exhibitions in major museums in Canada, the USA and Europe from his extensive collection of animation art and memorabilia collected over a lifetime, focusing on the silent era to the TV era and has done exhibitions on Disney, Warners, and general animation, and is currently negotiating with four museums in two countries.

Peter has donated time and service to the film industry over the years. He was on the Board and Vice President of ASIFA Canada, President of the Society of Film Makers which became the Academy of Canadian Film and Television Arts and Sciences, served on the Canadian Film Awards (now Genies) jury, has served on the Federal Government’s Film Advisory Committee and has testified on animation matters before federal government committees.

Peter has taught animation in schools as a way of giving back to the industry at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, at Algonquin College and at the Ottawa School of Art. He has given guest lectures at film schools across North America and has curated film retrospectives from his extensive rare animation film collection in museums and colleges across North America. His films have won a number of international awards, most recently the silver and the bronze at the Michigan Animation Festival in 2002.