Thought Leader Profile

Peter Byck

Director/Producer, Carbon Nation

Peter Byck is the director of Carbon Nation, a climate change solutions movie [that doesn't even care if you believe in climate change].

As a public speaker, Peter has presented Carbon Nation for Boeing, Nike, Google, Microsoft, Shell, Walmart.com, SC Johnson, Stonyfield, Richard Branson's Carbon War Room, White House CEQ, CarbonTrade-Ex, NetImpact, Social Venture Network, AREDAY, PEW-BICEP, Prince Charles' B.E.P. program at Cambridge University, Yale, Duke, R.I.S.D., Metcalf Institute at the University of Rhode Island, Art Center (Pasadena), Conservation International, and many other universities, companies, and secondary schools across the country and internationally.

Carbon Nation MoviePeter has over 20 years' experience as a director and editor. His first documentary, Garbage, won the South by Southwest Film Festival, screened in scores of festivals, and played at the Museum of Modern Art and Lincoln Center. In addition, he Peter has edited documentaries for Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings and King Kong. Peter has edited documentaries and promotional shorts for Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, 20th Century Fox, MTV, Vh1, BBC, Disney, and MGM, including The West Wing, The Matrix, Scrubs, ER, and many more.

Peter has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from California Institute of the Arts. He lives with his wife and young son in Louisville, Kentucky.

Speaker at FiRe 2012


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FiRe 2012 Media

FiRe Films: Documentaries Creating Action



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FiRe Films: Documentaries Creating Action



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