
Person
Pete Middleton
Directing
Biography
Peter Middleton is a British documentary filmmaker, best known for Notes on Blindness (2016), The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021), Apollo 13: Survival (2024). He is a founding member of the award-winning collective Fee Fie Foe. Along with creative partner James Spinney, Peter adapted the audio diaries of author John Hull into a series of critically acclaimed short films. Their debut feature, Notes on Blindness, was nominated for three BAFTAs (including Documentary and Outstanding British Film) and six British Independent Film Awards (winning Best Documentary Film). In 2021, they released their critically acclaimed follow-up, The Real Charlie Chaplin, a cinematic exploration of Hollywood’s most iconic figure. The film was nominated for two Emmys and three Critics Choice Documentary Awards. Apollo Thirteen: Survival is Peter’s first solo-directed feature-length production.
Known for

Apollo 13: Survival
Director

The Real Charlie Chaplin
Director

Notes on Blindness
Director

Honeymooner
Assistant Director
Notes on Blindness
Director

This Is Endometriosis
Producer

Four Weddings
Producer
Wavelengths
Producer

Dear Araucaria
Producer
Hands Up, Chin Down
Producer
Filmography
- 2024Apollo 13: SurvivalDirector
- 2022This Is EndometriosisProducer
- 2021The Real Charlie ChaplinDirector
- 2018Four WeddingsProducer
- 2018Hands Up, Chin DownProducer
- 2018LandlineProducer
- 2016Radio HDirector
- 2016Notes on BlindnessDirector
- 2015Dear AraucariaProducer
- 2014Notes on BlindnessDirector
- 2013Notes on Blindness: RainfallDirector
- 2012SnowDirector
- 2011WavelengthsProducer
- 2010AudiobookProducer
- 2010HoneymoonerAssistant Director
- 2009Business Is Picking UpDirector
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