Leonard Peters
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Leonard Peters (1999) is a filmmaker, interdisciplinary artist and musician from the Netherlands, currently based between Amsterdam and Berlin. Leonard began his career as an actor and has a strong passion for the piano and singing. Interested in the relationship between humans and nature, he explores themes of decay and the poetry of everyday life. His practice consists of films, mixed-media performances and musical compositions.
After studying directing and editing within the Swedish and German media industry, Leonard founded his production company Studio Lennu, where he directs, edits and writes documentary, essay and hybrid film works. He is currently doing a full-time internship at the Dutch national broadcasting organisation VPRO, working on the documentary series Tegenlicht.
2024-2026, MFA in Editing, Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf (Germany)
2022-2024, MFA in Filmmaking, University of Gothenburg / HDK-Valand art academy (Sweden)
2018-2021, BA in Interdisciplinary Arts, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences (the Netherlands)
2017-2018, Acting course, ArtEZ University of the Arts
(the Netherlands)
Detailed CV on LinkedIn
After studying directing and editing within the Swedish and German media industry, Leonard founded his production company Studio Lennu, where he directs, edits and writes documentary, essay and hybrid film works. He is currently doing a full-time internship at the Dutch national broadcasting organisation VPRO, working on the documentary series Tegenlicht.