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Born in Dublin, Peter is a writer, theatre director, playwright, screenwriter, and film director. He was one of the founder members of Project Arts Centre. He has worked with Charabanc Theatre Company and the Royal Court Theatre where he directed his own plays, 'The Liberty Suit' and 'Emigrants'. He directed 'The Balcony Belles', an award-winning documentary for Temple Films, and in 1998 he wrote and directed 'The Breakfast', a short film which won the Prix Arte Europe Award at the Brest International Film Festival in November 1998. In 2000 he wrote and directed the film 'Borstal Boy', based upon Brendan Behan's memoir. He is author of '44 - A Dublin Memoir' (PanMacmillan, 1999) and 'Forty-Seven Roses' (PanMacmillan 2001).