Peter Duncan (Directing)

The Correspondent

December 2013, in the shadow of the Great Pyramids of Egypt, Australian journalist Peter Greste is confronted with the brutal realities of reporting from one of the most dangerous cities on earth. Accused of terrorism, Greste becomes a pawn in the middle of a deadly game full of corrupt officials and ancient rivalries – with only his wits keeping him alive.

Release Date:2025-04-17

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Operation Buffalo

A captivating drama set in Maralinga, South Australia, at the height of the Cold War. At a remote army base carrying out British nuclear testing, paranoia runs rife and nuclear bombs are not the only things being tested, as loyalty, love, and betrayal are pitted against each other.

Release Date:2020-05-31

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:6

Vote Count:19

Rake

Keegan Deane's staggering lack of discretion and inability to self-censor land him the law cases that nobody else will touch. He always tries to do the right thing, but at the same time struggles to save himself from the many self-destructive elements that plague his own life, including women and gambling.

Release Date:2014-01-23

Department:Writing

Job:Teleplay

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:26

Rake

Cleaver Greene is not about politics or morality or even justice. Cleaver Greene is about the law. And it is his passion for the law that drives him to use his formidable intelligence to defend people whom society and the justice system might otherwise convict without a fair trial. He uses his encyclopaedic knowledge of human nature and the Byzantine intricacies of our legal codes to guarantee that his clients get what is theirs by the law; the right to a diligent defence.

Release Date:2010-11-04

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Episode Count:40

Vote Count:56

Valentine's Day

In the mould of The Full Monty and Brassed Off, VALENTINE'S DAY is a tale of hope and redemption. Ben Valentine (Rhys Muldoon) has totally lost his way in the world when he finds himself in a strange country town. With a sentence of 200 hours of community service, Valentine must coach the town's 'no-hoper' football team, who are teetering on the brink of demise. If the team don't win three out of the next four games, they'll be merged with their arch rivals and the town will also lose its precious pie factory. Valentine is embraced, heart and soul by the townsfolk. This one-time drifter learns how to live and hope again - and so does the town.

Release Date:2008-07-06

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Unfinished Sky

An Outback farmer takes in an Afghani woman who has fled from a brothel.

Release Date:2007-08-04

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:21

Hell Has Harbour Views

Hell Has Harbour Views is a 2005 Australian television movie starring Matt Day and Lisa McCune. It was written and directed by Peter Duncan, based on the novel of the same name by Richard Beasley. It was nominated for "best miniseries or telemovie" at both the AFI Awards and the Logie Awards, losing to The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant at both; and for two additional AFI Awards and an additional Logie Award, all of which it lost to Love My Way.

Release Date:2005-01-30

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2

Passion

Passion concentrates on Grainger's unusual relationship with his mother and his sexual peculiarities (especially his obsessive self-flagellation, though homosexuality is also hinted at) which affect his relationship with a woman who comes to love him. It is set mainly in London in 1914, when Grainger's mother Rose was ill (she would later jump to her death in New York, upset by ill-founded rumours of incest with her son).

Release Date:1999-07-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:3

A Little Bit of Soul

Richard and Kate are former lovers who are now working independently to find the secret of the aging process. Both apply for funding from the Michael Foundation, and are asked to spend the weekend discussing the proposals with the Head of the Foundation, who happens to be married to the Australian Treasurer. They have a very interesting weekend.

Release Date:1998-03-19

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:4

Thank God He Met Lizzie

The romantic myth is exposed for Guy when he is plagued by memories of an old girlfriend on his wedding day.

Release Date:1997-11-20

Character:Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Vote Count:12

Children of the Revolution

A man (Richard Roxburgh) the Australian government blames for 1990s political woes blames his mother (Judy Davis), a communist Stalin seduced in 1951.

Release Date:1996-12-26

Department:Writing

Job:Author

Vote Count:19

On the Game

Comic look at the history of prostitution.

Release Date:1974-02-01

Character:François

Vote Count:4