Peter Bach

Peter Bach as reported in The Guardian was one of the first people alone with the Mujahideen in Soviet-occupied Afghanistan. He moved to New York and wrote the Off-Broadway play 'The Invasion of Aratooga' which was put on at the CSC Theatre there. He directed and produced the PBS documentary 'Bottom Line: The Kostabi Phenomenon', which sold worldwide including twice to the BBC. He has written for the Guardian, Scotsman, Mail on Sunday, Standard, most recently Counterpunch, and has travelled extensively, including to the Middle East where he spent time with the Bedouin Military League, as reported in The Spectator, and did research for CBS News. During the Balkan War, he was in Croatia and wrote for the Guardian while scouting for ABC News. He has toured West Africa from where he also wrote. He became a digital effects and post production expert in feature films, working as consultant to the likes of Danny Boyle on films such as '28 Days Later' and 'Millions', and Michael Winterbottom on '24 Hour Party People', 'Code 46', and 'Cock and Bull Story'. He has been a Royal Television Society judge and official spokesman for the British film industry in Los Angeles. He recently made two one-man films over four intense trips in Afghanistan and another two in Pakistan. His most recent film 'Flanagan's Wake' premiered at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival (JDIFF).