Peter Foges

Peter Foges was a film and television producer. He worked for the BBC in London for fifteen years as a correspondent, anchor, producer, and director before moving to the United States to serve as BBC TV’s bureau chief. For the BBC he produced The David Frost Show and directed numerous documentaries, including Kennedy’s Been Shot and Good Night and Good Luck. He later became director of news and public affairs programming for WNET/Thirteen in New York City, where he created and produced such series as Adam Smith’s Money World, The Struggles for Poland, and From D-Day to Berlin. Other U.S. TV credits include The Eyes of War with Robert Mitchum, Richard Burton: An Actor’s Life, and Putin’s Russia: Threat or Promise?. He co-wrote The Ten Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table, which was awarded the 1987 Oscar for best documentary feature.