Peter Gordon Donald

Peter Gordon Donald is a writer/producer.

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Peter Gordon Donald is President of Dean Donald LLC, which runs Applehead Films & Records. Currently he is producing "The Warrior Spirit: The Legend of Gideon Smith", a movie about Southern rock and roll, and releasing "Breaking The Law", an EP by the Swedish rock band Mental Monky Ballet. His writing has appeared in magazines such Rolling Stone, New York, GQ, Vanity Fair, Green Door, Mother Jones, The New York Observer, The Palm Beach Post, The Soho Weekly News, Spy and many other publications. He is the former manager of the band Philpot as well as Travis Meeks (Days of the New). Currently he manages musical artists such as Mark Johnson (www.mark-johnson.com) and Duncan Christy (www.duncanchristy.com). As a producer he just released "All The Broken Leaves", a Robin Richardson film.

President at Applehead Films & Records

January 2004 - Present | Woodstock, New York

Since graduating from Princeton University, my articles have appeared in Rolling Stone, New York, Entertainment Weekly,Vanity Fair, GQ, The New York Observer, Spy, Mother Jones, The Palm Beach Post, etc. In 2004, I founded Applehead Films & Records, managing artists such as Philpot (www.philpotmusic.com), Mark Johnson, and Travis Meeks (Days Of The New) (Geffen/Outpost). Released critically acclaimed albums by Mark Johnson, and Philpot (Toucan Cove/Universal Records), as well as Audrey Tucker, the African American country singer on NBC/Bunim/Murray series Starting Over. Tour manager for Philpot on several United States tours, coordinated the band's radio and personal appearances, and booked the band across the United States.

Staff Writer at The Palm Beach Post

January 1998 - January 2000

Covered crime, medicine, arts, sports. Excellent investigative reporter. Numerous front page stories. Cox Newspapers.

Director of Program Development at Fox Television Stations Productions

January 1989 - January 1992

Developed television programs for the division of Fox which produced Cops and America's Most Wanted. Produced pilot The Kindness of Strangers with director Mel Stuart (Wattstax, Willie Wonka). Worked in multiple genres and time periods, including scripted series, late night and daytime talk shows, reality shows and game shows.

Senior Writer at New York University

1987 - 1989

Office of Writing and Research. Speechwriter for NYU President John Brademas, former Indiana Congressman and House Majority Whip.

Associate Editor at Whittle Communications

1984 - 1987

Editor and Writer. Interviews with John Candy and others. Traveled to George Martin's AIR Studios Montserrat. Writers I worked with included Madison Smartt Bell, Juan Williams, Jason Berry and David Remnick. Created contest with 20th Century Fox Television searching for the nation's best undiscovered sitcom writer. The winner got a $20,000 assignment on Mr. Belvedere. Dave Krinsky went on to work as a writer and producer on King Of The Hill.

Assistant Editor at Time Inc.

1982 - 1983

Wrote and edited articles and movie and television reviews for TV-Cable Week. Interviews and articles on Chris Reeve, Meryl Streep, Michael Pain, etc.

Researcher/Editor at The New York Times Company

1980 - 1981

Researched and located titles for Arno Press, a scholarly reprint publishing house. Edited an anthology of writings from the Columbia Journalism School.

Reader at The Paris Review

1975 - 1976

Picked up unsolicited manuscripts at a Baskin Robbins ice cream store on 23rd and 1st and read them for the magazine.

Artist In Residence at Whitestarline1000

August 2011

Whitestarline1000 cross-platforms print, music, film and television.

President at Applehead Films and Records

January 2004

Direct 360 media company with music, film, tv and print components. Work with artists such as Philpot and Travis Meeks (Days of the New). Located in Woodstock, New York

Princeton University

1976 – 1980

B.A.

Concentration: Politics

The Lawrenceville School

1972 – 1976