Peter Joseph is an American independent filmmaker. He has written, directed, narrated, scored and produced three non-commercial, self-produced and freely-distributed documentary films called Zeitgeist: The Movie, Zeitgeist: Addendum and Zeitgeist: Moving Forward. These films comprise what is called the “Zeitgeist Film Series”. He is also the founder of the Zeitgeist Movement, the activist arm of the Venus Project, which constitutes the life-long work of industrial designer and social engineer Jacque Fresco.

Early life and present

Peter Joseph was born in North Carolina to a middle class family. The son of a mailman and a social worker, he began his creative interests with music at a young age. Later, seeking a career in percussion, he moved to New York initially to attend a conservatory, only to drop out after an inability to afford the tuition . He lives and works in New York City and focuses on media related fields, including music composition, editing, post-production and other A/V related. He is also a former private equity trader, which he often comments upon as being his “introduction to the wasteful, destructive system known as Wall Street”.

After the release of Zeitgeist: Addendum, he founded the Zeitgeist Movement, which is a social sustainability organization. His work with the movement is now a large part of his daily activities – giving talks and helping to produce relevant media/materials to spread the interest for a social system called a resource-based economy.