Peter Young came to filmmaking the long way, spending the first ten years of his working life mustering, shearing, fishing and fencing.

Over this time Peter developed a strong connection to the land and the people that work on it and this bond remained even with his shift to the film and television industry which began at the age of 28 as a trainee director at TVNZ's Natural History Unit in Dunedin.

Several years later he moved to Taylormade Productions and then after being drawn to camera work left directing and began a four year stint as a news and current affairs cameraman at TV3. During this period he moved to Christchurch where he eventually established his own company, Fisheye Films, in 1997.

Since then he has been shooting for numerous companies in New Zealand and around the world, and has worked on well over a hundred documentaries — art, wildlife, human interest and historical. He has also shot numerous commercials, music videos and dramas.

More recently he returned to directing and has produced and shot a number of successful television programmes, including three series of the popular adventure/travel/food show Hunger for the Wild (winner Best Factual Series at the 2007 New Zealand Screen Awards and Best Lifestyle and Entertainment at the 2009 Qantas Awards. This was followed by two series of Coasters, which explore the connection Kiwi's have with their coast, and Get Fresh, a foray into locally sourced culinary delights.

Peter has also directed and produced two independent feature documentaries, The Last Ocean (2012) and The Art of Recovery (2015), a series and continues to shoot for the long-standing series Country Calendar and many other television and film projects.