Peter Zhmutski was born in the former USSR, in what is today the country of Kazakhstan. Growing up in a capital city of Almaty with its population over 2 million people, Zhmutski's life has always included diverse forms of art. His extensive educational background includes studying at 12 different schools and graduating from 6 of them. Zhmutski studied and mastered the crafts of music, sports, foreign languages, acting, film, video and television, and even professional writing.Zhmutski came to United States of America in 1998 having completed an 8-year music degree and holding a diploma from the Linguistic Gymnasia of Almaty. From childhood, Zhmutski has always been active in stage performances; therefore in Kansas he studied theatre and received his Associate degree from Fort Scott Community College, graduating Summa Cum Laude.After Fort Scott, Zhmutski moved on to Pittsburg State University to study Communications with emphasis on Broadcasting. Back home in Kazakhstan, Zhmutski hosted National Television shows for children which made him feel quite at home with the craft of Broadcasting. After producing several TV shows at PSU, winning highest awards for his Public Service Announcements and receiving his bachelor degree Magna Cum Laude, Zhmutski opened his own production company "PZ Production" and began making films."PZ Production" started in 2002 and to date Zhmutski has already directed and produced 14 shorts, 3 feature films, 2 documentaries and numerous corporate, training, television and music videos. Several of Zhumtski's 15 international merits and awards, were presented in Oklahoma at the Barebones International Film Festival and Script-2-Screen International Film Festival. Zhmutski also recently received 2 Platinum Remi Awards, 1 Gold Remi Award and 1 Silver Remi Award in Houston at the 3rd oldest International Film Festival - Worldfest where such directors as Spielberg, Lynch, Cohen Brothers, Ang Lee, Ridley Scott and many others have been recognized with awards.Zhmutski moved to Oklahoma in 2003. He received his Master of Professional Writing diploma from the University of Oklahoma where Zhmutski also taught film and video courses for two years. In Oklahoma, Zhmutski produced films together with Golden Wing Films, Darkwood Productions, New Ad Age International, National Film Studios, Gon Productions and V-DIGI Media.Aside from the film business, Zhmutski produced 15 original individual music CDs and scored 15 films. Over the past 5 years, Zhmutski has also given concerts of his original solo performances, most of which were done as benefit events. His last performance was a Hurricane Katrina Benefit Concert held in Norman, Oklahoma in December of 2005.Today, living and working in Los Angeles, Zhmutski is a published writer, with 2 more books and 2 screenplays in progress. PZ Production is developing and pre-producing 7 films, 3 of which are features.
Trivia Update / From: Anechka
Does PeterZ still host Russian parties? If yes, when and where is the next one?
