---
name: "Peter Care"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-care"
fi1m_id: "peter-care"
imdb_id: "nm0136775"
tmdb_id: 42518
wikidata_id: "Q7173174"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "28 April 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:37:49.822042+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Peter Care

## Identity

Peter Care

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-care
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-care
- **IMDb ID:** nm0136775
- **TMDB ID:** 42518
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7173174
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Care, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7173174, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0136775/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/42518

Director. Born 28 April 1953 in Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 28 April 1953, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Care, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7173174, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0136775/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/42518

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Six Feet Under*](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md) (86)

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## Biography

Peter Care is an English director of music videos, commercials and film. Born in Penzance, Cornwall, he studied film at the Psalter Lane School of Art in Sheffield after a foundation year at Falmouth Art College. After graduating, he co-founded the Sheffield Independent Film Company and directed documentaries and short films, including the 1982 short Johnny Yesno.

Care became known for music videos for artists including Cabaret Voltaire, R.E.M., Bruce Springsteen and Depeche Mode. He later directed commercials and his feature debut, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002), which won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. In 2004 he directed an episode of the HBO series Six Feet Under. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award for music videos from the Music Video Production Association in 2005.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, petercare.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Six Feet Under* (2001), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Johnny Yesno Redux* (2008), Director
- *R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.)* (2003), Director
- *Simply Red: Greatest Video Hits* (2003), Director
- *The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys* (2002), Director
- *Six Feet Under* (2001), series, Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)
- *Depeche Mode: The Videos 86-98* (1998), Director
- *R.E.M.: Road Movie* (1996), Director
- *Red Shoe Diaries 5: Weekend Pass* (1995), Director
- *David Copperfield - 15 Years of Magic* (1994), Director
- *Cindy Crawford Shape Your Body Workout* (1992), Director
- *Red Shoe Diaries* (1992), series, Director
- *Shape Your Body* (1992), Director
- *Johnny YesNo* (1982), Writer, Director
- *Doublevision Presents: Cabaret Voltaire* (1982), Director
- *Return Journey* (1981), Sound Recordist

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