Peter L. Stein

Peter L. Stein is a Peabody, Emmy and James Beard Award-winning documentary maker, film programmer and interviewer.

At PBS station KQED, he created a wide range of documentaries and series for national public television, including the six-hour series “Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco,” which garnered a Peabody Award (for “The Castro,” which Peter wrote, produced and directed); he also produced seven seasons of culinary programs with Jacques Pépin, receiving multiple James Beard Awards, and produced and directed the documentary “Jacques Pépin: The Art of Craft” for PBS’s “American Masters.”

As an interviewer, he has conducted on-stage and broadcast conversations with such diverse talents as Kirk Douglas, Stephen Sondheim, Tony Kushner, Carlos Santana, Norman Lear, and Lily Tomlin. He served eight years as Executive Director of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival and since 2014 as Senior Programmer for Frameline, San Francisco’s renowned LGBTQ+ film festival. More at www.peterLstein.com.