Peter Gilbert is one of the filmmakers who made Hoop Dreams, serving as a producer and director of photography. He has had a distinguished career in producing, directing, and photographing documentaries, feature films, commercials, and music videos. In 2004, he premiered the Emmy nominated With All Deliberate Speed, the first work in the new series "Discovery Docs," which he co-founded with the Discovery Network. He also recently executive produced the Sundance Festival Grand Jury and Audience award winning film, "The Gods Tired of Us (2005); executive produced the award-winning Deadline (2004), broadcast in prime-time on NBC; and produced and directed A Time for Dancing (2003). His earlier work includes All the Rage (1999); the Emmy Award-winning documentary Vietnam: Long Time Coming (1998)--for which he also won the Directors Guild of America Award for Best Directing--Prefontaine (1997), as cinematographer and producer; Stevie (2002), as co-cinematographer and co-producer; and Married in America (2002), as principal photographer. His cinematography work also includes American Dream (1991). He is a director with Workhorse Media, in Los Angeles; Maysles Films and a member of Kartemquin Films, in Chicago.