On Wednesday the Sundance Institute announced that director Peter D. Richardson’s new feature documentary, “How to Die in Oregon”, will premiere in competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. The film will have its broadcast premiere on HBO in 2011.
“How to Die in Oregon” tells the stories of terminally ill Oregonians, their families, doctors, and friends as they decide whether and when to end their life under the state’s Death with Dignity Law. What emerges is a complex, poignant, and deeply moving portrait of what it means to die at the time and circumstance of one’s choosing.
Richardson’s previous documentary, “Clear Cut: The Story of Philomath, Oregon,” which Variety called “absorbing..and smartly assembled,” was an official selection at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and was broadcast on the Sundance Channel.
In addition to directing documentaries, his commercial work includes clients such as Nike, Microsoft & Procter and Gamble. He is available for commercial work through Food Chain Films.