Peter Ettedgui

Peter Ettedgui is a British film writer, director and producer. Along with his professional partner Ian Bonhôte, he has made documentaries including McQueen (2018), Rising Phoenix (2020) and Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024).

Peter Ettedgui
Occupations	Director, writer, and producer for mostly documentary films
Years active	1999–present
Notable work	McQueen (2018) Rising Phoenix (2020) Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024)

Career

Ettedgui and Michael Ignatieff co-wrote the screenplay for Onegin, a 1999 romantic drama based on Alexander Pushkin's Eugene Onegin.^[1] In 2005, he was a co-producer of Kinky Boots.^[2]

Ettedgui wrote the 2018 documentary McQueen about fashion designer Alexander McQueen, and co-directed it with his professional partner Ian Bonhôte.^[3] The film was nominated for Outstanding British Film and Best Documentary at the 72nd British Academy Film Awards in 2019.^[4]

In 2020, Ettedgui and Bonhôte directed Rising Phoenix, a documentary about the Paralympic Games.^[5] Ettedgui, who is Jewish, and Bonhôte, who had a Jewish grandmother who survived the Holocaust, were inspired by the story of Paralympics founder Ludwig Guttmann, who also fled Nazi Germany.^[6] The film won the award for Outstanding Long Sports Documentary at the Sports Emmy Awards in 2021.^[7] It was a nominee for Best Documentary at the British Independent Film Awards 2021.^[8]

Ettedgui and Bonhôte wrote and directed Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story about Superman actor Christopher Reeve, in 2024.^[9] The film won the award for Best Documentary at the 78th British Academy Film Awards.^[10] The pair were also nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program and Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards.^[11]

Personal life

Ettedgui's father Joseph Ettedgui, who was born in Morocco, founded the Joseph fashion brand.^[12]

In November 2025, Ettedgui publicly alleged that Reform UK leader Nigel Farage had racially abused him when they were classmates at Dulwich College in the late 1970s. Farage responded by stating: "I categorically deny saying those things, to that one individual", which Ettedgui said was "fundamentally dishonest".^[13]