ABOUT PANGLOSS FILMS
PANGLOSS FILMS is a documentary film production company based in New York City. Founded by Emmy Award nominated filmmaker Peter Yost, Pangloss specializes in creating entertaining films and television series that challenge our assumptions about the world around us.
Before developing PANGLOSS FILMS, Peter co-founded the highly-regarded TRAVELLING EAST PRODUCTIONS for which he Executive-Produced/Produced dozens of films and series. Clients included: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, CBS NEWS, TLC, PBS, DISCOVERY TIMES, and others. His work has been widely broadcast on most major cable and network outlets, and screened at film festivals worldwide.
Peter has produced films for NBC ranging from a celebration of Cary Grant, to an investigation of the thinning line between News and Public Relations. He has Executive-Produced six hour-long films for BRAVO, for which he worked with such luminaries as Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen and Mia Farrow, among others. Peter has worked around the world for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, producing films on the environment and wildlife, including the anacondas of Venezuela and the leopards of India. For National Geographic Peter has also produced dozens of cultural pieces in the regions of Sub-Saharan and Northern Africa (from Togo to Morocco); the Sardinian coast of Italy; the deserts of Arizona; and everywhere in between. For TLC he has pioneered ground-breaking verité pilots and series.
Currently, he is producing four films for National Geographic Explorer, including the recently-completed ULTIMATE HIPPO, INSIDE NORTH KOREA, SCIENCE OF BABIES and INSIDE THE TORNADO, which includes the first footage ever shot from inside a tornado.
Peter's independent documentaries span a wide range of subjects: from the Dalai Lama (featured in his award-winning first film; SEEDS OF TIBET: VOICES OF CHILDREN IN EXILE) to Cockfighting in Louisiana (the recently completed NO NAME GAME FARM). His projects are united by a desire to explore enaging subject matter and characters in ways that both entertain and invite us to question who we are and how we live.
For more information about Pangloss Films or to inquire about internships please contact projects@panglossfilms.com