Peter Sollett (born 1976 in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York) is an American film director and screenwriter known for his feature films Raising Victor Vargas (2002) and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008).
Sollett's first feature was Five Feet High and Rising, a 26-minute short film about the growth and coming-of-age of teenager Victor Vargas. He and Eva Vives wrote Five Feet High and Rising as their thesis film in 1998 at New York Universit...
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Peter Sollett (born 1976 in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York) is an American film director and screenwriter known for his feature films Raising Victor Vargas (2002) and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008).
Sollett's first feature was Five Feet High and Rising, a 26-minute short film about the growth and coming-of-age of teenager Victor Vargas. He and Eva Vives wrote Five Feet High and Rising as their thesis film in 1998 at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and he served as the film's director, cinematographer and editor. After he had the opportunity to work with professionals in the film industry at the Cannes Residence Programme, the short film went on to screen on the festival circuit and won a number of awards at the Sundance Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Aspen Shortsfest, Valencia International Film Festival, South by Southwest Film Festival and Cinema Jove International Film Festival. Two years after the release of Five Feet High and Rising, Sollett and...
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