[2] He was in the New Directors Showcase at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival of 2002.
He is known for his award-winning Resfest music video of Frou Frou's "Dumbing Down of Love" (2003),[3] and for directing the video of Imogen Heap's Grammy-nominated single "Hide and Seek" in 2005.
In 2012, Peissig won a Silver Promax award directing the Showtimes hit series HomeLand launch campaign.
[4] In 2021, while consulting with Searchlight Pictures, he won a Clio for his work on Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch.
[5] In 2023, Peissig and Chené Lawson won a Webby for Best Scripted Podcast Series for All Things Undone.